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It was the creation of the first atomic bomb.
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This marks the beginning og World War II in Europe.
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It was an eight-month period at the start of WWII in which there was no major military operations.
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The Allies didn't regain France until June od 1944.
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It was the first major battle to be fought entirely by air forces.
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It was the biggest non-interventionist pressure group against the entry of America into World War II.
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Fifty US Navy destroyers were transferred to the British Royal Navy in exchange for land rights on British possessions.
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The Burke-Wadsworth Act created Selective Service.
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He states that everyone in the world has the right to four freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
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The United States supplied Free France, the United Kingdom, the Republic of China, and later the USSR and other Allied nations with food, oil, and materiel.
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The USS Kearny was the first American ship in World War II to attack the Germans.
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It became the first U.S. vessel to be destroyd by the Axis.
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This attack on the U.S. influenced them to come out of neutrality and join the Allies in World War II.
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Japan invaded the Philippines.
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The Imperial Japanese Army forces Filipino and American prisoners of war to walk from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell after the Japanese victory at the Battle of Bataan.
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It was the first air-sea battle in history.
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The Allies' victory allowed them to move into an offensive position.
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Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad.
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It was a major battle during World War II between the Axis powers and the Africa Corps.
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It was a successful strategy for the Allies.
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It was held to plan the Allied European strategy.
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The United States, Great Britain, and Russia coordinated their military strategy against Germany and Japan.
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The Allies invaded Normany in Operation Overlord.
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Macarthur filfilled his promise to return to the area he was forced to flee in 1942.
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FDR is the only president to have served more than two terms.
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The dealing of the Nuremberg Trials was the set-up for later instances of genocide and other crimes against humanity.
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The United States had their highest number of casualties for any operation during the war.
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It was held to discuss the re-establishment of the nations in Europe.
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It marked the Allies' formal acceptance of Nazi Germany's surrender.
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The United States captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
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It was the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War.
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FDR died and left Vice President Harry Truman the role of presidency while in the midst of World War II.
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Various countries met to negotiate terms for the end of World War II.
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"Little Boy" was the codename for the atomic bomb thate the United States dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima,
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"Fat Man" was the codename for the atomic bomb that the United States dropped over the Japanese city of Nagasaki.
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Japan surrendered, and a formal ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri.
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The International Military Tribunals for the Far East began hearing the case against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of committing war crimes during World War II.
