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This was the first day that Japan began a conflict with China in attempt to invade and occupy China.
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The Germans attempt to invade Russia defying their pact of peace
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The Japanese were the first to attack the US in WWII at Pearl Harbor with a strike they had been planning for months.
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The US launches a full scale invasion to reclaim Normandy and push the Nazis back to Germany.
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This was when the allied forces liberated the first concentration camp that they found.
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This was a huge campaign planned by the Germans to conquer the Western front
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When the United States Marine Corps landed in Iwo Jima to take the city from Imperial Japanese control.
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The day that the Germans surrendered unconditionally to allied forces.
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The first atomic bomb ever dropped was on Hiroshima.
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The 2nd atomic bomb ever dropped was on this day on Nagasaki, this attack forced the Japanese to surrender naming the end of WWII.
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This was the day that the US declared victory over Japan.
