Events of WW2
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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GERMAN INVASION OF POLAND (SEPTEMBER 1 - OCTOBER 6, 1939)
An invasion of Poland by Germany.
Photo by Peer.Gynt
LEND-LEASE ACT (MARCH 11, 1941)
A program in which the US supplied allied nations with material
Photo by Konabish ~ Greg Bishop
PEARL HARBOR (DECEMBER 7, 1941)
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor
Photo by starfish235
BATTLE OF MIDWAY (MARCH 11, 1942)
The US Navy decisively defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy attack against Midway Atoll
Photo by USFWS Pacific
BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL (August 7, 1942 - February 9, 1943)
the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan.
Photo by Children of the Concrete
ALLY INVASION ON D-DAY (JUNE 6, 1944)
160,000 allied troops landed along a 50 mile stretch of French coastline to fight Nazi Germany
Photo by archangel 12
YALTA CONFERENCE (FEBRUARY 4-11, 1945)
Heads of government from the US, UK, and the Soviet Union discuss Europe's post-war agreement
Photo by klaasjanb
IWORK jIMA (FEBRUARY 19 - MARCH 26, 1945)
The US fought for the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire
Photo by chadh
DROPPING THE ATOMIC BOMB ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI (AUGUST 6-9, 1945)
When the US dropped the two nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Photo by clint mcmahon
ALLIES CAPTURE OF BERLIN/GERMAN SURRENDER (APRIL 16 - MAY 2 1945)
The Red Army breached the German front and advanced westward
Photo by Pablo G. Pando
TOKYO TRIALS (APRIL 29, 1946)
To try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for three types of war crimes, class A, class B, and class C
Photo by R. Lanning
NUREMBURG TRIALS (1945-1949)
A series of military tribunals, held by the allied forces of WW1
Photo by Jim D. Woodward
