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Beginning of the War
Adolf Hitler in an alliance with Joseph Stalin invaded Poland was world Domination. Since Poland had an alliance with Great Britain. At this point on it started the beginning of WWII. This uproars World War 2. Hitler broke many rules but the most one that had an effect to World war 2 is the fact that he made the Military Bigger. -
The world war struck out
As war broke out in Europe, American sentiment heavily favored isolationism. With the nation still skeptical of Allied propaganda after it had lured the U.S. into the first World War, the United States declares its neutrality in the European War. Germany reached out to its allies and prepares for warfare -
Germany Invades Belgium
Germany invades Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. Because of the failure of his appeasement policies, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigns. Forming a coalition government, Winston Churchill replaces him. Standing alone, Churchill soon began conferring with U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt for aid to the British cause. Hitler sets up some camps in Belgium. They make any Jewish people in Belgium go to the camps. -
50 Million people world wide register during the war.
Close to 16 million American men between the ages of 21 and 36 are required to register at one of 6,500 draft boards across the country. Nearly 50 million men would register during the war. So many kids would sneak and pretended to be a certain age. -
Roosevelt sighs an executive Order 8802
Under threat of a forced march on Washington, Roosevelt signs Executive Order 8802. It combats discrimination against blacks and women in the hiring practices of defense jobs. It is the first federal gesture toward civil rights since Reconstruction. -
The Germans Sink the eight Unarmed vessels
Silhouetted against the lights of Manhattan, eight unarmed vessels are sunk by a German U-boat. By the end of January, U-Boats would sink 25 tankers along the East Coast, continuing a fierce struggle for supremacy of the seas called the "Battle of the Atlantic" and threatening to choke off America's allies. More than 230 Allied ships and almost 5 million tons of desperately needed materiel went to the bottom of the sea in the first six months of 1942. -
The battle of Bismarck
The Battle of the Bismarck Sea is fought for control of New Guinea. The decisive American victory forces the Japanese to re-enforce its troops by submarine — a defensive strategy employed to prevent the continued loss of transports and warships.The Japanese later on perfect water warfare. -
Sneak attack from the back
oping to break the impasse near the Benedictine abbey of Monte Casino, Allied forces land at Anzio. Despite catching the enemy by surprise, General John P. Lucas takes nine days to strengthen his position rather than dash inland. His army would remain pinned down by the Germans for four miserable months. These Men dealt with the Germans for about 4 months but they had got help from their allies. -
The great Invasion
D-Day arrives. The greatest invasion in history begins just after midnight as the first of 24,000 paratroopers -- flown over the Channel in more than 1,000 aircraft -- are dropped behind enemy lines in Normandy. More than 5,300 ships, carrying 176,000 men are streaming across the Channel. Allied commanders plan five coordinated landings along a 45-mile stretch of the Normandy coastline between the Cotentin Peninsula and the Orne River for Operation Overlord. -
The allies planed to invade Japan
The Allies' planned invasion of the Japanese mainland was to begin this day with the island of Kyushu. More than 500,000 Japanese troops were already in position to repel them and another six million were either under arms or ready to be called up. Women and school children were drilling with sharpened bamboo spears.
