WWII

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
09/01/1939	Invation of Poland	The day Germany invaded Poland, starting the second World War.
07/10/1940	Battle of Britian	Name of the war campaign of German air forces attacking the United Kingdom. Was the first campaign to be fought entirely by the air forces.
12/07/1941	Pearl Harbor	The day Japan made a surprise attack on the US Navy base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It was a major Japanese victory.
06/04/1942	Battle of Midway	Regarded as the most important naval battle of WWII. A few months after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, American air forces were able to bomb Japanese naval forces and drive them out of Midway Atoll. From this they began island hopping, gradually taking control of Japan and it's islands.
06/06/1944	D-Day	The day of the Normandy Landings that were part of Operation Overlord.
06/06/1944	Operation Overlord	The Battle of Normandy. Led by the Allied Forces onto German-controlled Europe.
12/16/1944	Battle of the Bulge	A great effort of Germany that was meant to create a line through the Allied Forces in the Ardennes Mountains in order to take over Belgium. Hitler would have controled the entire Eastern Front, but the battle was an Allied victory.
05/08/1945	V-E Day	Victory in Europe Day. The day the Aliided Forces accepted Nazi Germany's surrender.
08/06/1945	Bombing of Hiroshima	The day the atomic bomb, Little Boy, was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay.
08/09/1945	Bombing of Nagasaki	The day the atomic bomb, Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan by the B-29 bomber, Bockscar.
09/02/1945	V-J Day	Victory over Japan Day. The day Japan surrendered, ending WWII.