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The Battle of Midway was a major turning point of the Pacific Theater from a Japanese victor to a U.S. victory
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This was the first bombing of the Japanese mainland by U.S. forces. Not much physical damage was dealt, but it cause a huge moral boost in U.S. soldiers and frightened many Japanese
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Most troops were under supplied and faced a severe winter. Many U.S. soldiers, like Easy Company of the 101st Airborne, were under constant artillery shelling by the Germans
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U.S. and Allied forces invade France on the Beaches of Normandy
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Franklin D Roosevelt signs a bill for helping veterans with education after military service
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One of the bloodiest battles of the war, U.S. forces fought Japanese forces for over a month
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The war in Europe ends
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The first Atom bomb tested in New Mexico
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A Boeing B-29 Superfortress, nicknamed the Enola Gay, drops the first Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
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Unlike the League of Nations, the U.S. actually joins this one
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Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play in Major League Baseball
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The Soviet Union blockaded supply lines to West Berlin, so Allied forces used aircraft to send supplies in
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Disney releases its classic movie, Cinderella
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The first war the U.S. is involved with after WWII and the first major armed conflict of the Cold War
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Charles M. Schultz creates an instant classic that is still in newspapers to this day
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The 22nd Amendment prevents a president from holding office for more than 2 terms
