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Mukden Incident
An explosion destroyed a section of railway track near the city of Mukden. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland, marking the beginning of World War 1. -
Operation Barbarossa begins.
Invasion of the soviet union by Nazi Germany. -
Pearl Harbor
Surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. -
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Battle of Midway.
Major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. -
Jassy-Kishinev Offensive
A major offensive against Axis forces in Romania. -
Vistula-Oder Offensive
a massive Soviet Army operation on the Eastern Front which paved the way for the Battle of Berlin. -
V-E Day
Germany surrenders to the Allies, effectively ending the war in Europe. -
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively killing between 129,000 and 226,000 people. -
Surrender of Japan.
By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) had become incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent.