World War II Major Events & Battles By historyproject01 Nov 11, 1918 World War I ends with German defeat Jul 29, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party Jan 30, 1933 The Holocaust began Sep 1, 1939 Hitler invades Poland Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Jun 22, 1941 Battle of Satlingrad Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Jun 6, 1944 D-day Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima & Nagasaki Aug 8, 1945 Soviets declares war on Japan & invade Manchuria Aug 9, 1945 The second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki & Emperor Hirohito and Japanese prime minister Suzuki decide to seek power with Allies Aug 14, 1945 Japanese accept the surrender and General NacArthur is appointed to head the occupation forces in Japan Aug 27, 1945 B-29s drop supplies to Allied powers in China Aug 29, 1945 Soviets shoot down a B-29 dropping supplies to powers on Korea and U.S. Troops land near Tokyo to begin the occupation of Japan Aug 30, 1945 British reoccupy Hong Kong Sep 2, 1945 Formal Japanese surrender ceremony on board the Missouri in Tokyo Bay Sep 3, 1945 Japanese commander in the Philippines, General Yamashita surrenders to General Wainwright at Bagiuo city Sep 4, 1945 Japanese troops on Wake Island surrender Sep 9, 1945 Japanese in Korea surrenber on the 13th of September the Japanese in Burma surrender Oct 24, 1945 The United Nations is born
