1942-1953

By dylansearles

  • Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway was a naval battle taken place only six months after Pearl Harbor in the Pacific. The United States took the victory over Japan. The Battle of Midway had taken place in the midst of World War II.

  • D-Day

    The United States, Britain, France, and Canada attacked Germans off the coast of Normandy, France. D-Day is said to be the largest air attack in history. This victory put an end to the Nazi occupation in Germany.

  • Death of President Roosevelt

    Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president of the U.S. from March 4, 1933 - April 12, 1945. He was apart of the Democratic Party. Roosevelt dies from a Intracerebral hemorrhage.

  • Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The United States used one nuclear bomb on Hiroshima in hopes for the Japanese dictator to surrender. But when that didn’t work the U.S. dropped yet another nuclear bomb on Nagasaki. The two bombs killed a total of around 200,000 people. This finally lead to Japan’s surrender.

  • U.S. Navy Flight 19 Disappears over the Bermuda Triangle

    Flight 19 was an aircraft carrying about 14 torpedo bombers on a training mission over the Bermuda. They had suffered from fuel malfunctions, causing the men to ditch the aircraft. A search and rescue team was sent out but also disappeared mysteriously over the Bermuda. There has been no evidence of planes or bodies in the ocean relating to Flight 19 to this day.

  • NATO

    NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO is an alliance between 30 countries. The Military Committee controls NATO.

  • Korean War

    The Korean War was a dispute between North and South Korea when North Korea invaded South Korea during the Cold War. Armistice agreement ended the war after 3 years.

  • Congress passes 22nd amendment

    The 22nd amendment only allows presidents to serve a max of two terms. “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.” (US Constitution, 1789)