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FDR wins election
The election took place in the midst of the Great Depression that had ruined the promises of incumbent President and Republican candidate Herbert Hoover to bring about a new era of prosperity. Economics was dominant, and the sort of cultural issues that had dominated previous elections including Catholicism -
invasion of poland
The invasion of poland by german forces marks the official start of WW1 -
Thousands of jewish businesses were damaged.
100 jews were killed, 26,000 sent to concentration camps. Jewish fined 1 billion marks, blamed for damage. German Jews try to leave the country but it was difficult. -
Germany attacks Poland!
German criminal in Polish clothing which there was proof of. Blitzkrieg with lightning warfare tanks and airforce. Which by the end of the month Germany ended with Victory. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany.
They were both Allies. There were more than 1,100 passengers on board, 112 of whom lost their lives. Of those, 28 were Americans, but President Roosevelt was unfazed by the tragedy. -
Germany takes over Denmark and Norway.
Germany invaded Denmark as part of the Operation "Weseruebung" directed towards the invasion of Norway. German invasion was to "protect" Denmark against the British attack. -
Germany Attacks France.
British and French commanders had believed that German forces would attack through central Belgium as they had in World War I, and rushed forces to the Franco-Belgian border to meet the German attack. The main German attack however, went through the Ardennes Forest in southeastern Belgium and northern Luxembourg. -
the French capital, fell to the Germans.
More than 300,000 French and British troops were evacuated from the beaches near Dunkirk across the English Channel to Great Britain. Paris, the French capital fell to the Germans. -
Election of 1940
FDR runs for an unprecedented third term. which he declares that U.S an arsenal of democracy. He also approved the Lend-lease Act which allowed the U.S to send weapons to the Britain regardless of ability of pay. -
General Hideki Tojo took control of Japan.
Tojo was appointed Prime Minister of Japan. By this date, he was convinced that a war with America could not be avoided and he put Japan on a full war alert. Tojo had decided that a massive knock-out blow would be enough to remove America from the Pacific. -
Pear Harbor Attack
This is a date that will live in infamy. this date destroyed isolationism. Also a date in which appromimately 2,400 Americans were killed, 20 warships and 200 aircrafts destroyed. -
Clark airforce Attack
The base covered 14.3 square miles (37 km²) with a military reservation extending north that covered another 230 square miles (596 km²). -
Declaration by United Nations
This document contained the first official use of the term "United Nations", which was suggested by President Roosevelt. -
60,000 new planes
This was used to threaten the japanese. -
American Bombers Attack Tokyo
Did not do major damage to japan but it did give something for the americans to celebrate. And it also did cause Japans leaders to worry and make future blunders. -
D-Day
101st Airborne parachuted behind enmy lines. 150,000 allied carried across the English channel. They were led by Omar Bradley. Hitler also refused to send reinforcements for precius days because he feared that invasion was a trick. -
President D Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin declared their resolve to establish a general international organization to maintain peace and security. -
New vice president takes over.
FDR dies and suddenly, vice president, Harry Truman takes over. -
Hitler commits suicide.
In this date Hitler put a gun to his head and commited suicide. -
50 countries met in San Francisco.
The Charter was signed by the representatives of the 50 countries. Poland, which was not represented at the Conference, signed it later and became one of the original 51 Member States. -
Soviets join the war against japan.
The Soviets terminated Japanese control of Manchukuo, northern Korea, southern Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands. The rapid defeat of Japan's Kwantung Army was a significant factor in the Japanese surrender and the termination of World War II -
Nagaski
the second of the only two atomic bombs ever used as instruments of aggressive war,It had been only 3 days since the first bomb, a uranium bomb, had decimated Hiroshima on August 6, with chaos and confusion in Tokyo. -
Emperor Hirchito surrendered over the radio.
brought the hostilities of World War II to a close. The Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent. While publicly stating their intent to fight on to the bitter end, the Empire of Japan's leaders. -
the united kingdoms
The United Nations officially came into existence when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories. United Nations Day is celebrated on 24 October each year. -
Security Council
Security Council meets for the first time in London, adopting its rules of procedure.
