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The Invasion of Poland was a joint invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, Danzig, and the Soviet Union. It marked the beginning of World War II in Europe.
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The Phoney War refers to an eight-month period at the start of World War II, which there were no military operations on the Western Front.
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The Fall of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the World War II.
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The Battle of Britain was a significant turning point.
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The Destroyers-For Bases Deal was th exchange of 50 US destroyers for access to air and naval bases in British colonies.
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The America First Committee was a non-interventionist pressure group against the American entry into World War II.
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Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 required men between the ages of 18 to 65 were required to register for the draft.
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The Four Freedoms were goals states Franklin D. Roosevelt in his Four Freedoms speech. These four freedoms included speech, worship, want, and fear.
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The Lend-Lease was an agreement in which the United States would give supplies to Allies in return for leases on army and naval bases.
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USS Kearny was orpedoed by a German U-boat in October 1941, before the U.S. had entered the war.
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USS Reuben James was the first United States Navy ship sunk.
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The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor
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The Battle of Bataan was a battle between Filipino and American forces against the Japenese. It was a Japanese vicotry was the largest United States surrender since Harper's Ferry.
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The Bataan Death March was the march of Filipino and American prisoners of war from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell.
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The Battle of Coral Sea was a 4 day battle, and was the first air-sea battle in history.
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The Battle of Midway was one of the most decisive battles in World War II. The United States was able to ambush Japan's attack due to advances in coding.
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The Island Hopping campaign was the strategy of capturing islands one by one, making their way towards Japan.
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The Battle of El Alamein was a major battle of WW2 and marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign.
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The Casablanca Conference was a meeting held to plan the Allies strategy for the next phase of World War II.
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The Battle of Stalingrad stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning point of the war in favour of the Allies.
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The Tehran Conference a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill.
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The Battle of Normady took place on June 6, 1944 (named D-Day). It was an Allied invasion of Normandy and contributed to the Allied victory on the Western Front.
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U.S. General MacArthur returned to the Phillipine Island of Leyete, fulfilling his promise to return after being forced to flee.
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President Roosevelt is elected to fourth term in offic and is the only president to have served more than two terms.
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The Battle of the Bulge was a German campaign in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg during World War II in Europe. It was a surprise attack and the U.S. had the highest casualties for any operation during the war.
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he Yalta Conference was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union,
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The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle of WW2 in which the United States captured the Japanese island Iwo Jima.
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The Battle of Okinawa was the biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II.
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FDR passed away on April 12, 1945 after 4 terms in office, This left vice president Harry Truman to take office during World War 2.
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Victory in Europe day celebrates the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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The Manhattan Project was a research project that produced the first nuclear weapons.
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During the Potsdam Conference, allied leaders met to discuss the terms for the end of World War II.
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Little Boy was an atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.It was the first atomic bomb to be used in war.
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Fat Man was a atomic bomb that was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. It was the second of the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war.
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VJ day was the day that Japan surrendered to the Allied Forces.
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The Nuremberg Trials was a trial that prosecuted prominent members of Nazi Germany.
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The Japanese War Crime Trials prosecuted Japanese military and government officials accused of committing war crimes.
