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Nazi Germany Invaded Poland
German troops invaded Poland all along its border with German-controlled territory -
France Fell to Germany
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries and resulted in the end of land operations on what had been the Western Front -
Sitzkrieg
Sitzkreig, also known as the Phoney War, refers to an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there were no major military land operations on the Western Front -
Battle of Britain
German and British air forces clashed in the skies over the United Kingdom, locked in the largest sustained bombing campaign to that date -
Destroyers-for-Bases Deal
In the Destroyers for Bases Agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom, fifty mothballed Caldwell, Wickes, and Clemson-class US Navy destroyers were transferred to the Royal Navy from the United States Navy in exchange for land rights on British possessions -
America First Committee Launched
The America First Committee (AFC) was organized to oppose America`s potential intervention in World War II. -
Congress Instituted the Draft
The Selective Service Act or Selective Draft Act authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people. -
Four Freedoms
The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy: Freedom of speech -
Lend-Lease
The Lend-Lease policy was a program under which the United States supplied Free France, the United Kingdom, the Republic of China, and later the USSR and other Allied nations with food, oil, and materiel. -
USS Kearny Attacked
USS Kearny, a Benson-Livermore-class destroyer, was a United States Navy warship during World War II. -
Reuben James Sank
Reuben James was the first United States Navy ship sunk by hostile action in the European theater of World War II. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
attack on Pearl Harbor, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. -
Battle of Bataan
The Battle of Bataan represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army of Filipino and American prisoners of war, after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II. -
Battle of Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein marked the culmination of the World War II North African campaign between the British Empire and the German-Italian army. -
Island Hopping Campaign Begins
Island hopping was a military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan and the Axis powers. -
Casablanca Conference
The Casablanca Conference was held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, French Morocco, to plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II -
Tehran Conference
The Tehran Conference was a meeting between U.S. President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister, and Soviet Premier in Tehran, Iran -
D-Day
156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. -
MacArthur Returned to the Philippines
After advancing island by island across the Pacific Ocean, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore onto the Philippine island of Leyte, fulfilling his promise to return to the area he was forced to flee in 1942. -
FDR Elected to a 4th Term
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented fourth term in office. FDR remains the only president to have served more than two terms. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union and Premier Joseph Stalin, respectively, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was a series of battles fought in the Ryukyu Islands, and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War during World War II -
FDR Died / Harry Truman Became President
President Franklin Roosevelt passes away after four momentous terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge of a country still fighting the Second World War and in possession of a weapon of unprecedented and terrifying power. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day marks the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. It thus marked the end of World War II in Europe. -
Manhattan Project Began
The Manhattan Project was a research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II -
Potsdam conference
The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof. Stalin, Churchill, and Truman gathered to decide how to administer the defeated Nazi Germany, which had agreed to unconditional surrender nine weeks earlier. -
Little Boy Dropped on Hiroshima
"Little Boy" was the codename for the type of atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the United States Army Air Forces. -
Fat Man Dropped on Nagasaki
"Fat Man" was the codename for the type of atomic bomb that was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki by the United States. -
VJ Day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war. -
Nuremberg Trials
The Nuremberg trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces after World War II, which were most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany who planned, carried out, or otherwise participated in The Holocaust and other war crimes. -
Japanese War Crime Trials
In Tokyo, Japan, the International Military Tribunals for the Far East begins hearing the case against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II.
