WWII

By tashford

  • war begins

    1939 September 1 - Germany invades Poland. World War II begins.

  • pearl harbor

    1941 December 7 - The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.

  • Battle of Midway

    1942 June 4 - The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.

  • island of IwoJima

    1945 February 19 - US Marines invade the island of Iwo Jima. After a fierce battle they capture the island.

  • Harry Truman

    1945 April 12 - US President Franklin Roosevelt dies. He is succeeded by President Harry Truman.

  • Germany lost

    1945 April 30 - Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.

  • U.S. Bomb Japan

    1945 August 6 - The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city is devastated.

  • WWII Ends

    1945 September 2 - Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.