World War II
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World War II, or the Second World War (often abbreviated WWII or WW2), was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.
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Timeline
1939
September 3, 1939 - France and Britain declare war on Germany. September 10, 1939 - Canada declares war on Germany.
1941
March 11, 1941 - The U.S. Congress passes the Lend-Lease Act.
June 22, 1941 - Adolf Hitler launches Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.
December 7, 1941 - Japanese forces bomb the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.
1943
February 2, 1943 - The German army is defeated at Stalingrad.
November 28, 1943 - The Teheran Conference: Code name Eureka, it is the first time the three major Allied leaders meet. Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill.
1944
June 6, 1944 - Operation Overlord begins. June 23, 1943 - The Nazis grant permission to the International Red Cross to visit a concentration camp. They tour Theresienstadt, near Prague.
1945
January 27, 1945 - The Liberation of Auschwitz. Soviet troops find 7,000 prisoners, most of whom are ill and dying.
August 6, 1945 - Hiroshima August 9, 1945 - Nagasaki
The End
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day or VE Day) was May 7 and May 8, 1945, the dates when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. On April 30, Hitler committed suicide during the Battle of Berlin, and so the surrender of Germany was authorized by his replacement, President of Germany Karl Dönitz.
VJ Day
Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day, also known as Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day) is a name chosen for the day on which the Surrender of Japan occurred, effectively ending World War II. The term has been applied to both the day on which the initial announcement of Japan's surrender was made in the afternoon of August 15, 1945 (August 14 North American date), as well as the date the formal surrender ceremony was performed in Tokyo on September 2, 1945.
