World War II

World War II

• September 4, 1939 - France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.
  
• September 28, 1939 - Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Warsaw pact, keeping the Soviet Union out of World War II.
  
• June 4, 1940 - The British evaccuate over 300,000 soldiers from Dunkirk, France back accross the English Channel.
  
• June 22, 1940 - France surrenders to Germany.
  
• October 16, 1940 - Benjamin Davis becomes the first black General in the United States Army.
  
• January 20, 1941 - Franklin Roosevelt is sworn in as President for a third term.
  
• January 20, 1941 - Henry Wallace is sworn in as Vice President for a third term.
  
• June 22, 1941 - Germany invades the Soviet Union.
  
• December 7, 1941 - Japanese forces attack the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
  
• December 8, 1941 - The United States declares war on Japan.
  
• December 11, 1941 - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
  
• May 15, 1942 - Women are now allowed to serve in all branches of the armed services.
  
• August 7, 1942 - United States Marines land at Guadalcanal.
  
• February 2, 1943 - 200,000 German soldiers surrender at Stalingrad.
  
• November 28, 1943 - Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin meet in Tehran to discuss World War II.
  
• June 6, 1944 - Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day").
  
• August 25, 1944 - Allied troops liberate Paris.
  
• December 16, 1944 - A German surprise attack begins the Battle of the Bulge.
  
• December 24, 1944 - Allied forces push the German troops past the German border.
  
• January 12, 1945 - American forces liberate the Phillipines.
  
• January 20, 1945 - Franklin Roosevelt is sworn in as President for a fourth term.
  
• January 20, 1945 - Harry Truman is sworn in as the 34th Vice President of the United States.
  
• April 12, 1945 - Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President of the United States.
  
• June 26, 1945 - The United Nations is established.
  
• July 12, 1945 - American forces take Okinawa.
  
• August 6, 1945 - The United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
  
• August 9, 1945 - The United States drops the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
  
• September 2, 1945 - Japan unconditionally surrenders to the United States, ending World War II.
  

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