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Germany's invasion of Poland marked the beginning of World War 2. In 1934, Hitler signed a nonagression pact with Poland which was later broken by Hitler himself.
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The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii without warning killing over 3,500 people.
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The United States declares war on Japan along with Great Britain. The U.S. wanted to remain neutral but decided to join after the Japanese attacked Hawaii.
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President Roosevelt signed the Executive Order in which he ordered for people of Japanese descent to be relocated to internment camps. These Japanese-Americans remained in internment camps until the end of the war.
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Turning point in the war in Europe. This battle began with the attack by the Allies on the beaches of Normandy.
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The United States authorized the dropping of the FIRST atomic bomb as a responce to the attacks on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese.
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A second atomic bomb was droppped, but this time in Nagasaki. This event came after the Japanese refused to surrender.
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Japan agrees to surrender marking the END of WWII. There were ceremonies that were held on board the battleship USS Missouri along with other ships anchored in Tokyo Bay.
