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The attacking planes came in two waves; the first hit its target at 7:53 AM, the second at 8:55. By 9:55 it was all over. By 1:00 PM the carriers that launched the planes from 274 miles off the coast of Oahu were heading back to Japan.
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U.S. troops on Bataan in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese , and the Bataan Death March begins
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Jews in France, Holland, Belgium, Croatia, Slovakia, Romania ordered to wear yellow stars
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Over 90,000 German troops at Stalingrad surrender to the Soviets. It is a significant turning point in the war against Germany.
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October 13, 1943Italy declares war on Germany.
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German troops surrender in the Crimea
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June 6, 1944D-Day. Operation Overlord -- the Allied invasion of German-occupied Western Europe -- begins on the beaches of Normandy, France.
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The German attack in the Ardennes begin
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In Western Europe, the Battle of the Bulge ends. Americans suffered some 75,000 casualties and the Germans lost 80,000 to l00,000. The Americans can recover from their military losses; the Germans cannot. Few people besides Hitler believe Germany can still win the war.
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The Atomic bomb killed people in the military as well as japenesse citizens. "Fat Man," which was the second bomb, exploded over Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945 at 11:02 a.m. It exploded at 1,650 feet with a force of 22,000 tons of TNT. Due to the boming, 70,000 people lost their lives in Nagasaki by the end of 1945 A total of 140,00 died within the next five years.
