Germany, was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe

IT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW ON MARCH 11, 1941, A YEAR AND A HALF AFTER THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE IN SEPTEMBER 1939.

THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR (CALLED HAWAII OPERATION OR OPERATION AI[9][10] BY THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL GENERAL HEADQUARTERS (OPERATION Z IN PLANNING)[11] AND THE BATTLE OF PEARL HARBOR

THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY, FOUGHT OVER AND NEAR THE TINY U.S. MID-PACIFIC BASE AT MIDWAY ATOLL, REPRESENTS THE STRATEGIC HIGH WATER MARK OF JAPAN'S PACIFIC OCEAN WAR

THE GUADALCANAL CAMPAIGN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL AND CODENAMED OPERATION WATCHTOWER BY ALLIED FORCES, WAS A MILITARY CAMPAIGN FOUGHT BETWEEN AUGUST 7, 1942 AND FEBRUARY 9, 1943

June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy

THE BATTLE OF BERLIN, DESIGNATED THE BERLIN STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE OPERATION BY THE SOVIET UNION, WAS THE FINAL MAJOR OFFENSIVE OF THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF WORLD WAR II.[F]

THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA (19 FEBRUARY – 26 MARCH 1945), OR OPERATION DETACHMENT, WAS A MAJOR BATTLE IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FOUGHT

THE ATOMIC BOMBINGS OF THE CITIES OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI IN JAPAN WERE CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES DURING THE FINAL STAGES OF WORLD WAR II IN 1945. THE TWO EVENTS ARE THE ONLY USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN WAR TO DATE.

THE NUREMBERG TRIALS WERE A SERIES OF MILITARY TRIBUNALS, HELD BY THE ALLIED FORCES OF WORLD WAR II, MOST NOTABLE FOR THE PROSECUTION OF PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE POLITICAL, MILITARY, AND ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP OF NAZI GERMANY

THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL FOR THE FAR EAST (IMTFE), ALSO KNOWN AS THE TOKYO TRIALS, THE TOKYO WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL, OR SIMPLY THE TRIBUNAL, WAS CONVENED ON APRIL 29, 1946, TO TRY THE LEADERS OF THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN FOR THREE TYPES OF WAR CRIMES.