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Nazi Germany Invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland, the act that started World War II. The day before, Germany operatives had posed as Polish military officers to stage an attack on the radio station. -
Germany fails to invade Britain.
Before the Germans could invade, they needed to gain air support. On 8th August 1940, the Luftwaffe launched about 1,500 attacks per day but eventually defeated in what became known as the Battle of Britain. -
Germany attacks the Soviet Union
Germany was just using the Soviet Union. Soon after Germany had no need of them and tried to get rid of them. -
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
A surprise military strike conducted by the Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in the morning. The attack was intended to prevent U.S. Fleet from interfering with their military actions. -
D-Day
When the Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. This is known as Operation Overload -
The Death of Adolf Hitler
No one really knows how Hitler died. Some say he killed himself my gunshot others say he was poisoned. This was huge for Germany. -
Germany Surrenders
Was the public holiday celebrated when the World War II Allies formally accepted the surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of World War II. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki
On this day in 1945, a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan's surrender. -
Japan Surrenders
The day Japan was brought down to there knees. This had finally brought World War 2 to a close
