Hitler, rise of, 188, 285
increase of US presence in Atlantic, 326
Italy, attack on France by, 305
Italy, attack on Greece by, 320
Italy, conflict with British in North Africa, 320
Japan, alliance with Germany and Italy, 314
Japan, occupation of French Indochina by, 314
Philippines, warning of attack by Japan, 337
US lend-lease agreement with Britain, 321, 322, 324–325, 333
US protection of British supply convoys, 326–328, 333
US termination of diplomatic relations with Germany and Italy, 330
trade of US destroyers for British naval bases, 313
World War II
atomic bomb, development of, 353
Burma, British conquest of, 390
Combined Chiefs of Staff, 344, 351, 388, 394, 395
D-Day, 397
Dunkirk, evacuation of British troops from, 304
European offensive, 414
France, surrender of to Germany, 304
Free French military force, command of, 356
Germany, Allied bombing offensive against, 378
Germany, Allied military occupation of, 424–425
impact of in the United States, 360–363, 415–416
industrial mobilization in US, 361–362
Italian campaign, 378
Japanese-Americans, internment of, 365
Japanese offensive, 341
Jewish refugees, 382, 384
Katyn Forest, discovery of Polish officers’ graves in, 379
military, enlargement of, 288–289, 302, 305–306
military draft program in US, 314, 361
North African campaign, 341, 350–352, 354, 356, 377
OVERLORD, 378, 381, 393
Pacific conflict, 347–348, 378, 397, 414
Palestine, 382
peace, plans for, 402–406
Pearl Harbor, Japanese attack on, 339–341
Philippines, Japanese invasion of, 340–341, 346
Philippines, strategic importance of, 290
Polish partisans, uprising of against German occupiers, 403
prosecution of enemy sympathizers for sedition, 365
radio, importance of, 312
Sicily, invasion of, 377–378
Soviet demand for second front, 349, 350, 353–354, 379
Soviet offensive against Germany, 377, 380
Stalingrad, battle of, 353, 377
Tokyo, air raid on, 347
United Nations, 345
US declaration of war against Japan, Germany, and Italy, 340
US military support for Soviet Union, 348–349
US sanctions against Japan, 336
US troop buildup in Britain, 346
War Refugee Board, 384
Yalta, Big Three conference at, 420–426
Young, Owen D., 144
Zangara, Giuseppe, 166
Alonzo Hamby is Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at Ohio University. He is the author of Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman, among other books. He lives in Athens, Ohio.
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