1942-1953

By Beth Kokel

  • WW2

    World War 2 Starts

  • Dwight Eisenhower

    Dwight Eisenhower is appointed head commander of U.S. troops

  • The Manhattan Project

    The Manhattan project is started with the goal of creating an atomic bomb

  • Total War

    Hitler declares “Total War.”

  • D-Day Postponed

    D-Day is postponed until later in June

  • D-Day

    D-Day begins

  • Japan Attacks the US

    Japan Attacks the United States for the first time

  • FDR Elected President

    FDR is elected president for his record 4th term

  • Sargent Barnes

    Sargent James Buchanan Barnes is pronounced KIA

  • Battle of Okinawa

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

  • U.S. drops atomic bombs

    The U.S. bombs Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  • Harry Truman

    Harry Truman takes the place of president after FDR dies

  • Hitler Dies

    Hitler commits suicide

  • End of WW2

    Japan surrenders ending the war

  • Korea Divided

    The UN and North Korea decide to stop fighting and to divide at the 38th parallel