1942-1953

By Rileykokel

  • WWII

    World War Two starts

  • The Manhattan Project

    The Manhattan Project begins with the goal of creating an atomic bomb

  • FDR makes history

    FDR becomes the first president to visit a foreign country during wartime

  • Beginning of D-Day

    D-Day begins

  • FDR's 4th term

    FDR is elected president for a fourth term

  • Battle of Okinawa begins

    US bombs Okinawa and it becomes the largest battle of the Pacific in WWII

  • Harry Truman

    Harry Truman is sworn into office when FDR dies

  • Hitler Dies

    Hitler commits suicide.

  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Atomic Bomb is dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  • End of WWII

    Japan surrenders ending WW2