1939
Date                         Event
 

 

 

 

 
1940
Date                         Event
 

 

 

 

 
1941
Date                         Event
 

 

 

December 7, 1941     Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, HI; U.S. enters war

 
1942
Date                         Event
 

 

 

June 6, 1942             U.S. defeats Japan in the Battle of Midway

 
1943
Date                         Event
 

 

 

July 10, 1943            The invasion of Sicily leads to Italy's surrender

 
1944
Date                         Event
 

 

 

June 6, 1944             D-Day invasion in France

 
1945
Date                         Event
 

 

 

 

March 16, 1945         U.S. Marines capture Iwo Jima

May 7, 1945             Germany unconditionally surrenders to the Allies

August 6, 1945         U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

September 2, 1945   Japan surrenders on U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay

 
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