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Executive Orders #8802
A.Philip Randolph threatened to lead a protest on Washington; Roosevelt signed executive order #8802, which established the Fair Employment Practices Committee. It was to end racial discrimination in the federal government and defense industries. -
Executive Orders #9066
President Roosevelt signed executive order #9066. Allowed military leaders to remove all “non--American“ looking soldiers. -
El Alamein
British Victory at El Alamein in North Africa pushed back the Germans. -
Summer 1942
American naval victories at the Battle of the Coral Sea and aircraft carrier duel at the Battle of Midway crippled Japan's Pacific Naval Operations. American and Japanese soldiers faced vicious combat from both sides; many Japanese fighter pilots and soldiers chose suicidal actions instead of facing surrender. -
The Big Three Meeting #1
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin met in Tehran to discuss more wartime plans. -
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First Cold War
The US intervenes with the military against the red army during the Russian revolution, and the US didn’t recognize the Soviet Union. It was a fight for power, the Soviet Union wanted communism and world domination. -
United Nations Select Security Council
This council included: The Soviet Union, The United States, Britain, France, and China. UN financial and monetary conference created International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and World Trade Organization. The Soviet Union shot down all of these. -
D-Day
American, British, and Canadian Forces launched Operations Overlord which was the invasion of France. Allied Forces landed at Normandy which proved to be successful in fighting the Nazis. -
The Division of Korea
The Republic of Korea was controlled by the US. While The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was controlled by communists and the Soviet Union. -
The Big Three Meeting #2
The Big Three met at the Yalta Summit in the Soviet Union and prepared for the Fall of Germany. -
The Manhattan Project & The Potsdam Conference
Fearing that Germans would develop the atomic bomb, the US government launched the Manhattan Project. President Truman received word that the Manhattan project had successfully tested an atomic bomb and would use this in the future. -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki Bombings
The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima, Japan, and Nagasaki, Japan. The Japanese delegates officially signed their surrender to the US. WWII was over. -
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The Korean War
The North Koreans launched an attack on Seoul. The UN passed resolutions demanding that North Korea cease hostilities and withdraw its armed forces to the 38th parallel line. On July 27, 1953, an armistice agreement was signed by the Soviet Union in the US.