1964 Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution on August 7 escalating the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.Timeline State: District of ColumbiaTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: warEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1964
1945 The Battles of Iwo Jima, Feb. 19-March 26, and Okinawa, April 1-June 22, are major victories for American Marines against Imperial Japan.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: N.A.Timeline Subjects: warEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1945
1945 Japan surrenders on V-J Day, August 15. The formal surrender ceremony takes place on September 2 on the Battleship Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: JapanTimeline Subjects: warEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1945
1945 Atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9 respectively.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: JapanTimeline Subjects: warEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1945
1944 On December 16, German forces in Belgium and northern France begin a counteroffensive against Allied troops that will be known as the Battle of the Bulge.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: N.A.Timeline Subjects: warEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1944
1942 The Battle of Midway Island, May 4-7, is the first significant U.S. Naval victory in World War II.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: N.A.Timeline Subjects: warEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1942
1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor on December 7 and the U.S. enters World War II the following day.Timeline State: HawaiiTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: warEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1941
1940 The United States institutes the first peacetime draft on October 16.Timeline State: District of ColumbiaTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: warEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1940
1944 The Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe begins on D-Day, June 6.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: N.A.Timeline Subjects: warEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1944
1942 On May 11, the first U.S. Army units arrive in North Africa in the first major land-based military operation of American forces in World War II.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: N.A.Timeline Subjects: warEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1942
