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Germany broke their peace agreement with Britain and France by invading Poland; the cap of WWlll.
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The Sitzkreig portion of World War ll was the area in which their was no actual fighting, just the positioning of troops.
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The French fell to the German in a time span of six weeks; revealed the poor state of the western hemisphere defense mechanisms.
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The Royal force led an air force campaign against the German aggressors in the second world war.
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This deal gave America some property rights in Britain; in return 50 planes were given to the British military.
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This group was the foremost pressure for non-interventionist war philosophies.
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(The date shown is for when congress instituted the draft during peace times.)
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The people of the world had the freedom: from fear, from fear, to worship as they liked, and of speech and expression.
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This was the most aggressive period of Japanese imperialism against the Philippines in the war.
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The U.S. Kearny was sunken when a German U-boat torpedoed it; caused America disgruntlement.
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The boat was struck by an German u-boat; only 44 out of 140 or so survived.
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This gave the Europeans the ability to obtain American military devices with credit; only those countries whose defense was vital to the U.S. could receive weapons.
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Due to oil shortages since America was withholding the much needed supply, Japanese bombers took to Hawaii in order to get in the attacks they needed; over 2000 people were killed.
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This is when Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad.
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The British prevented a second advance of the Axis powers into Egypt.
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About 60,000 to 80,000 prisoners of war were forced to march 60 or so miles; called "death marches" because the destination was a labour camp.
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This event was a major battle in Pacific between the Japanese imperial army and the Naval and Air Forces from America and Australia.
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This battle was the deciding factor din whether or not the States would win the Pacific; victory was retained for the U.S.; Japan was forced to pull back.
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This campaign was headed by Douglas Macarthur, who used the tactic of going to each island on the way to Japan and dismantling the forces there.
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This was a a conference where the Allied forces held conferences on how to deal with the war next.
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The meeting of the big three (Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin) in Tehran, Iran
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Northern France was invaded by the Allies through the beach in Normandy; the campaign was bloody, yet successful.
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He returns the the Philippines after he swore he would after being driven out by the Japanese.
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FDR won for a fourth time, since the sentiment was that changing leaders during a war crisis was unwise.
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The last major offensive campaign for the Germans in the second world war.
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Europe's postwar reorganization was implemented during this conference; the big three
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This battle was marked by America taking the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army.
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Also known as Operation Iceberg, this was a major fight between the Japanese Imperial Army and America.
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The only president to win presidency four times; Harry S. Truman became the new president.
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This was the official accepetance of Germany's surrender by the Allied forces.
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The Big Three met again (U.S.: Truman, U.S.S.R.: Stalin, Britain: Churchill
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This is when the atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima; thousands upon thousands died.
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The trial were put on in order to judge the punishment of German aggressors.
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The city of Nagasaki was bombed as well, with even more casualties.
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This was the day in which America won over their Asian opponents.
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This was the project which began the creation of the atomic bomb.
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These trials were put on to determine the punishment of the Japanese war aggressors.
