WW2 and the Cold War

  • Japan invades Manchuria

    The Japanese invasion of Manchuria was in 1931 and it started when the counterattack toward China & Indochina. Japan was planning to establish a Japanese sphere of economic dominance, attempting to solve economic problems through development.
  • Munich Pact

    In the year 1938, the Munich Pact happened and In exchange for Hitler's agreement to claim no more territories after that concession, Britain and France agreed to allow Hitler to take more ground. Less than 6 months later, Hitler broke the Pact by attempting to take over territories, reversing the European appeasement strategy.
  • Neutrality Acts

    The Neutrality Acts is another word for Cash and carry of 1939 basically meant that If they paid cash upfront and transported the goods on their own ships, enabling nations at war to buy goods from the US.
  • Germany invades Poland

    On Sept. 1, 1939, Germany's invasion of Poland resulted in France and Britain declaring war on Germany. Germany then immediately invaded France and conducted punishing air raids on Britain using the blitzkrieg lightning war rapidly crushing enemy technique.
  • Lend-Lease Act

    The Lend-Lease Act was happening in March 1941 and Congress authorizes Mr.Roosevelt to get rid of, remove title to, interchange, lease, lend, or other things to give away to the government and defense article which Roosevelt thought was In the interest of the security of the United States, required"
  • Atlantic Charter

    FDR and the Prime Minister of Britain Winston Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter in the month of August and the year 1941 but in that same year a wide declaration of the goals of the US and British wars. Self-determination and an international framework of general defense are supported.
  • Exec Order 8022

    An African American labor union leader, A. Philip Randolph threatened to coordinate a march to demand accessibility to war-time jobs in Washington. FDR released Executive Order 8802 in response, blocking ethnic or racial segregation in the security sector of the country.
  • Atlantic Conference

    Churchill & FDR Atlantic Conference basically means that the US and Great Britain partnership reinforced by the signing of the Atlantic Charter.
  • Exec Order 9066

    Executive Order 9066 authorizing the internment of Americans of Japanese descent and resident aliens from Japan was issued by FDR. Japanese citizens and Japanese origin Americans were forced to sell their property and belongings and to register for deportation to inland desert camps.
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of midway lasted from June 4th through June 7th of 1942. The Midway victory interrupted the Japanese advance and put them on the offensive.
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch started on Nov 8, 1942, and during all of that In order to liberate the Mediterranean Sea from German influence and secure the oil fields in the Middle East, the invasion of North Africa was started and ended on May 13, 1943.
  • D-Day

    Finally, the invasion of Normandy on D-Day gave Germany the long-awaited western front on three fronts and had to redirect resources to a western front.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    During The Battle of the Bulge on Dec. 16, 1944, For the Nazis, it was the last German campaign and the start of the end. And the Battle had ended on Jan. 25, 1945
  • Korematsu v. US

    Fred Korematsu was a Japanese American who according to the exec, refused to leave his home. Command (9066) released in favor of resident aliens and Japanese Americans. He brought his case to the Supreme Court, arguing that his Civil rights were violated by internment. Japanese internment was upheld as lawful by Korematsu Lost and the Supreme Court.
  • Yalta Conference

    The Big Three which was Winston Churchill, FDR, and Joseph Stalin had finally proposed for the collapse of Europe and the European Post-War Plans.
  • Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    President Truman attempted to drop atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima (Aug 6, 1945 - Aug 9. 1945). Japanese abandoned unquestioningly, and after the bombs were dropped, no invasion was possible.