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how did ww2 start
World War Two
1939 - 1945 The Second World War was started by Germany in an unprovoked attack on Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany after Hitler had refused to abort his invasion of Poland. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked pearl harbor -
D-Day
The allies launched an attack on Germany’s forces in Normandy, Western France, the Allied force was able to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi Germany. -
Death of Roosevelt
President Roosevelt died. He was succeeded by President Truman. -
Russians reach Berlin
The Russians reached Berlin shortly before the US forces. -
German forces surrender
German forces in Italy surrendered to the Allies. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The Japanese generals refused to surrender. The US dropped an atomic bomb on the island of Hiroshima. -
Russia declares war on japan
just 2 days after Hiroshima, Russia declares war on Japan and invaded Japanese-ruled Manchuria. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
just three days after little boy, America dropped their latest hit, fat boy, on Japan after they refused to surrender. killing 39,000–80,000 in Nagasaki; roughly half of the deaths in each city occurred on the first day. -
Japanese surrender
The Japanese unconditionally surrendered to the allies ending the second world war. -
End of WW2
2 Sept 1945 MacArthur accepts Japan’s surrender US General, Douglas MacArthur, accepted Japan’s surrender thus formally ending the second world war.
