World War II Chronicles

Following Pearl Harbor, the Japanese expanded their empire into the Philippines, Indochina, and the Java Sea. Americans ... Read more

Over Christmas week of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill met to reaffirm their ... Read more

Following the defeats at Guadalcanal and Papua, the Japanese realized they were on the defensive, and needed reinforceme... Read more

Labor Day in 1942 was no day of rest, as most war plants were churning out production 24 hours a day. The War Production... Read more

After the bombing of Tokyo, Japan was eager to attack the US Navy base in the Midway Islands. Instead, because US codebr... Read more

During the Spring of 1943, tensions between the Soviet Union and the Western Allies were easening. However, recent news ... Read more

To help finance the enormous cost of the Second World War, the federal government began to sell loans to private citizen... Read more

Since their defeat at the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Japanese regrouped in their efforts to invade Australia. Heavy fi... Read more

During 1942, in an effort to conserve rubber, the Office of Price Administration had instituted gas rationing, or mileag... Read more

Since March 1941, President Roosevelt had the power to sell, transport, exchange, lease, or lend military equipment, kno... Read more

On August 23 1942, a massive Japanese invasion fleet was dispatched to the island of Guadalcanal in response to American... Read more

In the fall of 1942, the Japanese managed to bring only a trickle of supplies and men to the island of Guadalcanal. To a... Read more

For more than four months, the Marines had battled the Japanese on the island of Guadalcanal. But in December, the Marin... Read more

By 1942, Japan had conquered nearly all of Burma, through which China had been receiving supplies from the United States... Read more

Few could imagine the extent of Nazi Germany's antisemitic policies. The Wannsee Conference, held in January of 1942, ou... Read more

On November 8, 1942, the greatest amphibious operation to date, Operation Torch, commenced. 60,000 troops advanced in an... Read more

The ever-increasing number of German U-boats in the Atlantic were taking their toll on Allied forces. Since the U.S. had... Read more

By the spring 1942, both German and the U.S. were facing a crisis on the home front. The Germans' morale was sinking, an... Read more

General Douglas MacArthur faced pressure after the Japanese resumed their attack on the Philippines, with intense bombin... Read more

On the Island of New Guinea in the South Pacific, the Allies counterattacked Japanese forces. The battle along the islan... Read more