World War II Events

By Duffman01

  • Carl Vinson

    Carl VinsonElected to congress, and helped grow U.S. Navy, with help of Richard Russell brought industry to Ga to bring their state out of Great Depression

  • Richard Russell

    Rich RussU.S. Senator that served on the Naval Affairs Committee used power to bring wartime industry to GA

  • Holocaust

    HolocaustSystematic approach to the murdering of more than 6 million jews orchestrated by Hitler and the Nazi's. Made GA rethink the way they have been treating others.

  • Bell Aircraft

    Bell Aircraft
    Bell Aircraft Marrietta Ga, produced many jets and bombers, including the b-29 bomber, that contributed to the war.

  • WWII Breaks Out

    WWII Breaks Out
    WWII HistoryThe immediate cause of the outbreak of WWII in Europe in 1939 was the German invasion of Poland. England and France had guaranteed that they would protect Poland’s borders as they were in 1939. When Germany invaded, France and England kept their promise and declared war.

  • Lend-Lease Program Created

    Lend-Lease Program Created
    Lend-Lease ActThe principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. The act authorized the president to transfer arms or any other defense materials for which Congress appropriated money to “the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. The act authorized the president to transfer arms or any other defense materials for wh

  • Savannah Shipyard

    Savannah SYMain ship factory out of GA. Shipbuilding was main contribution to world war 2 out of this shipyard. Ended up making 88 ships.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. The day after the assault, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan.

  • Brunswick Shipyard

    Brunswick SYOther Liberty shipyard produced ships twoards war effort, mainly used to export cotton and rice to troops in the war torn countries.

  • D-Day

    d-daymore than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France.

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta ConferenceThe meeting was intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe. Within a few years, with the Cold War dividing the continent, Yalta became a subject of intense controversy. To some extent, it has remained controversial.

  • Hitler's Death

    Hitler's DeathShot himself in the haed with a gun, after fears of losing war. Much specualtion about him actually being dead or not.

  • Hiroshima

    HiroshimaThe first time use of the atomic bomb to devastate a city of Japan. Used as a strategy to get Japan to surrender and end WW2 they refused.

  • Nagasaki

    NagasakiAfter Japan refused to back down the U.S. laid a knock out punch by destroying Nagaski. Japan went on to surrender, and WW2 was won.

  • U.N. Formation

    UN FormationAfter WW2 the entire European, Asian, and American borders did not want another all out war that had just occurred therefore they formed a group to keep the peace.