World War ll

Nazi Invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

There invasion took place one week after signing the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. It ended September 6, 1939, with the Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland.

WWII

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Aug 6, 1945

Red Army captures Kaluga

Jan 4, 1942

Japanese aircraft

First Atomic Bombing in Japan

Aug 6, 1945

The U.S. conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagaski in Japan. The first was on August 6 and the second on August 9. These events are the only active deployments of nuclear weapons in any war.