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1941 BCE
Lend-lease Act passed in US
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. -
1933 BCE
Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
1933 President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or fÜhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany. -
1929 BCE
Stalin comes to power
Joseph Stalin was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee before he came to power. -
1922 BCE
Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 to 1943 -
Holocaust
The Holocaust was a genocide in which some six million European Jews were killed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany, and the World War II collaborators with the Nazis. -
Invasion of Poland and start of WW2
The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, or the 1939 Defensive War in Poland The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact -
Pearl Harbor attack
Was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
America declares war on Japan and enters WW2
On this day, as America’s Pacific fleet lay in ruins at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt requests, and receives, a declaration of war against Japan. -
War production Board created
Was established in 1942 by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The purpose of the board was to regulate the production and allocation of materials and fuel during World War II in the United States of America. -
Executive Order 9066
Executive Order 9066 was a United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. -
European Battles: D-Day
he Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany's control. -
Pacific Battles: Iwo Jima
Was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. The American invasion had the goal of capturing the entire island, including the three Japanese-controlled airfields to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands. -
Pacific Battles: Okinawa
was a series of battles fought in the Japanese Ryukyu Islands, centered on the island of Okinawa, and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War during World War II, the 1 April 1945 invasion of Okinawa itself. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
End of WW2
The final battles of World War II were as well as the German surrender to the Soviet Union and the Western Allies took place in late April and early May 1945. The total number of prisoners taken on the Western Front in April 1945 by the Western Allies was 1,500,000. Germany got defeated again. massive explosions a lot of damage. -
European Battles: Operation Torch (North Africa)
was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War which started on 8 November 1942.
