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This policy allowed belligerent nations to buy goods and arms in the United States if they paid cash and carried the merchandise on their own ships.

Sig: The cash and carry program stimulated U.S. manufacturing while allowing the Allied nations, particularly the United Kingdom, to purchase needed military equipment.

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This act allowed Roosevelt to "sell, transfer title to exchange, lease, land, lend, or otherwise dispose of, to any such government any defense article" whenever he thought it was "necessary in the interests of the defense of the United States".

Sig: Under this policy, the United States was able to supply military aid to its foreign allies during World War II while still remaining officially neutral.

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A document that endorsed national self-determination and an international system of "general security".

Sig: signaled the deepening alliance between the two nations and the full moral support of the United States to Britain

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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the site of the United States Navy's main Pacific base was attacked by Japan's navy which included 6 aircraft carriers, 360 airplanes, an assortment of battleships and cruisers, and submarines.

Sig: This unprovoked attack brought the United States into World War II, as it immediately declared war on Japan.

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The most important naval battle of World War II, the United States dealt Japan a decisive defeat. American torpedo planes and dive bombers sank four Japanese aircraft carriers, along with all 250 aircrafts on board and many of Japan's experienced pilots. America lost only one aircraft carrier.

Sig: removed Japan's hopes of neutralizing the United States as a naval power and turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific

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The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. This battle is known as the bloodiest battle.

Sig:  It was the first time that the Hitler admitted a military defeat, which also made it the psychological turning point of the war for both Germany and the Soviet Union.

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British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region.

Sig: This day marked the turn of events for the control maintained by Nazi Germany. In less than a year after the invasion, the Allies formally accepted Nazi Germany's surrender.

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The Germans take multiple towns in the American lines which the Americans were unable to use air forces when the sky was snowy and cloudy.
sig: The battle was an attempt to wedge between American and British troops, but crippled Germany back to its limited resources.

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The Big Three agreed that Poland, Bulgaria, and Roania would hold free elections.
sig: Stalin was unclear on his promises

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Iwo Jima was a 5-mil long island which Us marines captured in 36 days.
sig: 23,000 marines faced casualties

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US takes Okinawa with 50,000 casualties.
sig: Okinawa was necessary for the invasion of Japan

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Americans celebrate the victory in Europe after Germany surrendered.
sig: President Roosevelt died a few weeks prior to V-E Day.

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Truman thought that by using the atomic bomb, the end of the war would be nearer. Us pilots dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
sig: Japan surrenders after the US killed more than 95,000 Japanese residents.

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Allies prosecuted Nazis for war crimes by describing details of the Halocaust.
sig: The periodic trials kept alie the memory of the Nazi crimes against humnity