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Lend-Lease Act
Proposed on late 1940 and passed on March '41 President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act that permitted him to "sell, lease, transfer, or exchange of arms and supplies to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States." -
Atlantic Charter
President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill disclose the Atlantic Charter which includes eight common principles. It provides a broad statement of U.S. and British war aims. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. It completely destroyed the American battleship U.S.S. Arizona and capsized the U.S.S. Oklahoma. -
Allied Nations for the Atlantic Charter
Meeting held in Washington, D.C., unites representatives of 26 governments that plead their support for the Atlantic Charter principles, known as the "Declaration by United Nations." (the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, China, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Poland, South Africa, Yugoslavia). -
Battle of Stalingrad
Major battle on the Eastern Front in which the Nazi German Army was to take over the city Stalingrad. Mainly known to be a city named after the leader of the USSR, Joseph Stalin. Battle lasted 6 months leading to the Red Army (Russian National Military Forces) to defeat invading Nazis. August 23, 1942-Feb. 2, 1943 -
"Big Three"
In Teheran, Iran, the first meeting between the "big three": Soviet Union leader Josef Stalin, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt; and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill discuss about the invasion of Western Europe, invasion of Southern France, and a promise from Stalin to join in the war against Japan once Germany was defeated. -
D-Day
General Eisenhower selected as Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force (Dec. 1943) for the code-named operation "Overload." It consisted of over 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile French coastline that battled on the beaches of Normandy. -
The Yalta Conference
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, along with U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Soviet Leader Josef Stalin, attend the conference at Yalta. Roosevelt and Churchill agree to allow Stalin to control the governments of Eastern Europe at war's end, thereby setting the stage for the future Cold War. -
Rhine River
Without authorization, George Patton's US 5th Division crossed the Rhine River during the night of 22 Mar 1945, establishing a six-mile deep bridgehead after capturing 19,000 demoralized German troops. Germans withdraw into Germany. -
German's Surrender
General Alfred Jodl signs the document of unconditional German surrender at General Eisenhower's Headquarters in Reims, France. Second ceremonial signing takes place in Soviet-occupied Berlin. VE-Victory in Europe celebrates this day as the end of WW2.
