U.S. Involvement in WWII Timeline

By sieczka.1

  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

  • President Roosevelt orders Japanese Americans to internment camps

    President Roosevelt orders Japanese Americans to internment camps

  • U.S defeats Japan at Battle of Midway

    U.S defeats Japan at Battle of Midway

  • Allied forces invade Italy

  • Invasion of Normandy

    Invasion of Normandy

  • Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz

  • President Roosevelt dies, Harry Truman sworn in as President

    President Roosevelt dies, Harry Truman sworn in as President

  • Germany surrenders

    Germany surrenders

  • U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan

    U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan

  • Japan surrenders, officially ending WWII

    Japan surrenders, officially ending WWII