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Nazi Germany Invaded Poland
On September 1st 1939 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. -
Sitzkrieg
An eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there was only one limited military land operation on the Western Front, when French troops invaded Germany's Saar district. -
France Fell to Germany
German forces occupied Paris unopposed after a chaotic period of flight of the French government that led to a collapse of the French army. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force ( defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by the German Air Force. -
Destroyers-for-Bases Deal
In the Destroyers for Bases Agreement between the United States and Great Britain on September 2, 1940, 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 Comittee Launched
The America First Committee was the foremost United States non-interventionist pressure group against the American entry into World War II. -
Congress Instituted The Draft
The U.S. enacted a military draft again during World War I, in 1940 to make the U.S. ready for its involvement in World War II, and during the Korean War. -
Four Freedoms
Proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy: Freedom of speech. Freedom of worship. Freedom from want. Freedom from fear. -
Lend-Lease
The principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. -
USS Kearny Attacked
A Benson-Livermore-class destroyer, was a United States Navy warship during World War II ; she was noted for being torpedoed by a German U-boat in October 1941, before the U.S. had entered the war. -
Reuben James Sank
The first United States Navy ship sunk by hostile action in the European theater of World War II -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory ;the bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. -
Battle of Bataan
Represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II. -
Bataan Death March
March in the Philippines of some 66 miles that 76,000 prisoners of war were forced by the Japanese military to endure in April 1942, during the early stages of World War II. -
Battle of Coral Sea
Major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia, taking place in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War. -
Battle of Midway
Decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II which occurred between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The most major confrontation of World War II in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in Southern Russia -
Battle of El Alamein
This marked the culmination of the World War II North African campaign between the British Empire and the German-Italian army. -
Manhattan Project Began
A research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. -
Casablanca Conference
A meeting during World War II in Casablanca, Morocco, between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and their respective military chiefs and aides, who planned future global military strategy for the western Allies. -
Island Hopping Campaign Begins
A military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan and the Axis powers during World War II. -
Tehran Conference
Strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943, after the Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran. -
D-Day
A day during World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
MacArthur Returned to the Phillipines
On October 20, 1944, a few hours after his troops landed, MacArthur waded ashore onto the Philippine island of Leyte;that day, he made a radio broadcast in which he declared, “People of the Philippines, I have returned!” -
Battle of the Bulge
The last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. -
FDR elected to a 4th term
This was the first and only time a president has been inaugurated for a fourth term. -
Yalta Conference
A meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt early in February 1945 as World War II was winding down. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
A major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. -
Battle of Okinawa
A major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. -
FDR Died/ Harry Truman Became President
Harry S.Truman was an American statesman who served as the 33rd President of the United States , taking the office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
VE Day
Public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces -
Potsdam conference
The Big Three Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (replaced on July 26 by Prime Minister Clement Attlee), and U.S. President Harry Truman met in Potsdam, Germany, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. -
Little Boy Dropped on Hiroshima
"Little Boy" was the codename for the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II. -
Fat man dropped on Nagasaki
"Fat Man" was the codename for the atomic bomb that was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki by the United States on 9 August 1945 -
VJ Day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war. -
Nuremberg Trials
Judges from the Allied powers Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States presided over the hearings of twenty-two major Nazi criminals. Twelve prominent Nazis were sentenced to death. -
Japanese War Crime Trials
The trial ended with 25 of 28 Japanese defendants being found guilty.;of the three other defendants, two had died during the lengthy trial, and one was declared insane.
