1942-1953

By EHarlow
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    Holocaust - WWII

    Beginning in June 1941, Einsatzgruppen was given new responsibilities and authorized mobile killing units. The killing units job was to go in towns behind the military and round up the Jews to take them outside of the town and kill them. An estimated one million Jews were killed by Einsatzgruppen. European Jews were annihilated by death camps. The Holocaust killed 5 to 6 million Jews and more than 3 million of those Jews died in death camps.

  • War Powers Act

    Allowed the U.S. President to achieve far-reaching power.

  • War Production Board

    Oversaw conversion of industrial manufacturing to war production.

  • Battle of Coral Sea - WWII

    The Battle of Coral Sea was the first air to sea battle in American History, and the battle forced the Japanese to turn back.

  • Battle of Midway - WWII

    The Battle of Midway was the most decisive naval battle in World War II, and the American planes destroyed all four attacking Japanese aircraft carriers.

  • Smith Connally War Labor Disputes Act

    Allowed the U.S. government to seize plants and mines.

  • Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944

    GI Bill of Rights was established, and the Act offered federal aid to help veterans adjust to civilian life. The Act also provided tuition, subsistence, books and supplies, equipment, and counseling services to continue their education.

  • D-Day - WWII

    The most infamous D-Day was on June 6th, 1944, when the Allies invaded Normandy, making this invasion History's greatest amphibious invasion.
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    Battle of Kursic - WWII

    This battle included some of the greatest tank battles of WWII, and Germany was defeated by the Soviets.

  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima occurred 760 miles away from Tokyo and was needed as a base for fighter planes.

  • FDR died and Truman became President

    Franklin D. Roosevelt suddenly died and Truman was promoted to President of the United States, but Truman was not told about the atomic bomb before becoming President.
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    Harry S. Truman

    Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States serving from April 12th, 1945 to January 20th, 1953.

  • Hitler committed suicide

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    Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Truman authorized the dropping of the atomic bomb soon after Japan became vulnerable to air raids.

  • Japanese Surrendered Unconditionally

  • The Cold War

    The time span for this war is undetermined. The Cold War occurred between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The main causes of this war were ideological and economical differences and a power rivalry between two major world powers.

  • Taft-Harley Labor Act of 1947

    This act mended much of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, it forbid jurisdictional strikes and forbids unions from contributing to political campaigns, and Union leaders were required to take an oath stating that they were not communist.

  • National Security Act

    This act mandated a major reorganization of foreign policy and military, and this act also created the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Act (CIA), and the Department of Defense.

  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

    This organization included 12 nations and created articles to help the future of the world.