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Executive Orders #8802
1941 - A.Philip Randolph threatened to lead a protest on Washington; Roosevelt signed the executive order #8802 (the Fair Employment Practice in Defense Industries Act, which established the Fair Employment Practices Committee). End racial discrimination in federal government and defense industries. 1948 - the US government ordered full integration of its Armed Forces (no more segregation). -
Executive Orders #9066
1942 - President Roosevelt signed executive order #9066. Allowed military leaders to remove all “non--American“ looking soldiers. -
El Alamien - North Africa
British Victory at El Alamien in North Africa pushed back the Germans. Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister) and President Franklin Roosevelt met at Casablanca to discuss the next step as to the future of Germany. -
Summer 1942
American Naval victories at the Battle of the Coral Sea and aircraft carrier duel at the Battle of Midway crippled Japan's Pacific Naval Operations. At the Guadalcanal, American and Japanese soldiers faced vicious combat from both sides; many Japanese fighter pilots and soldiers chose suicidal actions instead of facing surrender. -
The Big Three Meeting #1
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister), and Josef Stalin (Soviet Union Dictator) met as Tehran to discuss more wartime plans. Stalin wanted the U.S. and Britain to invade France. Roosevelt was eager to agree to this plan, however Churchill was hesitant and unsure of the consequences of these actions. -
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First Cold War - Mid 1940s - Mid 1960s
The Cold War had long roots. US intervenes with military against the red army during the Russian revolution, and the US didn’t recognize the Soviet Union when it was founded in 1922. These countries were brought together by enemy uprising, but once they destroy the enemy there was no common ground. -
United Nations Select Security Council
This prestigious council included: The Soviet Union, The United States, Britain, France, and China. July 1944 - UN financial and monetary conference created International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and World Trade Organization. The Soviets rejected all the plans. -
Operation Overlord: D-Day
American, British, and Canadian Forces launched Operations Overlord (D-Day) which was the invasion of France. Dwight Eisenhower was one of the American generals serving at the time. Allied Forces landed at Normandy which proved to be successful in fighting the Nazis. The Nazi army was crumbling on both fronts. -
The Big Three Meeting #2
The Big Three met at the Yalta Summit in the Soviet Union, and prepared for the Fall of Germany. -
The Division of Korea
The division of Korea began. The Republic of Korea (South Korea), was controlled by the US. While The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) was controlled by communists and the Soviet Union. -
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World War 2 Summary of Events in 1945
January; The Soviet Army reached Germany.
March; American troops crossed Rhine.
April; Soviets and Americans met in Elbe and drove Germans back to Berlin.
May; Hitler committed suicide in a German bunker in Berlin.
European War was over! Germany had been conquered!
Three months later, Stalin agreed to help the U.S. in the fight against Japan. -
The Manhattan Project & The Potsdam Conference
Fearing that Germans would develop the atomic bomb, US government launch: the Manhattan Project (developing and testing the atomic energy and create weapon to flatten entire cities). Potsdam Conference near Berlin: President Truman received word that the Manhattan project had successfully tested an atomic bomb. Stalin nodded in agreement, and hoped Americans would make good use of it. -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki Bombings
On August 6, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima, Japan. On August 9, the US dropped more atomic bombs on Nagasaki, Japan. August 15: Japan surrendered to the US.
September 2: aboard the battleship USS Missouri, Japanese delegates officially signed their surrender to the US. WWII was over! -
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The Korean War
The North Koreans launched attack on Seoul (South Korean capital) which fell to the communist on June 28. UN passed resolutions demanding that North Korea cease hostilities and withdraw his armed forces to the 38th parallel line. Fighting continued with the DPRK and ROK constantly crossing the 38th parallel line into each other’s territories. Finally on July 27, 1953 and armistice agreement was signed by the Soviet Union in the US. More than 1.5 million people died during the conflict.
