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President FDR
the longest serving president, he was only removed from office after his death -
Executive order 9066
Executive order 9066 is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, confining 110,000 Japanese Americans, including 75,000 citizens, on the West Coast into relocation camps during World War II. The remains of the first of these detention camps resides in California's Manzanar National Historic Site. These camps would last for three years. -
Doolittle Raid
Aerial attack led by Col Doolittle on the main island of Japan in response to Pearl Harbor. The attack showed that we had the capability to hit the Japanese homeland. Most of the pilots lost their lives. -
The battle of Midway
The Battle of the Midway is fought at Midway Islands in the Pacific with the Japanese fleet encountering its first major defeat of the war against the United States military. This is the turning point of the war in the pacific -
The Harlem Race riots
Race riots in Detroit and Harlem cause forty deaths and seven hundred injuries -
Normandy Invasion
The Normandy Invasion, otherwise known as D-Day, occurs when one hundred and fifty-five thousand Allied troops, including American forces and those of eleven other Allied nations, land in France. Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of France to begin the World War II invasion of Europe that would lead to the liberation of Paris. Operation Overlord gained footing quickly, pushing through the Atlantic Wall in the largest amphibious military operation in history. -
FDR dies
President Roosevelt dies suddenly; Vice President Harry S. Truman assumes the presidency and role as commander in chief of World War II. -
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President Harry Truman
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VE Day
Victory in Europe comes after the unconditional surrender of the German army -
Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima Japan
President Harry S. Truman gives the go-ahead for the use of the atomic bomb with the bombing of Hiroshima. Three days later, the second bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. On August 15, Emperor Hirohito of Japan surrenders. -
VJ day
Japan surrenders to the U.S. after the bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Soviet Blockade of West Berlin
Cold war tensions heighten after the Soviet Union begins its land blockade of the Allied sectors of Berlin, Germany. A counter blockade by the west was put into effect, as well as a British and U.S. airlift of supplies and food until both blockades were lifted on September 30, 1949 -
The Marshall plan
American initiative passed in 1948 for foreign aid to Western Europe. The United States transferred over $12 billion in economic recovery programs to Western European economies after the end of World War II -
NATO Formed
the North American Treaty Organization, is formed by the United States, Canada, and ten Western European nations (Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom). The treaty stated that any attack against one nation would be considered an attack against them all. -
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Korean War
The Korean War begins its three-year conflict when troops of North Korea, backed with Soviet weaponry, invade South Korea. This act leads to U.S. involvement when two days later, the United States Air Force and Navy are ordered by President Truman to the peninsula. On June 30, ground forces and airstrikes are approved against North Korea.