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A clash occured between Chinese and Japanese troops near Peiping in North China
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1.5 million German soldiers invaded along Poland's 1,750 mile border at the same time German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields
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Blitzkrieg, the German term for "Lightning War", is a military tactic used to create disorganization among enemy forces using mobile forces and concentrated firepower
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It was the British codename for all of the raids.
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Hitler sent three armies with three million, 150 divisions, and 3,000 tanks to invade the Soviet Union. The attack covered over 2,000 miles
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Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes bomb an American naval base near Honolulu. Destroyed eight battleships and almost 200 airplanes
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The meeting where the Nazis discussed "The Final Solution".
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British bombers raided Hamburg, Germany
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156,000 American, Canadian, British forces storm the five beaches of France's Normandy region.
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Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp.
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American air and naval bombardment of Japanese coast. Battle was fought in caves, tunnels, dugouts, and underground installations.
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The last and the biggest of the Pacific island battles in WWII. Involved 287,000 troops from U.S. Tenth Army and 130,000 troops from Japanese Thirty-Second Army. Battle lasted until June 22, 1945
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Known as Victory in Europe day. A day celebrated in US and in Great Britain. The day the Nazis had been defeated.
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American bomber plane Enola Gay dropped a five ton over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It killed 80,000 people immediately and tens of thousands of people in the following weeks from injuries.
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The second atomic bomb dropped over the Japanese city of Nagasaki. The blast was equivalent to 22,000 tons of TNT. The blast killed 60,000 to 80,000 people. Exact death toll is impossible because the blast obliterated bodies.
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Known as Victory over Japan day
