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Events Of World War II - Anand

Published on Jan 09, 2016

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GERMAN INVASION OF POLAND (SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER, 1939)

THIS INVASION STARTED WWII
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LEND-LEASE ACT (MARCH, 1941)

FDR SIGNED THE BILL TO GIVE AID TO BRITAIN, CHINA, & OTHER ALLIED FORCES

PEARL HARBOR (DECEMBER, 1941)

353 JAPANESE FIGHTERS, BOMBERS, & TORPEDO PLANES ATTACKED THE US NAVY BASE
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BATTLE OF MIDWAY (JUNE, 1942)

THE US NAVY DEFEATED AN IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY ATTACK

BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL (AUGUST, 1942 - FEBRUARY, 1943)

1ST MAJOR OFFENSIVE BY THE ALLIED FORCES AGAINST JAPAN
Photo by NDNG

ALLY INVASION ON D-DAY (JUNE, 1944)

ALLIED INVASION OF NORMANDY
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YALTA CONFERENCE (FEBRUARY, 1945)

MEETING OF THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE US, UK, & SOVIET UNION
Photo by Père Ubu

IWO JIMA (FEBRUARY - MARCH, 1945)

US ARMED FORCES FOUGHT FOR & CAPTURED IWO JIMA FROM JAPAN
Photo by Marion Doss

ALLIES CAPTURE OF BERLIN/GERMAN SURRENDER (MAY, 1945)

THE FINAL MAJOR OFFENSIVE OF THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF WWII
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DROPPING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI (AUGUST, 1945)

THE US DROPPED ATOMIC BOMBS ON JAPAN, CAUSING MANY DEATHS
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NUREMBERG TRIALS (NOVEMBER, 1945 - OCTOBER, 1946)

A SERIES OF MILITARY TRIBUNALS HELD BY THE ALLIED FORCES
Photo by Marion Doss

TOKYO TRIALS (MAY, 1946 - NOVEMBER, 1948)

A TRIAL TO TRY THE LEADERS OF IMPERIAL JAPAN FOR 3 TYPES OF WAR CRIMES
Photo by R. Lanning