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World War 2
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Nazi Germany Invaded Poland
This event represents the beginning of WWII and was the “last straw” that make France and England fight Hitler. -
Sitzkrieg
Also known as the Phoney War, this warfare marked by a lack of aggression or progress. -
Congress Instituted the Draft
Around this time, the Burke-Wadsworth Act is passed by Congress and the first peacetime draft in the history of the United States is imposed. -
France Fell to Germany
Starting from this day, the Battle of France was fought for a month and resulted with German forces defeated Allied forces in a series of mobile operations and conquest of France and the end of land operations on what had been the Western Front. -
Battle of Britain
In this battle, the largest sustained bombing campaign occurred and was a significant turning point of World War II with Britain's victory against Germany. -
America First Committee Launched
It started a leading isolationist group advocating that America focus on continental defense and non-involvement with the European war. -
Destroyers-for-Bases Deal
The destroyers-for-bases deal of Roosevelt's compromise for helping Britain as he could not sell Britain US destroyers without defying the Neutrality Act. -
Four Freedoms
This Four Freedom speech goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt where he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" would love to have. -
Lend-Lease
It was a new principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. -
USS Kearny Attacked
On this day, USS Kearny US destroyer sunk by German U-boats off the coast of iceland. -
Reuben James Sank
Reuben James was torpedoed and sunk with a significant amount of death from the Navy staffs and officers crew. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
This attacked ignited the fury of the United States' entrance into World War II. -
Battle of Bataan
This battle represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II. -
Bataan Death March
U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II make Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. -
Battle of Coral Sea
This battle was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. -
Battle of Midway
This battle was a turning point in the Pacific War. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This battle marked the end of Germany's advances into eastern Europe and Russia and the battle was the first major German loss during World War II. -
Battle of El Alamein
This battle was a turning point in the North African campaign and it ended the long fight for the Western Desert. -
Island Hopping Campaign Begins
This marked the start of a military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan and the Axis powers during World War II. -
Casablanca Conference
This conference is a meeting during World War II in Casablanca between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to plan future global military strategy for the western Allies. -
Tehran Conference
This conference was a strategy meeting held between Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill and was the first of the World War II conferences between all of the "Big Three" Allied leaders. -
D-Day
On this day, Normandy Landing occurred in WWII, which was significant because it is the largest military operation by sea in history. -
MacArthur Returned to the Philippines
On this day, MacArthur fulfilling his promise to return to the area he was forced to flee in 1942. -
Battle of the Bulge
On this battle, the Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist and is an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. -
FDR Elected to a 4th Term
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the only president to be elected to three terms in office, is inaugurated to his fourth term. -
Yalta Conference
This conference is a meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt to discuss about warfare as World War II was winding down. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
This battle was known for its strategical significance because it provided an air base for Japanese fighter planes to intercept and a haven for Japanese naval units in dire need of any support available around the coast. -
Battle of Okinawa
In this battle, Allied forces invade the island of Okinawa and engage the Japanese in the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War. -
FDR Died / Harry Truman Became President
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge of World War 2 . -
Japanese War Crime Trials
In these trial, Japanese military and government officials accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe occurred as America and Britain rejoiced after the defeat of the Nazi war machine. -
Manhattan Project Began
Even though they started since 1939, this day mark the beginning of atomic bomb. -
Potsdam conference
In this conference, the “Big Three” gathered to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. -
Little Boy Dropped on Hiroshima
During this attack, the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima of Japan. -
Fat Man Dropped on Nagasaki
This attacked was the second atomic bomb attack from America to Japan in Nagasaki. -
VJ Day
On this day, a formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. -
Nuremberg Trials
Judges from the Allied powers presided over the hearings of twenty-two major Nazi criminals in these trials.
