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Rape of Nanking
The Nanking Massacre or Nanjing Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, was a mass murder and war rape that occurred during the six-week period following the Japanese capture of the city of Nanking. -
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America Reacts to World War
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U.S. declares neutrality
Sent out many neutrality acts years prior but it finally went through in 1939. -
Victory Gardens
were vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Germany -
Winston Churchill
best known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He served as Prime Minister (1940) -
Vernon Baker
A United States Army officer who received the Medal of Honor, the highest military award given by the United States Government for his valorous actions during World War II -
Lend Lease Act
the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. -
Dictator
Hideki Tojo Prime minister october 1941. an absolute ruler -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on Sunday, December 7, 1941 brought the United States into World War II -
Japanese American Internment Camps
The relocation and internment by the United States government in 1942 of about 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese who lived along the Pacific coast of the United States to camps called "War Relocation Camps," in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Audie Murphy
He was one of the most famous and decorated American combat soldiers in World War II. Joined service in 1942 -
Office of War Information
OWI photographers documented American life and culture by showing aircraft factories, members of the armed forces, and women in the workforce. -
Womens Roles in WW2
Women did everything while men were out fighting. The famous woman was rosy the reviter -
War Bonds and Rationing
The last time the United States issued war bonds was during World War II, when full employment collided with rationing, and war bonds were seen as a way to remove money from circulation as well as reduce inflation. -
FDR
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during World War II. -
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States. The final running mate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, Truman succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when Roosevelt died after months of declining health. -
Benito Mussolini
an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party, ruling the country from 1922 to his ousting in 1943. He was assassinated this date. -
Adolf Hitler
An Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party.
