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Feb 19, 1492
Executive Order 9066
president issued this designating certain areas as war zones from which anyone might be removed for any reason -
First Concentration Camps are Built
First camps were Dachau, Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald -
Nuremberg Laws start anti-Semitism
denied German citizenship to Jews, banned marriage between Jews and non- Jews, and segregated Jews at every level of society -
Attack at Kristallnacht
"Night of the Broken Glass" ; After a Jewish refugee killed a german diplomat, Nazi officials ordered attacks on Jews in Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland. -
Manhattan Project
code name of the project that developed the atomic bomb -
Nazi germany invades Poland
some 1.5 million German troops invade Poland with German-controlled territory. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. -
United States Enters WWII
All but one member of Congress passed the motion of going to war one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Although America formally maintained neutrality up until that moment, the U.S. has long been involved in the war, providing support to the Allies. -
Germany Invades Soviet Union
The destruction of the Soviet Union by military force lead to the permanent elimination of the Communist threat to Germany -
Executive Order 8802
WWII measure that assured fair hiring practices in any job funded by the government -
Pearl Harbor
american military base attacked by the Japanese -
Internment of Japanese Americans begins
temporary imprisonment of members of a specific group--> this case the Japanese men, women, and children were transported to camps -
Battle of Midway
turning point of WWII in the pacific in which the Japanese advance was stopped -
British won at El Alamein
battle in Western Desert in Egypt between Axis forces (Germany and Italy -
Bracero Program
plan that brought laborers from Mexico to work on American farms -
Allied forces invade Italy
the Allies began their invasion of Axis-controlled Europe with landings on the island of Sicily, off mainland Italy -
German and Italian forces surrendered during Tunisia Campaign
lead by George S. Patton, the forces advanced east with heightened confidence while simultaneously, the British pressed westward from Egypt, trapping Axis forces in a continually shrinking pocket in Tunisia -
Germans surrender at Stalingrad
On this day, the last of the German forces fighting at Stalingrad surrender, despite Hitler’s earlier declaration that “Surrender is out of the question. The troops will defend themselves to the last!” -
Creation of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
all Nisei team that fought in the Italian campaign and become the most decorated military unit in american history and the 442nd helped counter the notion that Japanese americans were not loyal citiznes -
FDR issues War Refugee Board
worked with the Red Cross to save thousands of Eastern European Jews -
D-Day landing in France
the day allies landed on the beaches of Normandy, France -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler ordered a counterattack on Allied troops in Belgium, but it crippled Germany using up reserves and demoralizing its troops -
The Holocaust
name now used to describe the systematic murder by the Nazis of Jews and others -
Yalta Conference
strategy meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin -
Charter for UN
delegates from 50 nations met in San Fran to write the charter for the UN. The senate ratified the charter -
The World Map Changes
WWII altered the political realities of the world; Poland borders shifted slightly west for example -
Harry S. Truman becomes President
Became president after the death of FDR and took his spot in the Big Three -
World War II ends
WWII changed the nation in profound ways and it ended from the surrender of the Axis powers -
Bomb on Hiroshima
US pilots dropped an atomic Bomb on Hiroshima; more than 60,000 of Hiroshima's 344,000 residents were dead or missing -
US drops bomb on Nagasaki & Soviet union declares war on Japan
Two events rocked japan --> the soviet union declares war and invaded Manchuria and the US dropped a second atomic bomb killing 35,000 residents -
Surrender of Imperial Japan
Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II. -
Nuremberg Trials
trials in which Nazi leaders were charged with war crimes -
The Jewish Community proclaimed the State of Israel
they were supported by the UN resolution that called for the establishment of both a Jewish and a Palestinian state. President Truman recognized the new nation and were ally's with Israel
