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Unit 7, Part 4

  • Congress instituted the draft

    Congress instituted the draft

    summons and requires people to join the army
  • Sitzkrieg

    Sitzkrieg

    France and Britain declared war on Germany and proceeded to launch no major military land operations
  • Nazi Germany Invaded Poland

    Nazi Germany Invaded Poland

    extensive bombing early on to destroy the enemy's air capacity, railroads, communication lines, and munitions dumps, followed by a massive land invasion
  • Destroyers-for-bases Deal

    Destroyers-for-bases Deal

    fifty Caldwell, Wickes, and Clemson class US Navy destroyers were transferred to the Royal Navy from the United States Navy in exchange for land rights on British possessions
  • America First Committee Launched

    America First Committee Launched

    the foremost United States non-interventionist pressure group against the American entry into World War II
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by the German Air Force
  • France Fell to Germany

    France Fell to Germany

    the French government signed an armistice with Nazi Germany just six weeks after the Nazis launched their invasion of Western Europe
  • Island hopping campaign begins

    Island hopping campaign begins

    a military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan and the Axis powers
  • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

    bombing killed 2300 americans and destroyed the U.S.S.
  • Reuben James Sank

    Reuben James Sank

    the first United States Navy ship sunk by hostile action in the European theater of World War II
  • USS Kearny Attacked

    USS Kearny Attacked

    torpedoed before the US joined the war but survived
  • Four Freedoms

    Four Freedoms

    Freedom of speech. Freedom of worship. Freedom from want. Freedom from fear.
  • Lend Lease

    Lend Lease

    provided for military aid to any country whose defense was vital to the security of the United States
  • Manhattan Project Began

    Manhattan Project Began

    military project to make the first US nuclear weapon
  • Battle of El Alamein

    Battle of El Alamein

    marked the culmination of the North African campaign between the forces of the British Empire and the German-Italian army
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    turning point in the pacific war
  • Battle of Coral Sea

    Battle of Coral Sea

    battle between Japanese navy and US navy and air force
  • Baatan Death March

    Baatan Death March

    75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make a 65-mile march to prison camps
  • Battle of Bataan

    Battle of Bataan

    most intense Japanese invasion of the Philippines
  • Tehran Conference

    Tehran Conference

    strategy meeting after the invasion of iran
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

    most major confrontation of World War II in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia
  • Casablanca Conference

    Casablanca Conference

    to plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

    Germany launched its last major offense
  • FDR elected to a 4th Term

    FDR elected to a 4th Term

    dies 82 days in
  • MacArthur returns to Philippines

    MacArthur returns to Philippines

  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Allies invaded northern france from the beaches of normandy
  • Battle of Okinawa

    Battle of Okinawa

    between United states and Japan
  • Nuremberg Trials

    Nuremberg Trials

    trials of accused Nazi war criminals, conducted by a U.S., French, and Soviet military tribunal based in Nuremberg, Germany
  • VJ Day

    VJ Day

    Japan surrendered to the allies
  • Fat Man Dropped on Nagasaki

    Fat Man Dropped on Nagasaki

    second bomb from the United states in WWII
  • Little Boy Dropped on Hiroshima

    Little Boy Dropped on Hiroshima

    bomb drpped by the United states air force
  • Potsdam conference

    Potsdam conference

    the most pressing issue was the postwar fate of Germany
  • VE Day

    VE Day

    Nazi Germany surrendered to allies
  • FDR died/ Truman became president

    FDR died/ Truman became president

  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima

    United States captured Iwo Jima from Japan
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Declaration of Liberated Europe and fate of postwar Germany decided
  • Japanese War Crime Trials

    Japanese War Crime Trials

    tried japanese leaders who participated in conspiracies