World+War+II

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Time line of important dates

September 1, 1939 Poland Invaded July 10, 1940 Battle of Britain begins. May 27, 1941 - Sinking of the Bismarck by the British Navy. December 7, 1942 Pearl Harbor Attacked Dec 8, 1941 - United States and Britain declare war on Japan. Dec 11, 1941 - Germany declares war on the United States. June 6, 1944 NORMANDY invasion began (NOT D-Day. D-Day is a misnomer. D-day is the day of an invasion and H-hour is the hour the invasion began) July 20, 1944 - German assassination attempt on Hitler fails Dec 16-27 - Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes Dec 26, 1944 - Patton relieves Bastogne April 21, 1945 - Soviets reach Berlin. April 30, 1945 - Adolf Hitler commits suicide May 8, 1945 V-E Day Aug 6, 1945 - First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan Aug 9, 1945 - Second atomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan August 14, 1945 V-J Day