1942-1953

  • 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