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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Hitler ordered his troops to re-enter the Rhineland, breaking the terms of Versailles
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FDR had signed the Neutrality Act which had banned travel on hostile ships, forbids the arming of American merchant ships trading with hostiles, and had called upon an arms embargo with nations in war.
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In a speech in Rome, Benito Mussolini promised to fight alongside Adolf Hitler in case of war.
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U.S. congress passes the Naval Expansion Act allowing FDR to use one billion dollars to enlarge the U.S. Navy.
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In return for the Sudentenland, Hitler promises to leave the rest of Czechoslovakia alone.
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Hitler goes back on a promise he made in September of 1938 and conquers all of Czecholsovakia.
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FDR wrote letters to both Mussolini and Hitler ensuring their promises to not attack a list of nations for at least 10 years. Hitler ensured FDR he had nothing to fear.
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Germany inavades Poland, which then caused Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany.
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Britain forces retreat from France as Hitler's armies defeat the French.
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Democrats break the two-term condition and renominate FDR for a 3rd term. FDR had defeated the republican; Wendell Willkie by close to 5 million votes.
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FDR asks for an enlarged army, and expanded air fleet. Citizens opinion favors the new defense program.
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Congress collects $16 billion for defensive needs and enacts the first peactime draft.
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When Germany invaded the Soviet Union, they had violated the Nonaggression Pact.
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This marks the day in which Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, an American Naval Base.
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Germany and Italy delcare war on the U.S., while the U.S. declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy.
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FDR delivers his State of the Union address where he proposed a massive government spending budget.
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This is the first time U.S. troops step foot on European soil
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This Allied power conference would result in the dual administrations in Berlin, the break up of Germany, and the prosecution of war criminals.
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President Roosevelt dies of a brain hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia
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Italian rebels had captured Mussolini, killed him, and mutilated his body.
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Adolf Hitler had killed him self in Berlin, Germany.
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German army signs a formal surrender
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Know as VE Day, this day was marked by the Allies of WWII of Nazi Germany's complete surrender of its armed forces.
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The U.S. had dropped an atomic bomb in Japan killing over 75,000 people and injuring more than 100,000 (first atomic bomb used in warfare)
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A second atomic bomb was dropped in Japan
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A surrender ceremony was placed on the U.S. Battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
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This day marked the end of the Empire of Japan and had officially brought World War II to a close.
