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August 6: The United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. August 9: The United States drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. World War II (WWII) was a long and bloody war that lasted for six years, from 1939 to 1945. See a detailed World War II timeline with key dates here.
World War II is generally considered to have begun on 1 September 1939, when Nazi Germany, under Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland, prompting the United Kingdom and France to declare war on Germany.
World War II was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during 1939–45. The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China).
Discover the pivotal events between 1918 and 1942 that shaped the first half of World War II. This timeline traces that path from the bitter conclusion of the First World War through the ...
World War II was the largest and most destructive conflict in history. Learn about key WWII dates in this timeline of events, including when WW2 started and ended.
Chronology of the liberation of Belgian cities and towns during World War II. Timeline of the Manhattan Project (1939–1947) Timeline of air operations during the Battle of Europe. Timeline of the Holocaust. Timeline of the Holocaust in Norway. Timeline of Treblinka extermination camp.
Below are some key dates in World War II. Some of these events actually took place before the first “official” shot of WWII was fired on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland touching off the war in Europe.
On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland from the west; two days later, France and Britain declared war on Germany, beginning World War II. On September 17, Soviet troops invaded Poland...
World War II, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history, involved more than 50 nations and was fought on land, sea and air in nearly every part of the world. Read more.
Britain declares war on Germany at 11 am, France declares war on Germany six hours later.