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When WWII Started
When Germany Invades Poland. -
Poland gives up
Poland surrenders to Germany. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
United Nations
The Declaration of the United Nations is signed by the leaders of 26 nations. -
Japanese takes Guadalcanal
Japanese troops take Guadalcanal. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Lost German offensive on the eastern front; important soviet city because of its location on the volga river and proximitly to soviet old fields. -
D-Day
The Allied invasion of German-occupied Western Europe. It begins on the beaches of Normandy, France. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
The U.S. Navy defeats the Japanese in the Battle in Leyte Gulf. The Japanese Navy was now virtually powerless. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference between the U.S., Britain, and the USSR begins. Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin discuss their plans for Europe after the war, and Stalin agrees to declare war on Japan. In the Pacific, the Allies finally retake Manila in the Philippines after three years of brutal Japanese occupation. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
In the Pacific, U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima. It was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. -
Battle of Okinawa
U.S. troops invade Okinawa, the first Japanese home island to be reached. The fierce Japanese defenders would inflict about 35,000 American casualties. In Europe, the Allies surround over 300,000 German troops in the Ruhr, and the final Allied offensive in northern Italy begins. -
VE-Day
V-E Day is declared. Victory in Europe. -
Hiroshima
A U.S. B-29 named Enola Gay drops the "Little Boy" atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan. Approximately 140,000 people in the area will die by the end of the year. -
Nagasaki
A U.S. B-29 named Bock's Car drops the "Fat Man" atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. Approximately 70,000 people in the area will die by the end of the year. -
Japan signs the World War II Peace Treaty
Japan signs the formal surrender agreement on board the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay. World War II, the most devastating war in human history, is over.
