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World War II

  • 29 May 2004

    The World War II Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C, dedicated by President George W. Bush.

  • 9 Mar 1974

    Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda became the last Japanese soldier to surrender, 29 years after WWII ended.

  • 24 Jan 1972

    A Japanese soldier was found hiding in Guam.

  • 27 Jul 1955

    Austrian State Treaty came to force.

  • 5 Feb 1953

    Sweet rationing during World War II finally came to an end in Britain.

  • 28 Apr 1952

    The Treaty of San Francisco took effect.

  • 31 Dec 1946

    US President Harry Truman officially proclaimed the end of World War II.

  • 7 Jun 1946

    The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) resumed TV broadcasting for the first time since the end of WWII.

  • 20 Apr 1946

    The League of Nations was officially dissolved by its member states.

  • 27 Dec 1945

    Twenty-nine nations came together to sign an agreement that created the International Monetary Fund.

  • 20 Nov 1945

    Nuremberg trials begin.

  • 2 Sep 1945

    Japan formally surrendered, officially bringing an end to the six years of World War II.

  • 15 Aug 1945

    After six years at war, Japan surrendered, marking the end of World War II.

  • 9 Aug 1945

    American forces made a second attack on Japan during World War II and dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

  • 6 Aug 1945

    The United States of America dropped its first-ever atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.

  • 2 Aug 1945

    The Potsdam Conference which is convened to negotiate the terms of the end of WW II comes to an end.

  • 30 Jul 1945

    The USS Indianapolis vessel was torpedoed and sunk.

  • 26 Jul 1945

    Potsdam Declaration is signed.

  • 17 Jul 1945

    The Potsdam Conference began between the Soviet Union, UK & US.

  • 7 May 1945

    The Germans surrendered to the Allies.

  • 16 Apr 1945

    The last major battle of WWII took place.

  • 19 Mar 1945

    Adolf Hitler orders the destruction of all industries in Germany.

  • 16 Mar 1945

    British bomber planes obliterated 89% of Würzburg, Germany, within just 20 minutes.

  • 9 Mar 1945

    The United States Air Force firebombed Tokyo, Japan, killing over 100,000 civilians.

  • 23 Feb 1945

    During WWII, the German town of Pforzheim was annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.

  • 13 Feb 1945

    Planes dropped bombs across Dresden, Germany, during WWII.

  • 30 Jan 1945

    9,400 people die in the deadliest maritime disaster in history.

  • 17 Jan 1945

    Soviet and Polish forces liberate Warsaw during World War II.

  • 19 Sep 1944

    The Battle of Hürtgen Forest began during World War II.

  • 24 Aug 1944

    Allied troops began the attack on Paris during World War II.

  • 23 Aug 1944

    Romania Switches Sides in World War II.

  • 21 Jul 1944

    American forces landed on Guam during WWII, which started the Second Battle of Guam.

  • 6 Jun 1944

    Normandy landings started in France during WWII.

  • 22 Apr 1944

    Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in Salzburg, Austria.

  • 28 Nov 1943

    Tehran Conference begins.

  • 19 Apr 1943

    The Warsaw Uprising involved Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto resisting Nazi Germany during WWII.

  • 5 Apr 1943

    The US Air Force accidentally bombed the Belgian town of Mortsel.

  • 5 Mar 1943

    The battle of the Ruhr campaign began during WWII with an air raid in Essen, Germany.

  • 20 Feb 1943

    American movie studio executives allowed the Office of War Information to review their scripts.

  • 9 Feb 1943

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a 48-hour working week order to increase production during World War II.

  • 7 Feb 1943

    The New York Times published a government message that the US would be rationing shoes.

  • 2 Feb 1943

    The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end as the Axis Powers surrender.

  • 22 Dec 1942

    Adolf Hitler signed the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon during World War II.

  • 22 May 1942

    Mexico declared war on Nazi-Germany and Japan.

  • 4 May 1942

    United States civilians received ration books for the first time.

  • 19 Dec 1941

    The US Office of Censorship was created to control info relating to World War II.

  • 1 Dec 1941

    Japanese Emperor Hirohito approved plans set forward by his advisors to go to war against the United States of America.

  • 25 Jun 1941

    Finland declared war on the Soviet Union after an air raid was launched on Finnish cities.

  • 29 Dec 1940

    The worst German air raid of the Blitz occurred.

  • 7 Sep 1940

    The Blitz began.

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