Timeline of Events
September 1, 1939- The beginning of World War II.
September 3, 1939- France and Great Britain entered World War II.
September 17, 1939- Russia entered World War II.
September 21, 1939- Cash and Carry Policy enacted.
September 2, 1940- The Destroyers for Bases Agreement- U.S transferred fifty destroyers from the Navy to get land rights of the British possessions in return for land.
December 17, 1940- President Roosevelt proposes Lend- Lease Act.
December 7, 1941.- Pearl Harbor was attacked and the U.S entered the War.
August 6th, 1945- Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
September 2, 1945- World War II ended.