ww2 significant dates

  • Italy surrenders

    Italy surrenders
    1 month after the Allies take control of Sicily, Italy surrenders
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    The Allies make their invasion of a German occupied beach in Normandy, France.
  • The Battle of Bulge begins

    The Battle of Bulge begins
    The bloodiest battle in all of WW2 begins
  • V-Day

    V-Day
    Allied powers victorious from unconditional German surrender and the end of fighting in Europe
  • Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima

    Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
    Truman orders the first ever use of an atomic bomb on innocent civilians
  • Japanese surrender

    Japanese surrender
    After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan finally surrenders unconditonally, and on Sept. 2 of that year, MacArthur accepts their surrender.