How Private Jim Tanzer, Morale Corps, fits in a WW2 Timeline
World War II
September 9, 1939

Nazi Germany invades Poland
WWII begins.
December 7, 1941

Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
America enters the war on the side of the Allies the next day.
February 28, 1944
Jim Tanzer enlists in the U.S. Army.
June 6, 1944
December 16, 1944

Battle of the Bulge Begins
Start of the German counter-attack known as The Battle of the Bulge.
December 19, 1944
Jim Tanzer arrives at Bastogne, having participated in a fighting retreat from the front line in Hosingen, Luxembourg.
December 25, 1944
Jim Tanzer’s Christmas show in Bastogne for wounded soldiers and civilians.
April 12, 1945
Jim escorts Generals Eisenhower, Bradley, and Patton through the Ohrdruf concentration camp.
May 8, 1945

VE Day
Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies, ending the war in Europe.
May 17, 1945
Command Performance at Spa Wildungen Germany, for Marshall Conrad Koniev, Commanding General of the First Ukrainian Army Group and his general officers by the Jeep show squad of Jim, Mickey Rooney and Wes Novak.
July 19, 1945
Jim sells a Mickey Mouse watch to a Soviet Army soldier in Occupied Berlin.
August 15, 1945

Japan Surrenders
Ending WWII.
March 12, 1946