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germany invades poland
The invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, and ended 6 October 1939 with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland. -
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france surrenders to germany
The German advance continues to sweep southward driving before it not only the retreating French army, but an estimated 10 million refugees fleeing for their lives. The French abandon Paris, declaring it an open city. This allows the Germans to enter the French capital on June 14 without resistance. -
pearl harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the morning of December 7, 1941 -
the battle of midway
The Battle of Midway is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. -
stalingrad begins
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southwestern Russia. It took place between 17 July 1942 and 2 February 1943 -
stalingrad ends
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southwestern Russia. It took place between 17 July 1942 and 2 February 1943 -
allies liberate free paris
The Liberation of Paris took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the surrender of the occupying German garrison on the 25 of August 1944 and is accounted as the last battle in the Campaign for Normandy and the transitional conclusion of the Allied invasion breakout in Operation Overlord into a broad-fronted general offensive. -
battle of bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensensive attack launched towards the end of World War II through the densely forested Ardennes Mountains region of Wallonia in Belgium, -
iwo jima starts
The Battle of Iwo Jima or Operation Detachment, was a battle in which the United States fought for and captured Iwo Jima from Japan. The U.S. invasion was charged with the mission of capturing the two airfields on Iwo Jima. -
battle of of iwo jima ends
The Battle of Iwo Jima or Operation Detachment, was a battle in which the United States fought for and captured Iwo Jima from Japan. The U.S. invasion was charged with the mission of capturing the two airfields on Iwo Jima. -
FDR dies and Truman becomes president
In the United States. President Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at Warm Springs in Georgia. Vice-President Truman becomes President. -
hitler commits suicide
The death of Adolf Hitler occurred on 30 April 1945 in Berlin, where he committed suicide by gunshot and cyanide poisoning. -
victory in europe day
Victory in Europe Day commemorates May 8, 1945, the date when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. -
hiroshima is destroyed by an atomic bomb
this bomb was very effective. it killed over nearly 100,000 people easily. This was an event that will always be remembered as one of those sad days. -
victory over japan day
Victory over Japan Day is a name chosen for the day on which the Surrender of Japan occurred, effectively ending World War II, and subsequent anniversaries of that event -
atomic bomb dropped on nagaski
During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
