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Invasion of Poland (start event)
1 September 1939 – 6 October 1939
Location: Poland
Result: Decisive German and Soviet victory.
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World War II (WWII)
Countries involved: Allies(United Kingdom, France, Soviet Union, United States, China, Commonwealth countries) vs. Axis(Germany, Italy, Japan) Allies leaders: Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Chiang Kai-shek, Édouard Daladier
Axis leaders: Adolf Hitler, Hirohito, Benito Mussolini -
Battle of Britain
10 July – 31 October 1940
Location: United Kingdom airspace
Result: Decisive British victory -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Location: Primarily Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, United States
Result: Japanese major tactical victory: United States declaration of war on the Empire of Japan. Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
4–8 May 1942
Location: Coral Sea, between Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands
Result: Japanese tactical victory, Allied strategic victory, Japanese invasion repelled -
Battle of Midway
4–7 June 1942
Location: Midway, Atoll
Result: Decisive American victory -
Battle of Stalingrad (turning point)
August 23, 1942 – February 2, 1943
Location: Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Result: Decisive Soviet victory
Axis forces began to decline in Eastern Front This was a major battle where the germans had a terrible lost. After this battle, they couldn't recover and became weaker and weaker till they surrender. -
Operation Neptune (D-Day)
Location: Normandy, France
Result: Decisive Allied victory -
Battle of Saipan
15 June – 9 July 1944
Location: Saipan, Mariana Islands
Result: American Victory -
Battle of the Bulge
16 December 1944 – 16 January 1945 Location: The Ardennes, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany
Result: Decisive Allies victory -
Battle of Okinawa
1 April – 22 June 1945
Location: Okinawa, Japan
Result: Allies victory -
Battle of Berlin
16 April – 2 May 1945
Location: Berlin, Germany
Result: Decisive Soviet victory
Suicide of Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi officials -
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 6th and 9th
6 and 9 August 1945
Location: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
Result: Debate regarding how much influence on the surrender of Japan -
Surrender of Japan
Postsdam Declaration----The terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out and Japanese sovereignty shall be limited to the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and such minor islands as we determine.The Japanese military forces, after being completely disarmed, shall be permitted to return to their homes with the opportunity to lead peaceful and productive lives.Freedom of speech, of religion, and of thought, as well as respect for the fundamental human rights shall be established.
