World War 2 Timeline - RavenG

By RavenG_12
  • Treaty of Versailles (failed to provide a "just and secure peace" as promised.)

    Treaty of Versailles (failed to provide a "just and secure peace" as promised.)

  • Non Aggression Pact (between Germany and the Soviet Union.)

    Non Aggression Pact (between Germany and the Soviet Union.)

  • Start of War (Germany invaded Poland.)

    Start of War (Germany invaded Poland.)

  • Lend-Lease Act- Lend or lease arms and other supplies to "any country whose defense was vital to the United State."

    Lend-Lease Act- Lend or lease arms and other supplies to "any country whose defense was vital to the United State."

  • Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.

    Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.

  • Atlantic Charter (Declaration of the United Nations) was signed by 26 nations.

    Atlantic Charter (Declaration of the United Nations) was signed by 26 nations.

  • Manhattan Project (the code used to describe American efforts to build the atomic bomb.)

    Manhattan Project (the code used to describe American efforts to build the atomic bomb.)

  • D-Day - Normandy Invasion.

    D-Day - Normandy Invasion.

  • Yalta Conference (a series of compromises were worked out concerning postwar Europe.)

    Yalta Conference (a series of compromises were worked out concerning postwar Europe.)

  • Truman becomes President (confronted enormous challenges in both foreign and domestic affairs.)

    Truman becomes President (confronted enormous challenges in both foreign and domestic affairs.)

  • Hitler's Death (he committed suicide by shooting himself.)

    Hitler's Death (he committed suicide by shooting himself.)

  • V-E Day - Germans surrender.

    V-E Day - Germans surrender.

  • Formal surrender papers signed - Japan

    Formal surrender papers signed - Japan

  • Nuremberg Trials (put 24 surviving Nazi leaders on trial for different crimes.)

    Nuremberg Trials (put 24 surviving Nazi leaders on trial for different crimes.)

  • Korematsu v. USA (decision stated US could intern Japanese Americans.)

    Korematsu v. USA (decision stated US could intern Japanese Americans.)