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At 8:15 am Hiroshima time, “Little Boy” was dropped. The result was approximately 80,000 deaths in just the first few minutes. Thousands died later from radiation sickness. -
The invasion of Poland demonstrated Germany's ability to combine air power and armor in a new kind of mobile warfare. On September 17, 1939, the Soviet Union invaded eastern Poland, sealing Poland's fate. -
Great Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany to defend the balance of power in Europe and safeguard Britain's position in the world. -
The conquest of these invasions was to bring hundreds of thousands of Jews under German control. -
Dunkirk evacuation was an important event for the Allies, it boosted morale. -
Dunkirk evacuation was an important event for the Allies, it boosted morale.
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One of Britain's most important victories of the Second World War because it showed Germany could be defeated. -
The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, signed into law by President Roosevelt, created the country's first peacetime draft. -
The Lend- Lease Assistance Act enabled Roosevelt to send material support to the anti-Nazi allies while allowing the U.S. to avoid direct involvement in the widening war. -
The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II, as it immediately declared war on Japan. -
The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II, as it immediately declared war on Japan.
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American entering World War ll helped to get the nation's economy back on its feet following the depression. -
The declaration followed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor four days earlier, and was made the same day as Germany's declaration of war against the United States. -
It was the world's first carrier-vs. -carrier battle, and the first naval battle in which neither side's ships sighted the others. -
This critical US victory stopped the growth of Japan in the Pacific and put the United States in a position to begin shrinking the Japanese empire. -
The battle for North Africa was primarily a struggle for control of the Suez Canal and access to oil from the Middle East and raw materials from Asia. -
The invasion of Sicily and Italy led directly to the fall of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and the surrender of the Italian government to the Allies. -
The invasion drained German resources and block access to key military sites. -
Approximately one million people died in concentration camps over the course of the Holocaust. This figure does not include those killed at extermination camps. -
The Battle of the Bulge marked the last German offense on the Western Front. -
At Yalta Conference, Roosevelt and Churchill discussed with Stalin the conditions under which the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan. -
(Victory in Europe) Day celebrations erupted around the world to mark the end of World War II in Europe. -
At 8:15 am Hiroshima time, “Little Boy” was dropped. The result was approximately 80,000 deaths in just the first few minutes. Thousands died later from radiation sickness.
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After the first minute of dropping “Fat Man,” 39,000 men, women and children were killed. 25,000 more were injured. Both cities were leveled from the bombs and this, in turn, forced Japan to surrender to the United States. -
(Victory over Japan) Day marks the end of World War II, one of the deadliest and most destructive wars in history.