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The Invasion of Poland
A joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union; which marked the beginning of World War II. -
Great Britain and France Declare war on Nazi Germany
The guarantees given to Poland by Britain and France marked the end of the policy of appeasement. -
The Invasion of North Africa
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The Allied victory in North Africa destroyed or neutralized nearly 900,000 German and Italian troops, opened a second front against the Axis -
The Invasion of Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and France
Germany invaded the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. Luxembourg was occupied that same day. The Netherlands surrendered on 15 May, Belgium on the 28th. At first, Great Britain supported the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, but it withdrew later. -
The Battle and Great Escape of Dunkirk
The British and French forces, along with other allied units that were trapped n northern France were able to defend themselves in the port city of Dunkirk and create an escape plan called Operation Dynamo. The operation was a success in evacuating about 330,000 allied troops from France to Britain. -
The Battle of Britain
A major air campaign fought largely over southern England in the summer and autumn of 1940. -
Selective Service and Training Act
Congress authorized the Federal Government to temporarily expand the military through conscription. -
Germany and Italy Declare War on the United States
Italy declared war on the United States in response to the latter's declaration of war upon the Empire of Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor four days earlier. Germany also declared war on the U.S. the same day. -
Lend-Lease Assistance Act
The act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed "vital to the defense of the United States." -
The Battle of Midway Island
They fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots. -
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
The surprise attack by some 350 Japanese aircraft sunk or badly damaged eighteen US naval vessels, including eight battleships, destroyed or damaged 300 US aircraft, and killed 2,403 men. -
American Enters WW2
Japanese carrier planes attacked the American fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, knocking out over 200 planes and sinking or damaging eight battleships, the pride of the US Pacific fleet. The following day, Congress declared war on Imperial Japan. -
The Battle of the Coral Sea
World War II naval and air engagement in which a U.S. fleet turned back a Japanese invasion force that had been heading for strategic Port Moresby in New Guinea. -
V-E Day
the day (May 8) marking the Allied victory in Europe in 1945. -
The Yalta Conference
At Yalta, Roosevelt and Churchill discussed with Stalin the conditions under which the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan and all three agreed that, in exchange for potentially crucial Soviet participation in the Pacific theater, -
The Invasion of Sicily and Italy
After 38 days of fighting, the U.S. and Great Britain successfully drove German and Italian troops from Sicily and prepared to assault the Italian mainland -
D-Day Invasion of France
The operation, given the code name OVERLORD, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France. The beaches were given the code names UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO, and SWORD. -
Nazi Concentration Camps Discovered
The wrenching images and first-hand testimonies of Dachau recorded by U.S. soldiers brought the horrors of the Holocaust home to America. -
Battle of the Bulge
when German forces launched a surprise attack on Allied forces in the forested Ardennes region in Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. The battle lasted until January 16, 1945, after the Allied counteroffensive forced German troops to withdraw. -
The Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima
The United States bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9, 1945, were the first instances of atomic bombs used against humans, killing tens of thousands of people, obliterating the cities, and contributing to the end of World War II -
The Atomic Bomb of Nagasaki
On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese -
V-J Day
marks the end of World War II, one of the deadliest and most destructive wars in history.