Time line 1940 - 1949

  • Lend-Lease Act

    Lend-Lease Act
    The Lend-Lease Act was approved in 1941, which gave around $7 billion in military credits for American manufactured war supplies to Great Britain and other allies; in the fall, a similar Lend-Lease pact would be approved for the USSR with a $1 billion loan.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    The attack on Pearl Harbor commences. When Japanese planes launch a surprise attack on United States, destroying the U.S. Pacific Fleet docked. That attack destroyed a lot of lives, with 1,177 sailor and marines perishing in the attack, as well as the loss of twenty-one naval ships. Which we declares war on Japan, officially entering World War II. declaration of war against America.
  • Jefferson Memorial

    Jefferson Memorial
    The Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • Anne Frank

    Anne Frank
    Anne Frank wrote a journal about life in hiding. Her journal became famous. During the Holocaust she hid in a secret place with her family and others. Eventually they all got sent to the death camps. She died at age 15.
  • Atomic Bomb

    Atomic Bomb
    The very first atomic bombed was tested In 1945. It was named S-1 by Truman. He had to face terrible choices. It was test on a little island in the South Pacific.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt dies and Harry S. Truman becomes President

    Franklin D. Roosevelt dies and Harry S. Truman becomes President
    Franklin D. Roosevelt dies and Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd President of the United States
  • Holocaust

    Holocaust
    The Holocaust was terrible event happened from 1939 though 1945. Hitler declared war against the Jews. His way of showing his strength to others. When Hitler caught any Jew, they were sent to concentration death camps if not murdered before that.
  • Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain

    Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain
    Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
  • The Employment Act

    The Employment Act
    The Employment Act it's Main purpose was to lay responsibility of economic stability of inflation and unemployment.
  • Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier in baseball

    Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier in baseball
    Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier in baseball. When the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at 1st base making him the first African American in major leagues.
  • Department of War becomes Department of Defense

    Department of War becomes Department of Defense
    Department of War becomes Department of Defense