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Reuban James Sank
It was sunken by a torpedo attack by a German submarine. -
Nazi Germany Invades Poland
German invades Poland and within 2 weeks of the invasion Poland is defeated. -
Sitzkrieg
This was a phase when no war acton actually took place, the phony war what this called during this era it was an 8 month period with no land military action. -
France Falls to Germany
France falls to germany due to Hitlers tatics, which began six weeks after the intial assult. -
Battle of Britian
This was the 2nd world war that had been defence towards the UK by the royal air force -
Destroyers for bases deal
This was a deal between Britian and the U.S that the U.S would give Britian 50 agng destroyers and in return the U.S would have a 90 year lease of Britians 8 bases in the western hemisphere. -
Americas First Comitte launched
This was one of the largest anti- war groups with 450 chapters, and 800,000 paid people involved. -
Congress instituted the draft
This was the first peacetime draft in history, which drafted young men into the war. -
4 freedoms
FDR composed the freedom of speech,freedom of religon, and freedom of want, and fear. -
Lend-Lease
This provided military aid to foreign nations from the U.S. -
Battle of coral sea
This was a major naval battle in the pacific theatre of WW2 between Japan, the U.S and Australia. -
USS Kearny attacked
it had been torpedoed by a German U-Boat, however it survived and later served in North Africa, and the Mediterranean. -
Japanese attacks Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attack the naval base in Hawaii, the bombings killed more than 2300 americans, and destroyed the American battleship USS. -
Battle of Bataan
This was th most intense phase of the war between the Japanese, and the philippines. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Another major battle on the eastern front of WW2, it was between germany and the soviet union, to see who would gain control over stlangrad, a city in Russia -
Manhattan Project
This was a secret military project used to crear a nuclear weapon in dear that the germans were making one too, it was bases in Manhattan NY. -
MacAuthor Leaves Philippines
FDR orders MacAuthor to leave due to the lack of American defense on the islands. -
Bataan Death March
This was a march directed by the Japanese, when they made 76,000 captured allie soldiers both filippino, and american march 80 miles across the Bataan peninsula. -
Battle of Midway
This was an intense , and decisive naval battle in the Pacific thatre of WW2 -
Island hoping campains
General MacAuthor composed the idea that they would the Pacific islands one by one until they reached Japan -
Battle of el alamein
A major battle that took place near the egyptian railway halt of el alamein -
Casablanca Confrence
This was held to find a strategy for the European allies in the second phase of the war, FDR and Winston Churchhill were present. -
Tehran Comfrence
This was a meeting between FDR, WInston Chruchhill, and Stalin that took place in Tehran Iran. -
D-day
This was a staged assult by the allied forces on German positions in Normandy France. -
FDR 4th election
FDR continues his presidency for the 4th time in a row, this will be his last term. -
Battle of the Bulge
This was a major German offensice campaign in Belgium France near the end of WW2 -
Yalta Confrence
This was a meeting between Stalin. Churchhil. and FDR as the war was beginning to end. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
This was a major American Battle that allowed the U.S to capture the 2 islands of Iwo Jima from the Japanese imperials. -
Battle of Okinawa
This was apart of the series of battles fought on the Ryukyu islands -
FDR dies/ Truman becomes president
FDR passes away from polio a disease he found, in his place is Harry Truman -
VE day
This was an event that marked the allied victory in Europe. -
Postdam Conference
The big 3 meet and dicsuus their thoughts on closing the war. -
Little boy gets dropped on Hiroshima
This was a U.S made bomb that was dropped on a city in Japan it was the first nuclear atomic bomb to deploy. -
Fat boy gets dropped on Nagastaki
This was the atomic bomb code name for the atomic bombing in Japan. during the war, the U.S dropped it on August 9th -
VJ Day
This was the day that Japan surrendered to the allies, and also the day that WW2 was considered "over". -
Japanese war crime trials
Also known as the Tokyo trials, which was set to try the leaders of the empire of Japan aganst 3 war crimes. -
Nuremburg Trials
This was a series of military tribunals, that had been held by the allied forces after the war.
