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Invasion
Britain and France declared war on Germany following the German invasion of Poland. -
Fascist Italy
Fascist Italy declares war on Britain and France -
Japan Attacks
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. -
Start of World War 2
America declear war on Japan. -
Germany and Fascist Italy declare war on America.
Withholding formal allegiance to either side in the battle between Germany and the Allies, Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, declares war on France and Great Britain. -
Women`s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) established
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the compromise bill; An Act to Establish the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps became Public Law -
battle of Midway
Navy aviators, plus a great deal of good luck on the American side, cost Japan four irreplaceable fleet carriers, while only one of the three U.S. carriers present was lost. The base at Midway, though damaged by Japanese air attack, remained operational and later became a vital component in the American trans-Pacific offensive. -
American invasion of North Africa.
This invasion began under the commander of General Dwright D. Eisenhower. -
Surrender
Fascist Italy surrenders -
Italy declares war on Germany.
On this day in 1943, the government of Italy declares war on its former Axis partner Germany and joins the battle on the side of the Allies. -
Harry Truman becomes president
Franklin Roosevelt dies so Harry Truman becomes president. -
German forces in Italy surrender.
On this day in 1945, approximately 1 million German soldiers lay down their arms as the terms of the German unconditional surrender, signed at Caserta on April 29, come into effect. -
V-J Day, Japan surrender
On this day in 1945, Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces the news of his country's unconditional surrender in World War II over a radio broadcast to the Japanese people. -
Japan surrenders
General Okamura Yasiyi submitted surrender to Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
