THE UNITED STATES AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1. 1936
-------- German troops occupy Czechoslovakia; Germany’s attack on Poland begins World War II Yalta Conference; Roosevelt dies; Vice President Harry Truman becomes president; Germany surrenders; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Japan surrenders, ending World War II Battles of Coral Sea and Midway; U.S. forces invade North Africa Japanese troops capture Nanjing Lend-Lease Act; Germany invades Soviet Union; Japanese attack Pearl Harbor Nazi Germany occupies Rhineland Allied leaders demand unconditional surrender of Axis powers Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands; Battle of Britain Hitler annexes Austria D Day
2. 1937
-------- German troops occupy Czechoslovakia; Germany’s attack on Poland begins World War II Yalta Conference; Roosevelt dies; Vice President Harry Truman becomes president; Germany surrenders; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Japan surrenders, ending World War II Battles of Coral Sea and Midway; U.S. forces invade North Africa Japanese troops capture Nanjing Lend-Lease Act; Germany invades Soviet Union; Japanese attack Pearl Harbor Nazi Germany occupies Rhineland Allied leaders demand unconditional surrender of Axis powers Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands; Battle of Britain Hitler annexes Austria D Day
3. 1938
-------- German troops occupy Czechoslovakia; Germany’s attack on Poland begins World War II Yalta Conference; Roosevelt dies; Vice President Harry Truman becomes president; Germany surrenders; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Japan surrenders, ending World War II Battles of Coral Sea and Midway; U.S. forces invade North Africa Japanese troops capture Nanjing Lend-Lease Act; Germany invades Soviet Union; Japanese attack Pearl Harbor Nazi Germany occupies Rhineland Allied leaders demand unconditional surrender of Axis powers Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands; Battle of Britain Hitler annexes Austria D Day
4. 1939
-------- German troops occupy Czechoslovakia; Germany’s attack on Poland begins World War II Yalta Conference; Roosevelt dies; Vice President Harry Truman becomes president; Germany surrenders; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Japan surrenders, ending World War II Battles of Coral Sea and Midway; U.S. forces invade North Africa Japanese troops capture Nanjing Lend-Lease Act; Germany invades Soviet Union; Japanese attack Pearl Harbor Nazi Germany occupies Rhineland Allied leaders demand unconditional surrender of Axis powers Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands; Battle of Britain Hitler annexes Austria D Day
5. 1940
-------- German troops occupy Czechoslovakia; Germany’s attack on Poland begins World War II Yalta Conference; Roosevelt dies; Vice President Harry Truman becomes president; Germany surrenders; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Japan surrenders, ending World War II Battles of Coral Sea and Midway; U.S. forces invade North Africa Japanese troops capture Nanjing Lend-Lease Act; Germany invades Soviet Union; Japanese attack Pearl Harbor Nazi Germany occupies Rhineland Allied leaders demand unconditional surrender of Axis powers Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands; Battle of Britain Hitler annexes Austria D Day
6. 1941
-------- German troops occupy Czechoslovakia; Germany’s attack on Poland begins World War II Yalta Conference; Roosevelt dies; Vice President Harry Truman becomes president; Germany surrenders; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Japan surrenders, ending World War II Battles of Coral Sea and Midway; U.S. forces invade North Africa Japanese troops capture Nanjing Lend-Lease Act; Germany invades Soviet Union; Japanese attack Pearl Harbor Nazi Germany occupies Rhineland Allied leaders demand unconditional surrender of Axis powers Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands; Battle of Britain Hitler annexes Austria D Day
7. 1942
-------- German troops occupy Czechoslovakia; Germany’s attack on Poland begins World War II Yalta Conference; Roosevelt dies; Vice President Harry Truman becomes president; Germany surrenders; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Japan surrenders, ending World War II Battles of Coral Sea and Midway; U.S. forces invade North Africa Japanese troops capture Nanjing Lend-Lease Act; Germany invades Soviet Union; Japanese attack Pearl Harbor Nazi Germany occupies Rhineland Allied leaders demand unconditional surrender of Axis powers Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands; Battle of Britain Hitler annexes Austria D Day
8. 1943
-------- German troops occupy Czechoslovakia; Germany’s attack on Poland begins World War II Yalta Conference; Roosevelt dies; Vice President Harry Truman becomes president; Germany surrenders; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Japan surrenders, ending World War II Battles of Coral Sea and Midway; U.S. forces invade North Africa Japanese troops capture Nanjing Lend-Lease Act; Germany invades Soviet Union; Japanese attack Pearl Harbor Nazi Germany occupies Rhineland Allied leaders demand unconditional surrender of Axis powers Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands; Battle of Britain Hitler annexes Austria D Day
9. 1944
-------- German troops occupy Czechoslovakia; Germany’s attack on Poland begins World War II Yalta Conference; Roosevelt dies; Vice President Harry Truman becomes president; Germany surrenders; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Japan surrenders, ending World War II Battles of Coral Sea and Midway; U.S. forces invade North Africa Japanese troops capture Nanjing Lend-Lease Act; Germany invades Soviet Union; Japanese attack Pearl Harbor Nazi Germany occupies Rhineland Allied leaders demand unconditional surrender of Axis powers Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands; Battle of Britain Hitler annexes Austria D Day
10. 1945
-------- German troops occupy Czechoslovakia; Germany’s attack on Poland begins World War II Yalta Conference; Roosevelt dies; Vice President Harry Truman becomes president; Germany surrenders; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Japan surrenders, ending World War II Battles of Coral Sea and Midway; U.S. forces invade North Africa Japanese troops capture Nanjing Lend-Lease Act; Germany invades Soviet Union; Japanese attack Pearl Harbor Nazi Germany occupies Rhineland Allied leaders demand unconditional surrender of Axis powers Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands; Battle of Britain Hitler annexes Austria D Day