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Start of the year.
Germany executes resistance fighters in the city of Amsterdam. -
Start of the American Conquest.
US forces land on Corregidor, complete conquest on March 3. -
America lands on Iwo Jima.
30,000 marines land on Iwo Jima. -
This was a very famous picture in the US.
Famous raising of the flag on Iwo Jima. -
Japan's first air bombs.
Japanese had their first flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa. -
New president.
Harry Truman was elected as the 33rd president. -
Hitler gets married.
Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun. -
Hitler dies.
Adolf killed himself with his wife. -
Italy under Allied control.
German Army in Italy surrenders. -
Berlin is conquered.
Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders. -
World War II ends in Europe.
World War II: The final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia. -
Japan begins to fall.
Last organized Japanese defiance had been broken (Tarakan). -
Testing a weapon of mass destruction.
1st test detonation of an atomic bomb, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico. -
First Atomic Bomb used.
Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan). -
Second atomic bomb dropped on Japan.
US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki. -
End of World War II.
Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan). -
Nazi trial begin.
Nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg. -
Noble Peace Prize awarded.
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Cordell Hull (establishing UN). -
US joins the UN.
Senate approves US participation in UN.