September 3, 1939 to May 8, 1945

thousands of ships engage in 100-plus battles in the Atlantic Ocean

Allies striking a naval blockade against Germany and igniting a struggle for control of Atlantic Ocean sea routes.

https://www.history.com/

it was signed on USS Missouri.

it proclaims the unconditional surrender.

the surrender came after the us dropped the atomic bomb again twice.

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/surrender-of-japan

the germany surrender shortly after Adolf Hitler .

the signing of the surrender leaded to the victory in europe celebrations.

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event

Germany invaded Poland September 1, 1939.

the German left Luftwaffe destroyed the polish air force.

the German use blitzkrieg .

https://www.britannica.com/event/Invasion-of-Poland

April 30 in the Führerbunker and Germany surrenders a few days later.

it was later ended .

they launched an offensive against the Germany capital.

https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-ii-battles-timeline#Battle-of-the-Philippine-Sea

it was the largest naval , air land operation in history .

over 4000 allies died the first day.

https://www.army.mil/d-day/

German air force conducted air raids , bombing London for 57 straight days .

the royal air force was out numbered.

Britain won , and this prevented Germany from inviting England.

https://www.historyhit.com/articles/twentieth-century/world-war-two/battle-of-britain/

Anne was a Jewish teenager that hid from the Nazis in a secret attic with her family.

she kept a diary of the experience and after the war it was found and published .

the family was caught . Anne died in 1945 at Bergen - belsen concentration camp.

https://www.annefrank.org/en/

squadron of all black fighter pilots.

they fought in Europe and were one of the most decorated units.

992 pilots flew 1578 missions

https://tuskegeeairmen.org/

developed the atomic bomb thought physics at University of California.

he did ground breaking working neutron.

https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/profile/j-robert-oppenheimer/

accidental discovery made by Percy Spencer.

during ww2 he noticed his candy bar melted.

revolutionized the way we cook food.

https://www.kitchenaid.com/pinch-of-help/major-appliances/microwave-oven-history.html#:

Vesta stout was a mom of two sons in the navy . she worked with ammunition boxes and found a flaw.

she realized a cloth tape would work better and sent her idea to president Roosevelt.

the military thought it was a great idea and its used widely today.

https://www.jnj.com/our-heritage/vesta-stoudt-the-woman-who-invented-duct-tape#:~

discovered by Alexander Fleming using fruit and mold.

in 1943 it was mass produced to use in war.

it decreased the rate of death from infections from 20% to less than 1% .

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1945/fleming/biographical/

these were built to imprison Americans of Japanese descent .

president Roosevelt covered 100,000 people to be sent to live in these desert camps.

https://densho.org/

the us. b-29 bomber plane named the enola gay dropped the first nuclear bomb o the city .

80,000 people - most civilians , died instantly.

the temperature of the ground reached 7000 degrees Fahrenheit , vaporizing everything.

https://www.nps.gov/mapr/learn/manhattan-project.htmhttps://www.nps.gov/mapr/learn/manhattan-project.htm

keremastu sued to avoid being forced into an internment camp.

the supreme court ruled that citizens civil rights could be ignored during war.

decades later the ruling is viewed as being wrong.

https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/323us214

this was one of the deadest battles in history, 2 million people were killed, wounded or captured .

stain refused to let civilians evacuate thinking solders would fight harder .

the German loss was a Turing point in the war.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-stalingrad

significant because a win meant the u.s. would cotrol air fields that put b-29 bombers in rang of japan.

1769 americans died in the battle.

23,303 japanse died, fewer than 1,500 surrendered.

https://www.coris.noaa.gov/portals/cnmi.html

character of WW2 us propaganda campaign to recruit women in the work force.

artist j. Howard miller created the "we can do it" poster.

a rivet is a mechanical fastener and implies women can hold the home front together while men fought abroad.

became a symbol of female strength and independence.

https://www.nps.gov/rori/index.htm