-
Germany invades Poland
-
Finland surrenders, soviets won
-
The United States cuts off oil exports to Japan
-
German warplanes begin bombing London every night for 57 nights
-
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign a treaty that makes the three countries allies against England and France
-
More than 400,000 Polish Jews are sent to the Warsaw Ghetto
-
U.S. is no longer a neutral nation, the United States now alies with England
-
More than three million German troops invade the Soviet Union
-
German submarine torpedoes the U.S. Navy destroyer Reuben James
-
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
-
Three days after Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
-
Sixteen U.S. bombers make the first bombing raid against Japan
-
U.S. government forces thousands of Japanese-Americans to move from to relocation camps in isolated areas
-
U.S. and British troops invade French North Africa and later link up with the British Eighth Army
-
U.S. code breakers intercept a Japanese radio message saying Admiral Yamamoto is flying to the Solomon Islands. He is killed when U.S. fighters shoot down his plane.
-
The U.S. Navy announces that all warships that sunk at Pearl Harbor have been repaired and returned to sea except for U.S.S. Arizona, U.S.S. Utah, and U.S.S. Oklahoma
-
Italy surrenders but German troops keep fighting
-
Japan’s last aircraft carrier forces are defeated in battle with U.S.
-
Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy, France
-
German forces make a surprised attack on regions of Belgium
-
the largest land battle ever fought by the U.S. Army, Americans won Battle of the Bulge
-
Soviet troops enter Berlin and street battles start to occur
-
Italian fighters capture and kill Benito Mussolini
-
U.S. soldiers free 32,000 survivors in the Dachau concentration camp
-
Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler kills himself
-
Germany surrenders
-
The first atomic bomb for combat use is assembled on Tinian Island
-
Atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
-
Japan surrenders
-
Japanese officials sign the surrender document on the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Harbor
