University:
California State University, Northridge
Course:
HIST 498 | History
Academic year:

2020
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309

Pages:

2
Author:

Prince Sampson

Over There 1941 - March 11 - Lend + Lease Act June 22 – Germany invades the Soviet Union, Operation “Barbarossa” begins Aug. –Atlantic Charter - FDR and Churchill meet to discuss war aims Dec. 7 -Pearl Harbor Dec. 8 – US declares war Japan Dec. 11 – Germany and Italy declare war on the US 1942 - Jan. 20 – Wannsee Conference, “Final Solution to the Jewish Question” April – Japanese Americans sent to “relocation” April 18 -Doolittle Raid – Tokyo Bombed May 6-8 - Battle of Coral Sea – Japanese aggression in the Pacific halted June 3-6 - Battle of Midway– US Breaks Japanese secret code for sending messages Nov. 8 – Operation Torch – US invasion of Africa begins 1943 - May 13 - Africa liberated by the Allies July 9 - Invasion of Sicily July 25 – Mussolini arrested, Fascist government replaced Sept. 8 – Italian surrender announced. Sept. 11 – Germans occupy Rome Nov. 28 – Tehran Conference – Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet 1944 - June 5 – Allies enter Rome June 6 - D-Day Aug. 25 - Paris Liberated Sept. 17 - Operation Market garden Feb 19-March 26 - Battle of Iwo Jima Dec. 16 – Jan. 25 - Battle of the Bulge 1945 – Jan. 27 - Auschiwitz Liberated April 12 – Roosevelt dies, Truman becomes president April 30 - Berlin Falls – Hitler commits suicide May 8 - V-E Day: Victory in Europe June 21 - Battle of Okinawa ends Aug. 6 – Hiroshima Bombed Aug. 9 – Nagasaki Bombed Aug. 14 - Japanese Surrender Sept. 2 – V-J Day: Surrender signed aboard the USS Missouri