Permanent historical factsheet

Mobilization

United States of America · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1940–1945Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1940

Franklin Delano Roosevelt16 September 1940

Washington · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Burke-Wadsworth Bill, passed to provide for limited conscription

1942

James Francis Byrnes1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Director of War Mobilization

1945

Dwight David Eisenhower25 April 1945

River Elbe · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The US & Soviet troops meet Leckwitz & Torgau on the River Elbe

Names involved

Dwight David EisenhowerFranklin Delano RooseveltJames Francis Byrnes

Provenance

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