Major World War 2 Events

Germany Invades Poland World War 2 Begins

Sep 3, 1939

Germany invades Poland Great Britain and France declare war
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World War 2 Major Events

Period: Sep 3, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

Germany and U.S.S.R go to War

Jun 22, 1941

German Invasion of Russia with Operation Barbarossa
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United States Joins War Against Japan

Dec 7, 1941

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor leading United States to declare war
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Russia Defeats Germany Battle of Stalingrad

1943

Russia takes heavy losses but manages to defeat Germany in the Battle of Stalingrad. Beginning of the End for Germany.
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United States Drops Atom Bomb Japan knocked out of War

1945

Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacked by American Atom Bomb knocking then out of the war.
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Allied Forces surround Berlin and Red Army forms Soviet Sphere Ending War in Europe

May 8, 1945

Allied Forces surround Hitler in Berlin leading to his suicide. Red Army comes from the East and Claims territory.
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World War 2 Ends

Sep 2, 1945

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