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Reuben James Sank
was the first United States Navy ship sunk by hostile action in the European theater of World War II -
Nazi Germnay Invaded Poland
was an invasion of Poland by Germany that marked the beginning of World War II. -
Sitzkrieg
a war, or a phase of a war, in which there is little or no active warfare. -
France Fell to Germeny
the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. -
Battle of Britain
was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. -
America First Committee Launched
opposed aid to the Allies in World War II because it feared direct American military involvement in the conflict. -
Destroyers-for-bases deal
US Navy destroyers were transferred to the Royal Navy from the United States Navy in exchange for land rights on British possessions. -
Congress Instituted the Draft
the United States instituted the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft -
Lend-lease
system by which the United States aided its World War II allies with war materials, such as ammunition, tanks, airplanes, and trucks -
Four Freedoms
The first is freedom of speech and expression – everywhere in the world. The second is freedoms of every person to worship god in his own way – everywhere in the world. -
Japannese Attacked on Pearl Harbor
was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, -
Battle of Battan
represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II. -
Bataan Death March
was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war from Saysain Point, Bagac, Bataan and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, via San Fernando, Pampanga, where the prisoners were loaded onto trains. -
Battle of Coral
was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia, taking place in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. -
Battle of Midway
was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II -
Battle of El Alamein
The First Battle of El Alamein and the Battle of Alam el Halfa had prevented the Axis from advancing further into Egypt. -
Island Hopping Campaign Begins
was a military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan and the Axis powers during World War II. -
Casablanca Conference
was held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, French Morocco, from January 14 to 24, 1943, to plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II. -
Battle of Stalingrad
was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia -
Tehran Conference
a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943, after the Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran. -
D-day
World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
FDR Elected to a 4th term
is elected to an unprecedented fourth term in office. FDR remains the only president to have served more than two terms -
Battle of the Bulge
was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II -
MacArthur Returned to the phillipines
a few hours after his troops landed, MacArthur waded ashore onto the Philippine island of Leyte. That day, he made a radio broadcast in which he declared, “People of the Philippines, I have returned!” In January 1945, his forces invaded the main Philippine island of Luzon -
Yalta Conference
was the re-establishment of the nations conquered and destroyed by Germany -
Battle of Okinawa
was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. -
fdr dies harrytruman became president
was the 33rd president of the United States from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as vice president. -
VE Day
was celebrated on Tuesday, 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces -
Potsdam Conference
was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm in Potsdam, occupied Germany, from 17 July to 2 August 1945. -
Manhattan Project Began
This once classified photograph features the first atomic bomb -
Little boy dropped on hiroshima
shows the preparation of the “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” atomic bombs on Tinian Island. -
fat man dropped on nagasaki
"Fat Man" was the codename for the nuclear bomb that was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki by the United States on 9 August 1945 -
VJ Day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end. -
Nuremberg Trails
were a series of military tribunals held by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war after World War II. -
Battle of Iwo jima
was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II -
Japanese war Crime Trails
was a military trial convened on April 29, 1946, to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for joint conspiracy to start and wage war -
USS Kearny Attacked
was a United States Navy warship during World War II
