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Selective Service Act of 1940
The act provided for the first peacetime draft in American history. This selective service act required that men in their twenties and thirties register with local draft boards. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Suprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. -
America Declaring War With Japan
The U.S. declares war with Japan, entering World War II. -
Germany and Italy Declare War With U.S.
Germany and Italy, Japan's allies, side with Japan and officially declare war on the U.S. -
Battle of Midway
The U.S. Navy sinks four Japanese aircraft carriers in e fight that proves to be the turning point in the Pacific War. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germany's entire Sixth Army is lost, and the war begins turning in favor of the allies. -
Normandy Invasion
The American and British invasion of France. -
D-Day
The Allied Expeditionary Force under Dwight Eisenhower lands on the coast of Northern France on what will later be called D-Day. The "Second Front" that Stalin has been demanding fro three years is now open. -
Hilter Suicide/Fall of Berlin
Hilter commits suicide, shortly before the fall of Berlin and surrender of German forces in Europe. -
Surrender of Japan
The U.S. develops the atomic bomb and successfully uses it in August to force the surrender of Japan.
