1940s Timeline Project

By nrangoonwala

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    Ended: 10/31/1940

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    This was the event that brought the United States into WWII. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, which was a navy base in Hawaii.

  • Japanese Internment Camps

    Japanese Internment Camps
    These camps were used throughout WWII in order to keep the Japanese-Americans in check and to make sure they don’t do anything bad. Ended: March 20, 1946

  • The Pentagon is complete

    The Pentagon is complete
    The Pentagon, a United States government building responsible for global threats, was completely built.

  • Invasion of Italy

    Invasion of Italy
    Ended: 9/16/1943

  • D-Day

    D-Day

  • Kamikazes

    Kamikazes
    Ended: 8/15/1945

  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima
    The battle of Iwo Jima was a battle that the United States won and captured the island of Iwo Jima. Ended: March 26, 1945

  • Bombing on Hiroshima

    Bombing on Hiroshima
    This was the 1st time the United States used an atomic bomb on Japan in order to make Japan surrender during WWII.

  • Bombing on Nagasaki

    Bombing on Nagasaki
    This was the 2nd time when the United States used an atomic bomb on Japan to make them surrender.

  • Cold War

    Cold War
    Ended: 1991

  • Ferrari starts to produce sports cars

    Ferrari starts to produce sports cars
    Ferrari is a famous car company. They originally made regular cars but introduced the sports car later in the 1940s.

  • Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated

    Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated
    Mahatma Gandhi, a civil rights and anti violence leader in India, was assassinated during an event where Gandhi was speaking.