IT HAPPENED IN 1939. WHAT OCCURRED: AT 4:45 AM 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE INVADED POLAND ALL ALONG ITS 1750 MILE BORDER. SIGNIFICANCE:

IT HAPPENED IN MARCH 11, 1941. WHAT OCCURRED DURING IT: MANUFACTURED WEAPONS, IT FILLED THE VOID OF THINGS LIKE FOOD, AND THE SOVIETS RECEIVED 2000 LOCOMOTIVES FOR SUPPLYING ITS FORCES AT THE FRONT. SIGNIFICANCE: IT WAS THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM UNDER WHICH THE USA, THE UK, THE SOVIET UNION, AND FRANCE WITH WAR MATERIAL.

IT HAPPENED IN DECEMBER 7, 1941. WHAT HAPPENED IS JAPAN ATTACKED US WITH A SURPRISE ATTACK. SIGNIFICANCE: IT ALLOWED THE US TO PERSUE THE PACIFIC WAR AGAINST JAPAN BY ITSELF. WHAT OCCURRED: THEY ATTACKED US WITH 6 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, AND 350 OTHER AIRCRAFT TYPES.

IT HAPPENED ON JUNE 4, 1942. WHAT OCCURRED: THE AMERICANS DECODED A RADIO MESSAGE OF THE JAPENESE PLANS AND AMBUSHED THEM. SIGNIFICANCE: IT STOPPED THE ADVANCEMENT OF JAPAN, THEY HAD NO GREAT VICTORIES AFTER THAT.

IT HAPPENED IN AUGUST 7, 1942. THIS HELPED THE US RECLAM CONTROL OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM JAPAN.

THIS INVASION WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE BIG EFFORT TO TAKE BACK FRANCE FROM GERMANY AND THEN GO TO GERMANY AND DEFEAT HITLER AND NAZI GERMANY.

IT HAPPENED IN JANUARY 12, 1945. ITS SIGNIFICANCE IS IT ENDED WWII IN EUROPE.

IT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY 4, 1945. THE IMPORTANCE IS WHAT IS TALKED ABOUT DURING THE SPEECH LIKE THE FUTURE OF GERMANY, EASTERN EUROPE, AND THE UNITED NATIONS.

IT HAPPENED IN MARCH 26, 1945. THE IMPORTANCE IS THIS ISLAND WAS A WARNING BEACON FOR APPROACHING BOMBERS THAT WERE GOING TO BOMB TOKYO.

IT HAPPENED AUGUST 6-9, 1945. JAPAN SURRENDERED SIX DAYS AFTER THESE BOMBS WERE DROPPED, ENDING WORLD WAR II IN ASIA.

It HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 25, 1945. THE IMPORTANCE IS THEY SHOWED THAT HIGH- RANKING OFFICIALS WHO VIOLATE THE RULES WILL BE FORCED TO STAND TRIAL.

THEY HAPPENED FROM APRIL 29, 1946-NOVEMBER 12, 1948. SIMILAR TO THE NUREMBERG TRIALS FOR GERMAN WAR CRIMINALS, HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS FROM THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN WERE TRIED AS WAR CRIMINALS IN THE TOKYO TRIALS.