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Nazi Germany Invaded Poland
Signal the beginning of the war (first military move) -
Sitzkrieg
Time during then war where their wasn't much conflict -
Congress Instituted the Draft
Required anyone from 18-25 to sign up to serve in the military -
France Fell to Germany
German occupied Paris and beat the Magnot line -
Battle of Britain
Royal air force defended Britain successfully against Germans -
America First Committee Launched
A group against the U.S joining the war -
Destroyers-for- Bases Deal
U.S naval destroyers were given to the Royal Navy. -
Lend-Lease
U.S military to foreign nations is war -
Four Freedoms
4 freedoms. freedom of want, fear, worship, and sppech -
USS Kearny Attacked
torpedo by German U-boats, made U.S have shoot on sight policy -
Reuben James Sank
First US ship sunk by enemy fighting. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese attacked base in Hawaii. Caused them to join war. -
Battle of Bataan
Most intense part of the Japanese ivvasion of the a Philippians -
Bataan Death March
Forced movement of POW by Japanese soldiers -
Battle of Coral Sea
Japanese vs U.S navy and air force and Australia -
Battle of Midway
six month after japan attack on pearl harbor and one month after Britain Sea Coral -
Island Hopping Campaign Begins
focused on setting up military forces on only important islands -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germany fought the Soviet Union for the city of Stalingrad -
Manhattan Project Began
secret military project to produce atomic bomb -
Battle of El Alamein
battle in Egypt and Allies won. Axis can't advance. -
Tehran Conference
meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill, first WW2 Conference -
Casablanca Conference
Conference to stage the next plan for the war (Allied) -
D-Day
Baattle of Normady convencing win for Allies -
MacArthur Returned to the Philippines
Liberated the fillipino people from the Japanese -
Battle of the Bulge
e last major German offensive strike as the war was turning to Allies -
Yalta Conference
meeting between world powers to settle war discussions -
Battle of Iwo Jima
battle where the United States Marine Corps captured the island Iwo Jim -
Battle of Okinawa
Army vs Japanese marines in Pacific ocean -
FDR Died / Harry Truman Became President
FDR died 82 days into office, Truman becomes president -
VE Day
Victory day in Europe when Axis surrendered -
Potsdam conference
Meeting of world leaders about war -
Little Boy Dropped on Hiroshima
Bomb dropped on Hiroshima -
Fat Man Dropped on Nagasaki
Bomb dropped on Nagasaki -
VJ Day
day Japan surrendered end of the war -
Nuremberg Trials
12 nazi sent to death -
Japanese War Crime Trials
Tokyo Trial. Trials against Japans leaders -
FDR Elected to a 4th Term
FDR Elected four 4th term. Unprecedented event in American history.
