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formation of the united states
he United Nations is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945 -
hitler and the nazis come topower in germany
these conditions provided the chance for the rise of a new leader adolf hitler and his party the national socialist german workers party or nazi party for short -
japanese invasion of manchuria
the japanese invasion of manchuria began on sept.18,1931 when the kwantung army of the empire of japan invaded manchuria immediately following the mukden incident.. -
neutrality acts passed in the us
n the 1930s, the United States Government enacted a series of laws designed to prevent the United States from being embroiled in a foreign war by clearly stating the terms of U.S. neutrality. Although many Americans had rallied to join President Woodrow Wilson’s crusade to make the world “safe for democracy” in 1917, by the 1930s critics argued that U.S. involvement in the First World War -
munich conference
the munich conference came as a result of a long series of negotiations adolf hitler had demanded the sudetenland in czechoslovakia -
kristallnacht
a massive coordinated attack on jews throughout the german reich on the night of november9,1938 into the next day -
battle of atlantic
the battle of atlantic,which lasted from september 1939 until the defeat of germany in 1945,was the war's longest continuous military campaign -
germany and the ussr sign the non-aggression pact
On August 23, 1939–shortly before World War II (1939-45) broke out in Europe–enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
germany invades poland-beginning of ww2
On this day in 1939, German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. World War II had begun. The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to wage -
rescue at dunkirk
he dunkirk evacuation code-name operation dynamo .the flag is flown only by civilian vessels tha ttook part in the dunkirk rescue.. -
france falls to germany
yet britain and france despite having declared war on germany in september 1939 following hitler's attack on poland,had seen little real fighting -
formation of the axis power
Finally, on September 27, 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, which became known as the Axis alliance. Even before the Tripartite Pact, two of the three Axis powers had initiated conflicts that would become theaters of war in World War II. -
presidential election of 1940
United States presidential election, 1940. Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Willkie/McNary, Blue denotes those won by Roosevelt/Wallace. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. -
congress passes the lend lease act
Proposed in late 1940 and passed in March 1941, the Lend-Lease Act was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. It authorized the president to transfer arms or any other -
bombing of peral harbor,hawaii
the atrack on pearl harbor a;so known as the battle of pearl harbor the hawaii operation or operation al by the japanese imperial general headquarters -
relocation of japanese americans to camps
The relocation of Japanese-Americans into internment camps during World War II was one of the most flagrant violations of civil liberties in American history. -
allied invasion/victory in the philippines
By mid-1944, American forces were only 300 nautical miles (560 km) southeast of Mindanao, the largest island in the southern Philippines – and able to bomb Japanese positions there using long-range bombers. American forces under Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz had advanced across the Central Pacific Ocean, capturing the Gilbert Islands, some of the Marshall Islands, and most of the Marianas Islands, bypassing many Japanese Army garrisons and leaving them behind, with no source of supplies and mi -
bataan death march
the forcible transfer from saisaih pt. and mariveles to camp O'donnell by the imperial japanese army of 60,000-80,000 -
manhattan project
the manhattan project was a secret military project created in 1942 to produce the first US nuclear weapon -
battle of midway
The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. -
d-day invasion
the invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. -
presidential election of 1944
he united states presidential election of 1944 was the 40th quadrennial presidential election heldmon tuesday november7,1944 -
battle of the bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe -
rosie the riverter campaidn encourages women to get a job
Rosie the Riveter is commonly used as a symbol of feminism and women's economic ... millions of women were encouraged to work in industry and take over jobs -
yalta conference
The Yalta Conference was a meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt early in February 1945 as World War II was winding down. -
mussolini and the fascists come to power in italy
benito amilcare andrea mussolini was an italian politican,journalist,and the leader of the national fascist party -
bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki
The United States, with the consent of the United Kingdom as laid down in the Quebec Agreement, dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, during the final stage of World War II -
v-e day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 (7 May in Commonwealth realms) to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
surrender of japan
the surrender of the empire of japan was announced by imperial japan on august 15 and formally signed on september2,1945 bringing the hostilities
