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.