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Start of WWII
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Hitler Seizes Low Countries
Adolf Hitler takes neutral countries: Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg. -
Lend-Lease Program
President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a "lend-lease" program, which would deliver arms to Great Britain to be paid for following the war's end. Congress then approves it. -
Germany Invades Soviet Union
Germany invades the Soviet Union violating the Nonaggression Pact. -
Roosevelt Warns Japanese
President FDR warns the Japanese government to cease all aggression toward neighboring countries or else face the U.S. forces. -
Pearl Harbor
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Bataan Death March
Was won by the Japanese. A challengingg march through hot, high desert terrain of White Sands Missile Range. American troops were subjected to harsh treatment by the Japanese. 10,000 surrended. Of those, 1,000 died in March, 5,000 die in POW Camps. Douglas MacArthur promised to return. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
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Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Guadalcanal begins. First offensive battle for the U.S. -
Battle of Guadalcanal ends
The Battle of Guadalcanal comes to an end. Proved us that the Jaoanese do not surrender, and they fight to the death. -
D Day
Normandy Landings, which were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord. -
Firestorm Raid of Tokyo
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Battle of Iwo Jima
This was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army. -
Battle of Okinawa
Last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II. Involved 287,000 troops of the U.S. Won by the U.S. -
FDR Dies
President FDR dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia. -
VE Day (Victory in Europe)
Public holiday created, celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Battle of Okinawa ends
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Japan Surrenders
