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2025-06-30
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607 Moments
1945
Japan announces surrender
Official end of World War II.
Second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Soviet Union declares war on Japan, invades Manchuria
First atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Potsdam Conference
Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) — official end of WWII in Europe
1944
Liberation of Brussels by Allied forces
U.S. drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
The Americans complete the capture of the island of Tinian
The Warsaw Uprising, staged by the Polish Home Army, begins
Liberation of Majdanek Concentration Camp
Operation Cobra in full swing
Poles Rise Against Germans in Lwow Uprising
July 20 Plot to assassinate Hitler
Hideki Tojo Resigns as Japanese Chief Minister
Soviets launch Operation Bagration
D-Day (Operation Overlord, Normandy landings)
Japanese Retreat from Imphal Ends Invasion
Americans Land on Biak in Operation Horlicks
Allies link up at Anzio
Battle of Monte Cassino ends in Allied victory
Final joint briefing for D-Day
The Slapton Sands Tragedy
US Troops Land at Hollandia and Aitape
Japanese Launch Operation Ichi-Go with Massive Forces
General Charles de Gaulle takes command