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"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", [2] a poem written by American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war .
"Be Blessed Without End" 1929–1938 Ottokar Kernstock: Joseph Haydn [note 5] Azerbaijan "Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist Respublikasının Himni" "Anthem of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic" 1991–1992 Suleyman Rustam Samad Vurgun Huseyn Arif: Uzeyir Hajibeyov — Belarus "Vajacki marš" [trans 4] "March of the Warriors" 1918–1919 Makar ...
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States entered World War II to fight against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan, known as the "Axis Powers". Italy surrendered in 1943, and Germany and Japan in 1945, after massive devastation and loss of life, while the US emerged far richer and with few casualties.
2: End of the Potsdam Conference: Issues such as the expulsion of Germans from the eastern quarter of Germany and elsewhere in eastern Europe are mandated in the Potsdam Agreement. 6: The B-29 bomber Enola Gay drops the first atomic bomb " Little Boy " on Hiroshima .
The Atlantic Charter was a statement issued on 14 August 1941 that set out American and British goals for the world after the end of World War II, months before the US officially entered the war.
Established in the aftermath of World War II, the organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty, signed in Washington, D.C., on 4 April 1949. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] NATO is a collective security system: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties.
This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by France and Britain two days ...