Timeline: 1942-1953 | Timetoast

Jan 2, 1942

Commonwealth of the Philippines Conquered by Japan
Feb 14, 1942

Japanases-American Interment Begins
Apr 18, 1942

Dolittle Raid
Period: May 4, 1942 to May 8, 1942

Battle of the Coral Sea
Period: Jun 4, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942

Battle of Midway
Period: Aug 7, 1942 to Feb 9, 1943

Guadalcanal Campaign
Period: Nov 8, 1942 to Nov 16, 1942

Operation Torch

Anglo-American invasion of North Africa during World War II.
Period: Jan 14, 1943 to Jan 24, 1943

Casablanca Conference

Meeting between President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in Casablanca, French Morocco.
Period: Jun 20, 1943 to Jun 22, 1943

Detroit Race Riots
Period: Jul 9, 1943 to Aug 17, 1943

Allied Invasion of Sicily
Period: Sep 3, 1943 to Sep 17, 1943

Allied Invasion of Italy
Period: Nov 22, 1943 to Nov 26, 1943

Cairo Conference

Meeting between Chiang Kai-Shek, President Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill in Cairo, Egypt.
Period: Nov 28, 1943 to Dec 1, 1943

Tehran Conference

Meeting between Joseph Stalin, President Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill in Tehran, Iran.
Period: Jan 17, 1944 to May 18, 1944

Battle of Monte Cassino
Jun 6, 1944

D-Day
Jun 22, 1944

G.I. Bill Signed into Law
Period: Sep 15, 1944 to Nov 27, 1944

Battle of Peleliu
Period: Oct 17, 1944 to Dec 26, 1944

Battle of Leyte
Nov 7, 1944

Election of 1944

President Roosevelt re-elected for fourth term, with Harry S. Truman as his vice president.
Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge
Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945

Yalta Conference

Meeting between Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and President Roosevelt in Yalta, Crimea, Soviet Union.
Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945

Battle of Iwo Jima
Period: Apr 1, 1945 to Jun 22, 1845

Battle of Okinawa
Apr 12, 1945

President Roosevelt Dies, succeeded by Vice President Truman
May 7, 1945

Germany Surrenders, End of World War II In European Front
Period: Jul 17, 1945 to Aug 2, 1945

Potsdam Conference

Meeting between Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and President Truman regarding how to administrate Germany.
Aug 6, 1945

Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
Aug 9, 1945

Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki
Aug 15, 1945

Japan Surrenders, End of World War II in the Pacific
1946

Philippines Gain Independence from the United States
Apr 15, 1947

Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play Major League Baseball
Period: Jun 24, 1948 to Dec 5, 1949

Berlin Blockade
Nov 2, 1948

Election of 1948

Harry S. Truman elected for a full term, Vice President Alben W. Barkley is elected.
1949

Communist Forces in China force Chian Kai-Shek to Retreat to Taiwan
1949

Germany Divided into East and West
Aug 29, 1949

Soviet Union Tests Their First Nuclear Weapon
Jun 25, 1950

Korean War Begins
Feb 27, 1951

22 Amendment Ratified
Jun 7, 1952

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
Nov 4, 1952

Election of 1952

Dwight D. Eisenhower elected president, Richard Nixon elected as his vice president.
Jul 27, 1953

Korean Armistice Agreement