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After heavy boming Warsaw surrendered to Germany.
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Started in 1939 lasted until 1940 a military tactic to create disorganized amoung enemy forces, German forces tried blizkrieq in Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, and France.
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Japanese planes attack the American navel base in Honolulu, Hawaii the Japenese destroyed 20 American navel vessels, 8 battle ships, and 300 planes. 2,000 American solders and sailors died and 1,000 wounded.
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156,000 American, British, and Canadian forces landed on five beaches with 50- mile streach of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region.
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A base near the Japanese coast three U.S. marine divisions landed on the island Iow Jima was defended by 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops after a month of fighting an American flag was raised in victory.
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287,000 troops of the U.S. against 130,000 Japanese solders. At stake were air bases that were vital to the project invasions of Japan.
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Great Britian and the U>S> celebrate victory in Europe Day.
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An American B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima.
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Victory over Japan Day where Japan announced their surrender.
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Hitler tried to split the allied armies in the northwest by using blitzkrieg the American forces tried to fight desprete battles to stem the German advances at St.Vith.