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WWII
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The official start of WWII
Germany invades Poland and then war is declared. -
Operation Barbarossa
Germany attacks the Soviet Union. -
Pearl Harbor is Bombed
Japan attacks the naval base of Pearl Harbor on this day. -
The Doolittle Raid
American bombers attacked Tokyo; it was the first air raid by the United States to strike the Japanese Home Islands. -
Operation Torch
British–American invasion of French North Africa in World War II -
D-Day Invasion
The U.S. Army remembers June 6, 1944: The World War II D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima took place in February 1945. The capture of Iwo Jima was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Far East.. -
The Battle of Okinawa
Last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II, the Okinawa campaign involved 287000 U.S. Army troops against 130000 Japanese soldiers. -
Adolf Hitler Death
Adolf Hitler commits suicide and kills himself. -
V-E Day
This is the day that the Germans surrendered to the French ending WWII. -
First successful test of the Atomic Bomb
The First successful test of an Atomic Bomb in the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico, U.S., thereby ushering in the "Atomic Age". -
Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
Japanese submarine I-58 torpedoed and sank the ship in approximetely 12 minutes. -
Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. -
Societs Join War against Japan
The soviets joined the war to help battle off Japan. -
Second Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. -
Japan Surrenders
Emporer Hirochito surrenders over the radio after the atomic bomb. -
Surrender of Japan
Japan surrenders to the US after the bombing of Hiroshima.
