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The Polish army was defeated within weeks of invasion.
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This was an eighth month period in which no land battle were fought on the western front.
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After seven weeks of being invaded, the French government finally surrendered.
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The Second World War defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force against an onslaught by the German Air Force.
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Many US Navy Destroyers were transferred to Royal Navy in return for land rights on British possessions.
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AFC was a non-interventionist group against the American entry into the war.
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When the Burke-Wadsworth Act was passed by Congress, selective service arrived.
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FDR created the four goals for the US, freedom of speech, worship, want, and fear.
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This act allowed for the "sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of, to any such government [whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States] any defense article."
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This US destroyer was torpedoed by a German U-boat.
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This USS destroyer was torpedoed and ended in killing 115 crewmen.
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This bombing on a US naval base killed 2,300 Americans.
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The most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II.
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The forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war.
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A major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia.
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A secret military project created to produce the first US nuclear weapon.
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United States defeat of Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II.
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A major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad.
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A meeting between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to plan the allied strategy for the next phase of WWII.
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This strategy was used by the US military in order to obtain the Pacific Islands.
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The Battle of El Alamein marked the culmination of the World War II North African campaign between the British Empire and the German-Italian army.
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A meeting between U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalinthe, the three leaders coordinated their military strategy against Germany and Japan.
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Allies invade Western Europe in the largest amphibious attack in history.
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After being forced to leave, MacArthur returned as promised to rescue allied troops.
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FDR remains the only president to have served more than two terms.
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The German army launched a counteroffensive that was intended to cut through the Allied forces in a manner that would turn the tide of the war in Hitler's favor.
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A meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
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The last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II.
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When FDR died, he left Harry Truman in control of fighting WWII.
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The public holiday celebrated on 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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This was the second nuclear weapon used in a war.
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The big three met in order to negotiate terms for the end of the war.
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This was the first nuclear weapon ever used.
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A formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo, and this day was declared by President Harry Truman.
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A formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo, and this day was declared by President Harry Truman.
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Held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice, the Nuremberg trials were a series of 13 trials.
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This was to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for three types of war crimes.
