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Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland at the start of World war 2. The invasion ended on October 6, 1939, with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing all of Poland.
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Industrial leaders met with public officials to plan mobilization of Pittsburgh district resources for the nations defense program.
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After Hitler unleashed the blitzkreig invasion in France, they soon surrender and Germany takes over most of France.
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Thousands of people of all faiths joined a peace demonstration as Great Britian declared war on Nazi Germany.
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The Japanese launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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More than 1200 Pittsburgh men volunteered for enlistment in the military.
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The most important naval battle of World war 2. It ended on June 7, 1942.
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First blackout practice took place.
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Unites Steel Workers wage ploicy comittee accepted a 44 cents a day wage increase.
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the Battle of stalingrad was a major battle of World war 2 in which germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union.
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Allies attack the Nazi Germans in France
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In a mass rally, 20,000 employees of Westinghouse reaffirmed a no- strike pledge for the duration of the war.
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War contracts completed to date or underway in Pittsburgh district plants totaled $903,398,644.
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Germany surrenders and France regains control of Paris
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Thousands of Monday night shoppers were stranded Downtown by a 15- inch snowfall.
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Germany launched this toward the end of world war 2 through the dense forrests of Belguim
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The chancellor of Pittsburgh University, John G. Bowman resigns after 15 years.
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A battle in which the United States fought for and captured the city of Iwo Jima. It ended on March 26, 1945.
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The city marked its 100th anniversary of its great fire of 1845.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, our 32nd president, dies of polio. Harry Truman takes over as president.
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The city and county governments, businesses, schools, and all other activities are suspended due to President Roosevelt's death.
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Hitler commited sucide in Berlin on April 30, 1945. He killed himself by gunshot anf cyanide poisining.
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The Allies accepted the surrender of the Nazi Germans.
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Dr. Paul R. Anderson was elected president of Pennsylvania College for Women.
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At approximately 8:15 AM the U.S. military dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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Truman ordered the U.S military to drop an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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Russian Labor leaders arrived to tour the districts steel mills.
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The day of which the surrender of Japan occured which officially ended World war 2.
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The city was jubilant over the surrender of Japan.
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Pittsburgh district industries laid off 7000 workers as the first cancellation of a war contract became effective.
