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D-Day invasion- 156,000 of the British, Candian, and Americans landed on the beach of Normady, France ready to invade Europe.
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The was consider the last major German offense during the war- While the Soviet Troops advance to Poland, Czechoslvakia, Hungary and Romania, Hiltler directed his force to drive the British and Americans back from Germany,
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Hitler commited suicide in Berlin
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Germany surrenders ending World War II (V-E Day)
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America's first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan; killing more than 78,000 people in a single minute
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In fear of yet another atomic bomb, Japanese government signed surrender terms aboard the battleship.