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Carl Vinson joins Naval Affairs Commitee
Carl Vinson joined Naval Affairs Commitee in 1917 and advocated for stronger military forces in the sea and air areas. When FDR became president, his ideas were recieved in a more understanding ight. FDR made the Vinson-Trammel Act, whcih allowed the navy to rise under conditions set by previous treaties. -
Richard Russell joins Naval Afffairs Commitee
He joins the Naval Afffairs Commitee in 1933.He later goes around the world with a commitee to see the status of U.S. troops overseas. He was later given place in high political offices due to his experience level -
World War Two starts
Germany attcks Poland -
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Bell Aircraft is used for military purposes
Begins using their engines with YFM- Airicuda planes. Next year, they release a better engine, designed to be arranged so that the plane propperlers could becomed armed. They continue with testing innovative designs, including the first American built jetplane. None of these designs surpassed
the standards that average proppeller planes were meeting. They finally gave up on their innovative endeavour and built third party planes, regaining its large reputation for its abilty to mass produce. -
Hesse Jewel heist
Three American military officers take a wooden box with millions of dollars worth of diamond articles. The box was buried for portection from air strikes, as part of a deal with the German Royal Family, but the Family was quickly cheated. Their old Castle became acountry club, and the officer on duty found the box with her friends and two of the employees of the original castle. A member of the Hesse family learned of the theft, and the trio were then officially criminals. -
Brunswick Shipyard begins building ships in accord to the Emergency Shipbuilding Program
16,000 workers built 99 ships for Europe in accord to FDR's Emergency Shipbuilding Program. These ships were called Liberty Ships. It hired many women and African Americans. -
Holocaust
The mass killing of Jews. This began with anti-semitism campaigns in World War two Germany. The criteria for extermination later broadened, newly including gypsies, romanis, disabled people, gays, Societ prisoners of war, and others. There is a approxiamte count of 6,000,000 just Jewish holocaust victims, makeing it the largest mass killing of Jews. Additionally, there were 5 million non jews who were killed -
Lend Lease Act is created
Lend Lease Act is a policy requiring the United States to provide Allied Powers with weaponry and food. This removed the United States's status of neutral. The U.S. had lease of allied military territory. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
There are reports of an upcoming attack, but it was ignored. The Imperial Japanese Navy surprise-attacked Pearl Harbor early in the morning. -
United Nations is formed
United Nations is formed. Their goal is to talk about social and econmic issues. They U.N. is officialzed with the Atlantic Charter. They also have made efforts to improve food crisises,soicial equlairties, culutral awareness, and rehabilitaion. -
Savannah Shipyard begins manafacturing ships in accord to Emergency Shipbuilding Program
Savannah Shipyard built ship for Europe in accord to FDR's Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Savannah's target was 36 ships, but it surpassed the target with 88 Liberty Ships. It hired may women and African Americans. -
D-Day
The Normandy Landings, called Operation Neptune and D-Day,
was a successful invasion of the Normandy beaches of France. Allied powers planned for this the year before. There were complex disguises and deceptions put forth. There were ariel threats towards german war supplies. The main deception was an array of false radio confirmations, regarding an invasion elsewhere in France. -
Yalta conference
Leaders Winston Churchill, Joseoh Stalin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt congergate. They decide to force Germany to surrunder and build a new era world. The Soviet Union was to commence war conflicts with Japan, for which we will be awarded with lost lands. There were other decisions and promises made during the Yalta conference, most of them unfulfilled or broken. -
Hitler's Death
The cause of Hitler's death remains an unresolved contriversy.The top two duggestions are cyanide poisoning and gunshot, both of which are called acts of suicide. He died with his wife, who he married less than two days before. -
Hiroshima, Japan is bombed by the United States with the first atomic bomb used in war
Hiroshima is bombed by the United States with the first atomic bomb used in war. The bomb, named Little Boy, destroyed an industrial city. There was a large amount of military presence in the vicinity. The bombing aircraft, named Enola Gay, was accompanied by a blast measuring plane and a photographing plane. The Japanese did not respond until oficerscame back with the news. Atomic scientists confirmed that there were only few atomic bombs that could possibly be left. -
Nagasaki, Japan is bombed by the United States with the second atomic bomb used in war
Nagasaki, Japan is bombed by the United States with the second atomic bomb used in war. It was an alternative target if Hiroshima could not be hit, but was chosen for attack because Japan has not given a response of surrunder yet.
