World War II Timeline
September 1939: Germany invades Poland, starting World War II. Britain and France declare war on Germany.
April 1940: Germany invades Norway and Denmark.
May 1940: Germany invades Belgium and the Netherlands.
July 1940: Germany begins bombing Britain.
June 1941: Germany invades the Soviet Union.
December 1941: Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. The U.S. declares war on Japan.
February 1942: Japan captures Singapore.
May 1942: Japan captures the Philippines and Burma.
June 1942: The tide turns — the Allies defeat Japan in the Battle of Midway.
February 1943: German troops surrender in Stalingrad, USSR.
May 1943: Axis troops in northern Africa surrender.
September 1943: Italy surrenders.
November 1943: U.S. forces invade Tarawa.
June 1944: D-day: Allied troops land in France and begin invasion.
October 1944: Japan's navy is defeated near the Philippines.
December 1944: Germans fight back in Battle of the Bulge.
March 1945: Allied troops capture Iwo Jima.
May 1945: Germany surrenders, ending World War II in Europe.
August 1945: Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
September 1945: Japan signs surrender agreement, ending war.
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by Jerry StanleyFollowing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, nearly 120,000 Americans were imprisoned by the U.S. government, only because they were of Japanese ancestry. Many had gone to great lengths to demonstrate their loyalty to the U.S. Here is a chronicle of their internment, focusing on the experiences of one high school student, Shi Nomura.
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