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August 23, 1939 A non-aggression pact is a treaty where countries agree not to attack each other, aiming to prevent conflict. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, signed in 1939 between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, was a notable example, publicly promising non-aggression but also including a secret protocol dividing Eastern Europe into spheres of influence

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By the morning of September 1, 1939, Hitler was already using the Gleiwitz incident to justify his invasion of Poland. The attack at Westerplatte followed shortly after, sealing Poland's fate. By dawn on September 1, German forces were crossing the border from three different directions

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May 26, 1940, involved the rescue of more than 338,000 British and French soldiers from the French port of Dunkirk between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The evacuation, sometimes referred to as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was a big boost for British morale

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10 July 1940-31 October 1940, The Battle of Britain was a major air campaign fought largely over southern England in the summer and autumn of 1940. After the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk and the Fall of France, Germany planned to gain air superiority in preparation for an invasion of Great Britain

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june 22, 1941, Nazi Germany launched a surprise attack against the Soviet Union, its ally in the war against Poland. By the end of the year, German troops had advanced hundreds of miles to the outskirts of Moscow. Soon after the invasion, mobile killing units began the mass murder of Soviet Jews.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor - December 7, 1941

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Attack on Pearl Harbor - December 7, 1941

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December 7th 1941, On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The surprise attack by some 350 Japanese aircraft sunk or badly damaged eighteen US naval vessels, including eight battleships, destroyed or damaged 300 US aircraft, and killed 2,403 men.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor - December 7, 1941

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Japanese internment Camps in America - February 19, 1942 

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Japanese internment Camps in America - February 19, 1942 

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In February 1942, During World War II, the United States forcibly relocated and incarcerated about 120,000 people of Japanese descent in ten concentration camps operated by the War Relocation Authority, mostly in the western interior of the country. About two-thirds were U.S. citizens

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Japanese internment Camps in America - February 19, 1942

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The Battle of Midway was a decisive U.S. victory over Japan's navy in World War II. The battle took place from June 3–7, 1942, near Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

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August 7, 1942 – February 9, 1943 seven major naval battles, numerous clashes ashore, and almost continuous air combat. For six long months US forces fought to hold the island. In the end they prevailed, and the Allies took the first vital step in driving the Japanese back in the Pacific theater

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August 13, 1942, The Manhattan Project was an unprecedented, top-secret World War II government program in which the United States rushed to develop and deploy the world's first atomic weapons before Nazi Germany.

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Allies Land in North Africa - November 8, 1942

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Allies Land in North Africa - November 8, 1942

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The Allies fought in North Africa because that was where the Axis, specifically the Italians, attacked the British. (Italy also attacked in East Africa, but the Commonwealth forces had already defeated the Italians and liberated Ethiopia before the USA joined the War). 8 November 1942

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Allies Land in North Africa - November 8, 1942

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German Surrender In Stalingrad - February 2, 1943

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German Surrender In Stalingrad - February 2, 1943

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February 2, 1943 The Battle of Stalingrad[Note 8] (17 July 1942 – 2 February 1943)[ was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, beginning when Nazi Germany and its Axis allies attacked and became locked in a protracted struggle with the Soviet Union for control over the Soviet city of Stalingrad (now known as Volgograd) in southern Russia

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German Surrender In Stalingrad - February 2, 1943

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June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched the largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare. Codenamed Operation 'Overlord', the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy marked the start of a long and costly campaign to liberate north-west Europe from Nazi occupation.

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december 16, 1944, the German army launched a massive offensive in the Ardennes Forest. The Battle of the Bulge would be the largest engagement ever fought by the US Army—and ultimately hasten the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich

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march 26th 1945 Iwo Jima is declared secure after heavy casualties, with nearly 6,900 Americans and 20,000 Japanese killed. Iwo becomes an air base and emergency landing field supporting bombing operations against Japan.

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march 26th, 1945, The battle for Okinawa dragged out over nearly three months and included some of the worst kamikaze attacks of the war. By the time Okinawa was secured by American forces on June 22, 1945, the United States had sustained over 49,000 casualties including more than 12,500 men killed or missing.

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Adolf Hitler, chancellor and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, committed suicide via a gunshot to the head on 30 April 1945 in the Führerbunker in Berlin after it became clear that Germany would lose the Battle of Berlin, which led to the end of World War II in Europe.

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and the German command had not choice but to agree. On 7 May 1945, German General Alfred Jodl signed the surrender in the French town of Reims. Eisenhower's Chief of Staff and a Soviet general signed on behalf of the Allies.

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Bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki - August 6, 1945

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Bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki - August 6, 1945

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On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion immediately killed an estimated 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure.

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Bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki - August 6, 1945

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Japan Signs Official Surrender - September 2, 1945

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Japan Signs Official Surrender - September 2, 1945

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On September 2, 1945, Japanese representatives signed the official Instrument of Surrender, prepared by the War Department and approved by President Harry S. Truman. It set out in eight short paragraphs the complete capitulation of Japan.

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Japan Signs Official Surrender - September 2, 1945