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Neutrality Acts
The Nuetrality Acts are renewed for 14 months. -
Rhineland
Adolf Hitler makes his first move in reocuppying the demilatarized zone between Germany and France known as the Rhineland. This action was in direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles. -
Cash and Carry Policy
U.S. policy that allowed sales of weapons to warring nations as long as recipients arrange for transportation on their own ships and pay immediately in cash. -
Quarntine Speech
A speech given by FDR calling for an international effort to stop the expansion of aggressor nations. -
Munich Conference
Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain, and Daladier reach an agreement at the Munich Conference to give Germany the Sudetenland in hopes of appeasing Germany. -
Kristallnacht
Thousands of Jewish businesses and synagogues were damaged in Germany. The Jews are blamed and 26,000 are sent to concentration camps. -
Germany-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
The USSR and Germany reach an agreement to not attack each other, effectively shocking the world. -
World War II Begins
Hitler orders Nazi forces to invade Poland. Marks the beggining of World War II as France and Britian declare war as a result of the invasion of Poland. -
Lend Lease Act
Allowed the U.S. to offer weapons and other war supplies to theAllied Powers to fight against the Axis Powers, regardless of their ability to pay. -
Atlantic Charter
An agreement between FDR and Winston Churchill that defined their post-war goals. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor naval base, destroying most of the U.S. fleet and over 3000 men were killed or wounded. -
The U.S. Declares War!
The U.S. declares war on Japan, three days later Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S. -
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle between Japanese and Amerian war planes that stopped the Japanese advance on Austrailia. -
Battle of Midway
The U.S. breaks the Japanese code and uses it to strike a major blow to the Japanese navy. -
Operation Torch
The U.S. and Great Britian begin an offensive in Northern Africa. -
Allies Invade Sicily
Allied forces begin to invade Italy and Mussolini is overthrown. -
D-Day
A force made up mostly of U.S. soldiers begins an offensive assult on the beaches of Normandy. -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler launches the last major German offensive on the western front. -
Yalta Conference
FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joesph Stalin meet to plan for after the war. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima ends
After six weeks of fighting the U.S. prevails, securing several key air feilds. -
V-E Day
The Germans surrender to the Allied Powers. -
Battle of Okinawa ends
The bloodiest battle in the Pacfic concludes with the U.S. holding control of the air fields that were needed to bomb Japan. -
Hiroshima
The atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima following Japan's refusal to surrender. -
Nagasaki
The second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki. -
Japan Surrenders
