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Germany invades Poland
This marks the beginning of WWII. -
Germany Invades Soviet Union
Germany invades the Soviet Union violating the Nonaggression Pact. U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson estimates that it will take Hitler less than three months to conquer the Soviet Union. -
Roosevelt and Churchill Draft Atlantic Charter
n a British battleship, President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill. The two leaders write up the Atlantic Charter. -
Attacks On Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked and bombed an American Naval base on Pearl Harbor -
Battle of Coral Sea
Major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia, taking place in the Pacific -
Battle of Midway
The USA defeated the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway. Following this victory, the US navy was able to push the Japanese back. -
Battle of Miday
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II which occurred between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea -
Allies invase North Africa
he military forces of the United States and the United Kingdom launched an amphibious operation against French North Africa, in particular the French-held territories of Algeria and Morocco -
Italy surrenders
Italian Government officially surrenders to Allied Forces -
FDR Dies
US President and leader Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in Georgia -
Allied Invasion of Normandy
Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as D-Day. Largest seaborne invasion -
Paris Liberated
US forces aided by Free French Division liberate Paris from Nazis -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II -
Benito Mussolin Dies
Italian insurgents capture Mussolini and murder him -
Hilter dies
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin -
Victory Day in Europe
Known as V-E Day. This day marks the acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
US bombs Japan
The United States drops an atomic bomb—the first to be used in warfare—on Hiroshima, killing 75,000. -
Russia declare war on Japan
Russia declared war on Japan and invaded Japanese-ruled Manchuria. -
US Bombs Nagasaki
US drops second Nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, Japan -
Japan Surrenders
Japan surrunders and marks the end of WWII. Also known as V-J Day.
