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After the German-Soviet Pact, which stated that Poland was to be partitioned between the two powers, enabled Germany to attack Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention.
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Also known as the "Phoney War," this wa the time period before the war where there was no major military land operations on the Western Front.
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France surrenders to Gremany.
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On July 10, the first bombing of Britain in a series of long bombing raids by Germany.
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The US makes a trade of 50 naval destroyers to Britain.
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The America First Committee was established to push forward the ideas of isolationist.
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The first peace draft in US history made.
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A speech delivered by FDR in which he proposed the four fundamental freedoms: speech, worship, want, and fear.
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The program under which the US supplied the Allied nations with food, oil and materials.
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Gemany torpedoed the USS Kearny killing eleven men.
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The Reuben James was torpedoed and sunk and was the first U.S. Navy ship lost.
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Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor killing 2,300 people and destroying the a lot of the Naval Base.
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Taking place in the Philippines, the Philippines and Americans went to war with Japan, however they ended up surrendering to the Japanese.
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A secret military project to create the first US nuclear weapon.
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Filipinos and Americans were forced to march in terrible conditions and thousands died from the brutal treatment from the Japanese.
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The first sea-air battle between the Allied forces and Japan.
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A war strategy used by General MacArthur, which capture Pacific islands one-by-one.
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The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle resulting in a win for the U.S.
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The Battle of Stalingrad stopped the German advance into the Soviet and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies.
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The finalization of Allied strategic plans against the Axis powers.
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The Battle of El Alamein marked the culmination of the North African campaign between the forces of the British Empire and the German-Italian army commanded in the field by Erwin Rommel in World War II.
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The Tehran Conference was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill.
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Also the start of the Normandy landings, D-day begins the end of the war.
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MacArthur returns fulfilling his promise to the Filipinos.
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FDR gets elected as president for a fourth term to "stay and finish the job."
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The Battle of the bulge was an attempt to by Germany to divide the Allied nations.
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At this conference, it was determined that the demand of Germany’s unconditional surrender would occur and plans for a post-war world were a topic as well.
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America captures the Japanese stragetic location.
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The Battle of Okinawa was a series of battles fought in the Ryukyu Islands, centered on the island of Okinawa, and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War during World War II.
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FDR dies leaving Harry Truman in charge of WWII.
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A public celebration to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
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A meeting discussing the post-war terms.
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The world's first nuclear bomb is dropped on Hiroshima killing thousands of people.
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Another atomic bomb is dropped in Japan forcing Japan to surrender.
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A public celebration for the final ending of WWII.
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The Nuremberg trials were held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice.
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In Tokyo, Japan, the International Military Tribunals for the Far East begins hearing the case against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II.
