SEPTEMBER 1st, 1939
-Germany invades Poland. The Polish Armies crumble before the new kind of warfare, the Blitzkreig.
SEPTEMBER 3rd, 1939
-Britain and Frnace declare war on Germany. British liner Athenia sunk by U-boat to open the Battle of the Atlantic.
SEPTEMBER 7th, 1939
-French forces advance into Saarland but soon withdraw.
SEPTEMBER 9th, 1939
-British Expeditionary Force begins to land in France.
SEPTEMBER 15th, 1939
-Warsaw surrounded.
SEPTEMBER 17th, 1939
-Soviet Union invades Poland.
SEPTEMBER 19th, 1939
-German and Soviet forces link up at Brest-Livotsk.
SEPTEMBER 27th, 1939
-Warsaw surrenders to Germany. British aircraft-carrier Courageous sunk by U-boat in first major naval loss.
OCTOBER 6th, 1939
-Last Polish resistance ceases.
OCTOBER 9th, 1939
-Hitler issues orders for attack in the West.
OCTOBER 14th, 1939
-U-47 penetrates British Fleet anchorage at Scapa Flow, sinks battleship Royal Oak.
NOVEMBER 17th, 1939
-British and French decide on Plan D, a move into Belgium to defend against German attack.
NOVEMBER 30th, 1939
- Soviet Union invades Finland.
DECEMBER 6th, 1939
-Russians begin fruitless frontal attacks on Mannerheim Line.
DECEMBER 17th, 1939
-German pocket battleship and commerce raider Graff Spee scuttled at Montevideo, Uruguay, after engagement with British cruisers.
JANUARY 7th, 1940
-TImoshenko takes command of Soviet forces in Finland.
JANUARY 10th, 1940
-Mechlin incident.
JANUARY 22nd, 1940
-Hitler takes charge of planning for invasion of Norway.
FEBRUARY 1st, 1940
-TImoshenko launches fresh offensive against Finns.
FEBRUARY 11th, 1940
-Mannerheim Line breached. Soviet-German economic agreement.
MARCH 8th, 1940
-Russians capture port of Viipuri.
MARCH 12th, 1940
-Soviet-Finnish War ends, Finland cedes territory.
APRIL 9th, 1940
-Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
APRIL 15th, 1940
-British landings near Narvik.
MAY 2nd, 1940
-Allies withdraw from central Norway.
MAY 10th, 1940
-Germany invades Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.
MAY 12th, 1940
-Germany invades France.
MAY 14th 1940
-Dutch Army surrenders.
MAY 20th, 1940
-German Army reaches English Channel.
MAY 26th - JUNE 4th, 1940
-Evacuation of British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk.
MAY 28th, 1940
-Belgium surrenders.
JUNE 9th, 1940
-Norway signs armistice with Germany.
JUNE 10th, 1940
-Italy declares war on Britain and France.
JUNE 11th, 1940
-Italy invades France.
JUNE 14th, 1940
-Fall of Paris
JUNE 15th, 1940
-Soviet Union begins occupation of Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia.
JUNE 22nd, 1940
-France signs armistice with Axis Powers.
JULY 3rd, 1940
-British Navy bombards French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria.
JULY 10th, 1940
-Battle of Britain opens with first major dogfight over English Channel.
JULY 25th, 1940
-US places embargo on strategic materials to Japan.
AUGUST 5th, 1940
-Italy invades British Somaliland.
SEPTEMBER 13th, 1940
-Italy invades Egypt
SEPTEMBER 15th, 1940
-London heavily blitzed during climax of Battle of Britain.
SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1940
-Vichy France agrees to Japanese air bases and troops in Indo-China.
SEPTEMBER 27th, 1940
-Japan joins Axis Alliance.
OCTOBER 7th, 1940
-German troops enter Rumania.
OCTOBER 28th, 1940.
-Italy invades Greece.
NOVEMBER 5th, 1940
-Roosevelt re-elected.
NOVEMBER 11th, 1940
-British smash Italian Fleet at Taranto.
NOVEMBER 14th, 1940
-German blitz of Coventry.
NOVEMBER 20th, 1940
-Hungary joins Axis Alliance, Rumania follows two days later.
DECEMBER 9th, 1940
-British troops begin to drive the Italian out of Egypt.
JANUARY 19th, 1941
-British invade Eritrea
FEBRUARY 7th, 1941
-Italians decisively defeated at Beda Fomm in Libya
FEBRUARY 8th, 1941
-Germany and Bulgaria sign military pact
MARCH 11th, 1941
-US Lend Lease Bill becomes law. US starts supplying war materials to Britain and other allies.
MARCH 16th, 1941
-British launch counter-offensive against Italian forces in Somaliland, and enter Ethiopia.
MARCH 24th, 1941
-Rommel commences first offensive in Libya.
MARCH 25th, 1941
-Yugoslavia joins Axis alliance.
MARCH 26th, 1941
-Yugoslav government overthrown by pro-Allied regime.
MARCH 28th, 1941
-British inflict further losses on Italian fleet off Cape Matapan.
APRIL 6th, 1941
-Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece. British occupy Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia.
APRIL 11th, 1941
-Siege of Tobruk begins.
APRIL 13th, 1941
-Soviet Union and Japan sign five-year non-aggression pact.
APRIL 17th, 1941
-Yugoslav army surrenders.
APRIL 23rd, 1941
-Greece signs armistice with Germany.
MAY 5th, 1941
-Emperor Haile Selassie reenters Addis Ababa.
MAY 10th, 1941
-Rudolf Hess flies to Scotland on personal peace mission.
MAY 20th, 1941
-Germany launches airborne assault against British held Crete.
MAY 24th, 1941
-British battlecruiser Hood sunk by Germany's Bismarck.
MAY 27th, 1941
-Bismarck sunk. Roosevelt proclaims national emergency because of events in Europe and Africa.
MAY 31, 1941
-Crete falls.
June 8th, 1941
-British and Free French troops attack Syria.
JUNE 14th, 1941
-Vichy French forces in Syria overcome by British.
JUNE 15th, 1941
-British counter-offensive into Libya defeated.
JUNE 22nd, 1941
-Germany, Italy, and Rumania declare war n Soviet Union. Germany invades Soviet Union.
JUNE 26th, 1941
-Finalnd declares war on Soviet Union, followed by Hungary the next day.
JULY 12th, 1941
-Britain and Soviet Union sign treaty assuring British aid to Soviets.
JULY 14th, 1941
-British complete occupation of Syria and Lebanon.
JULY 24th, 1941
-Japan occupies French Indo-China.
JULY 26th, 1941
-US halts trade with Japan.
AUGUST 12th, 1941
-Roosevelt and Churchill meet off Newfoundland and draw up Atlantic Charter.
AUGUST 25th, 1941
-British and Soviet troops enter Iran to secure oilfields.
SEPTEMBER 8th, 1941
-Germans lay siege to Leningrad.
SEPTEMBER 19th, 1941
-Germans capture Kiev.
OCTOBER 17th, 1941
-Hideki Tojo becomes Prime Minister of Japan.
NOVEMBER 8th, 1941
-Germans move into Crimea.
NOVEMBER 18th, 1941
-British launch offensive into Libya.
DECEMBER 5th, 1941
-German drive on Moscow halted.
DECEMBER 7th, 1941
-Japan bombs Pearl Harbour
DECEMBER 8th, 1941
-Japan declares war on US and Britain. Japan bombs Phillipines, Wake Island, and Guam. Japan invades Thailand, Malaya, and Hong Kong.
DECEMBER 9th, 1941
-Japan invades Gilbert Islands.
DECEMBER 10th, 1941
-British relieve besieged garrison at Tobruk.
DECEMBER 11th, 1941
-Germany and Italy declare war on US. Japan invades Burma.
DECEMBER 16th, 1941
-Japan invades Borneo.
DECEMBER 22nd, 1941
-Japan launches major offensive in Phillipines.
DECEMBER 23rd, 1941
-Japan captures Wake Island.
DECEMBER 25th, 1941
-Hong Kong surrenders.
DECEMBER 31st, 1941
-Japan occupies Manilla, capital of Phillipines.
JANUARY 1st, 1942
-Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 nations in Washington D.C.
JANUARY 11th, 1942
-Japan invades Dutch East Indies.
JANUARY 20th, 1942
-Japan starts major offensive in Burma.
JANUARY 21st, 1942
-Rommel's Afrika Korps launches counter-offensive in Libya.
FEBRUARY 1st, 1942
-US planes bomb Japanese bases in Marshall and Gilbert Islands.
FEBRUARY 15th, 1942
-Singapore surenders.
MARCH 7th, 1942
-Japanese enter Rangoon, capital of Burma.
MARCH 9th, 1942
-Java surrenders.
MARCH 13th, 1942
-Japanese land on Soloman Islands.
MARCH 17th, 1942
-General MacArthur arrives in Australia from Phillipines.
APRIL 5th, 1942
-Japanese aircraft raid Ceylon.
APRIL 9th, 1942
-US troops surrender on Bataan Peninsula, Phillipines.
APRIL 18th, 1942
-Doolittle air riad on Tokyo.
MAY 6th, 1942
-US fortress of Corregidor falls. All US forces in Phillipines surrender.
MAY 7th-8th, 1942
-Battle of Coral Sea. Japanese Fleet suffers first setback.
MAY 20th, 1942
-Japanese complete conquest of Burma.
MAY 26th, 1942
-Afrika Korps goes on offensive in Libya.
MAY 30th, 1942
-RAF bombs Cologne, Germany.
JUNE 4th-6th, 1942
-Battle of Midway. Japan's eastward thrust decisively halted.
JUNE 21st, 1942
-Rommel captures Tobruk.
JUNE 24th, 1942
-Eisenhower assumes command of all US troops in Europe.
JUNE 25th, 1942
-German troops victorious at Kharkow on Eastern Front.
JULY 1st, 1942
-Germans secure Sevastopol in the Crimea.
JULY 23rd, 1942
-Rostov-on-Don, USSR falls to German forces.
AUGUST 7th, 1942
-US Marines land at Guadalcanal in Soloman Islands.
AUGUST 9th, 1942
-Germans capture oilfields in Caucasus.
AUGUST 12th, 1942
-Churchill and Stalin meet US and Free French Representatives in Moscow to discuss Second Front.
AUGUST 13th, 1942
-General Montgomery takes command of British forces in Egypt.
AUGUST 19th, 1942
-Allied cross-channel raid on Dieppe ends in disaster.
AUGUST 23rd, 1942
-Battle for Stalingrad commences.
SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1942
-German troops reach center of Stalingrad but Soviet troops cling to part of city.
SEPTEMBER 26th, 1942
-Australians repulse Japanese near Port Moresby, New Guinea.
OCTOBER 23rd, 1942
-Montgomery's forces attack at El Alamein, Egypt.
NOVEMBER 4th, 1942
-Rommel withdraws from El Alamein.
NOVEMBER 8th, 1942
-First major Allied invasion takes place in Morocco and Algeria.
NOVEMBER 11th, 1942
-Axis forces occupy Vichy France.
NOVEMBER 13th, 1942
-Tobruk retaken by British.
NOVEMBER 16th, 1942
-US and Australian Forces attack Japanese in Buna-Gona area, New Guinea.
NOVEMBER 19th, 1942
-Soviets launch counter-offensive at Stalingrad.
NOVEMBER 27th, 1942
-French scuttle their warships in Toulon Harbour.
NOVEMBER 30th, 1942
-Germans repulse Allies in Tunisia.
DECEMBER 16th, 1942
-German attempt to relieve Stalingrad fails.
JANUARY 2nd, 1943
-US and Australian forces take Buna, New Guinea.
JANUARY 14th-24th, 1943
-Roosevelt and Churchill meet at Casablanca to plan Allied war strategy.
JANUARY 23rd, 1943
-British occupy Tripoli, Italy.
JANUARY 27th, 1943
-US bombs Wilhelmshaven in first attack on Germany.
JANUARY 30th, 1943
-Admiral Karl Donitz takes command of German Navy.
JANUARY 31st, 1943
-General Paulus surrenders German Sixth Army at Stalingrad.
FEBRUARY 9th, 1943
-US troops secure Guadalcanal.
FEBRUARY 16th, 1943
-Soviets regain Kharkov.
FEBRUARY 22nd, 1943
-Rommel withdraws through Kasserine Pass, Tunisia.
MARCH 2nd-4th, 1943
-Japanese suffer heavy losses in Battle of Bismarck Sea.
MARCH 5th, 1943
-Allied bombing of Ruhr begins.
MARCH 14th, 1943
-Germans recapture Kharkov.
APRIL 18th, 1943
-Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of Japan's navy, shot down and killed in US aerial ambush.
APRIL 23rd, 1943
-Anglo-US HQ set up in Britain to plan invasion of Europe.
MAY 11th, 1943
-US troops attack Japaneseat Attu in Aleutian Islands.
JUNE 13th, 1943
-Axis forces defeated in Tunisia. African campaign concluded.
JUNE 22nd, 1943
-German U-boats withdraw from Atlantic. Battle of Atlantic won by Allies.
JUNE 30th, 1943
-US retakes Attu.
JULY 5th-7th, 1943
-Huge tank battle at Kursk on Eastern Front.
JULY 9th, 1943
-Allied Invasion of Sicily.
JULY 24th, 1943
-Allies bomb German installations in Norway. Allies begin saturation bombing of Hamburg.
JULY 25th, 1943
-Mussolini overthrown and arrested, succeededby Pietro Badoglio.
AUGUST 5th, 1943
-Soviets recapture Orel and Belgorod, in drive to Dnieper River, last major German defensive line in Soviet territory.
AUGUST 6th, 1943
-Japanese defeated in naval battle of Vella Gulf, Solomon Islands.
AUGUST 14th-24th, 1943
-Roosevelt and Churchill meet in Quebec City for Allied Quadrant Conference.
AUGUST 17th, 1943
-Allies complete conquest of Sicily.
AUGUST 23rd, 1943
-Soviets retake Kharkov.
SEPTEMBER 3rd, 1943
-Allies land on Italian mainland across Strait of Messina.
SEPTEMBER 8th, 1943
-Italy makes peace with Allies.
SEPTEMBER 9th, 1943
-Allied landings at Salerno, Italy.
SEPTEMBER 10th, 1943
-German forces occupy Rome.
SEPTEMBER 12th, 1943
-Mussolini freed by S.S. Captain Skorzeny and taken to Germany.
SEPTEMBER 17th, 1943
-Germans withdraw from Salerno.
SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1943
-Soviets secure first bridgehead across Dnieper.
SEPTEMBER 24th, 1943
-Germans retreat from Smolensk on Eastern Front.
OCTOBER 1st, 1943
-Allies capture Naples.
OCTOBER 4th, 1943
-Allies gain control of Corsica.
OCTOBER 13th, 1943
-Italy declares war on Germany.
OCTOBER 14th, 1943
-Canadian forces take Campobasso.
OCTOBER 18th, 1943
-US, British, and Soviet Foreign Ministers meet in Moscow.
NOVEMBER 1st, 1943
-US forces take Bougainville in Solomon Islands.
NOVEMBER 7th, 1943
-Kiev liberated. German defenses on Dnieper begin to crumble.
NOVEMBER 20th, 1943
-Allies attack across Sangro River in Italy.
NOVEMBER 21st, 1943
-US troops land on Makin and Tarawa in GIlbert Islands.
NOVEMBER 22nd-26th, 1943
-Roosevelt, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo to plan Allied operations in Asia.
NOVEMBER 28th-DECEMBER 1st, 1943
-Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet in Tehran to plan invasion of France.
DECEMBER 3rd-7th, 1943
-Roosevelt, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek resume meeting in Cairo.
DECEMBER 24th, 1943
-Eisenhower named to direct invasion of Europe.
DECEMBER 26th, 1943
-US forces land at Cape Gloucester in Solomon Islands.
JANUARY 16th, 1944
-Eisenhower appointed Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe.
JANUARY 22nd, 1944
-Allies establish beachhead at ANzio, Italy.
JANUARY 25th, 1944
-Chinese forces begin counteroffensive in Burma.
JANUARY 27th, 1944
-Soviets defeat Germans at Leningrad.
JANUARY 29th, 1944
-US landings on Admiralty Islands.
JANUARY 31st, 1944
-US landings on Marshall Islands.
FEBRUARY 3rd, 1944
-Allied offensive in Italy stalls at Cassino.
FEBRUARY 7th, 1944
-US forces take Kwajalein in Marshall Islands.
FEBRUARY 15th, 1944
-Allied bombing of Monte Cassino. Soviets reenter Estonia.
FEBRUARY 18th, 1944
-US naval air forces cripple Japanese installations on Truk Island, in Caroline Islands.
MARCH 8th, 1944
-Japan launches major offensive in Burma.
MARCH 15th, 1944
-Japan invades India.
MARCH 30th, 1944
-RAF air raid on Nuremburg.
APRIL 10th, 1944
-Soviets recapture Odessa in Ukraine.
APRIL 15th, 1944
-Soviets take Tarnopol in Ukraine.
APRIL 22nd, 1944
-US forces land on Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea.
MAY 9th, 1944
-Soviets recapture Sevastopol.
MAY 18th, 1944
-Germans withdraw from Monte Cassino.
MAY 23rd, 1944
-Allies break out of Anzio beachhead.
JUNE 4th, 1944
-Allies enter Rome.
JUNE 6th, 1944
-D-Day, Allied landings in Normandy.
JUNE 9th, 1944
-Soviet forces attack Finland.
JUNE 15th, 1944
-US bombs Tokyo. US troops land on Saipan in Mariana Islands.
JUNE 19th-20th, 1944
-Japanese fleet defeated in Battle of the Phillipine Sea.
JUNE 22nd, 1944
-Soviet offensive in Belorussia begins. Japanese retreat from India.
JUNE 27th, 1944
-Allies liberate Cherbourg, France.
JULY 9th, 1944
-British enter Caen, France. US forces complete capture of Saipan.
JULY 18th, 1944
-US troops liberate St-Lo, France.
JULY 19th, 1944
-Tojo Cabinet resigns.
JULY 20th, 1944
-Attempt on Hitler's life fails.
JULY 21st, 1944
-US invades Guam in Mariana Islands.
JULY 25th, 1944
-Allies begin breakout of Normandy.
JULY 28th, 1944
-Soviets retake Brest-Litovsk, Belorussia.
JULY 29th, 1944
-Soviets reach Gulf of Riga in Latvia.
AUGUST 1st, 1944
-Polish patriots revolt in Warsaw as Soviet armies approach city.
AUGUST 10th, 1944
-US forces complete occupation of Guam.
AUGUST 11th, 1944
-Germans withdraw from Florence.
AUGUST 15th, 1944
-Allied landings in Southern France.
AUGUST 16th, 1944
-Allies liberate Falaise in northern France.
AUGUST 21st, 1944
-60,000 Germans trapped by Allies in Argentan-Falaise pocket.
AUGUST 22nd, 1944
-Japanese complete withdrawal from India.
AUGUST 23rd, 1944
-Rumania surrenders to Soviets.
AUGUST 25th, 1944
-Paris liberated. Allied troops begin attack on Gothic Line in Italy.
SEPTEMBER 1st, 1944
-Dieppe liberated.
SEPTEMBER 3rd, 1944
-Brussles liberated.
SEPTEMBER 4th, 1944
-Antwerp liberated.
SEPTEMBER 5th, 1944
-Soviet Union declares war on Bulgaria.
SEPTEMBER 8th, 1944
-Armistice between Soviet Union and Bulgaria. Bulgaria declares war on Germany.
SEPTEMBER 12th, 1944
-Rumania signs armistice with Allies.
SEPTEMBER 17th-26th, 1944
-Disastrous Allied airborne operation to seize control of river crossings in Holland and across lower Rhine.
SEPTEMBER 19th, 1944
-Armistice between Finland and Allies.
SEPTEMBER 25th, 1944
-Allies break through Gothic Line in Italy.
OCTOBER 2nd, 1944
-Germans crush revolt in Warsaw while Soviet armies pause and refit a few miles away. Allies penetrate West Wall into Germany.
OCTOBER 5th, 1944
-British land in Greece.
OCTOBER 14th, 1944
-British enter Athens, Rommel commits suicide.
OCTOBER 20th, 1944
-US landings on Leyte in Phillipines. Belgrade take by Soviet forces and Yugoslav partisans.
OCTOBER 23rd, 1944
-Allies recognize de Gaulle as temporary head of provisional French government.
OCTOBER 23rd-26th
-US naval forces inflict calamitous losses on Japanese navy in Battle of Leyte Gulf.
DECEMBER 3rd, 1944
-Civil War begins in Greece.
DECEMBER 15th, 1944
-US landings on Mindoro, Philipines.
DECEMBER 16th, 1944
-Battle of Bulge begins.
JANUARY 9th, 1945
-US troops invade Luzon, Philipines.
JANUARY 16th, 1945
-Battle of the Bulge ends with German defeat.
JANUARY 17th, 1945
-Warsaw occupied by Soviet Forces.
JANUARY 19th, 1945
-Germany in full retreat on Eastern Front.
JANUARY 20th, 1945
-Ungary signs armistice with Allies.
JANUARY 27th, 1945
-Soviets complete occupation of Lithuania.
FEBRUARY 3rd, 1945
-US troops enter Manilla.
FEBRUARY 4th-11th, 1945
-Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet at Yalta.
FEBRUARY 8th, 1945
-Allies launch major offensive to reach Rhine River.
FEBRUARY 13th-14th, 1945
-Allied firebombing destroys much of Dresden.
FEBRUARY 19th, 1945
-US landings on Iwo Jima.
MARCH 3rd, 1945
-US troops complete liberation of Manilla. Finland declares war on Germany.
MARCH 7th, 1945
-Allies seize Remagen bridge over Rhine.
MARCH 9th, 1945
-US firebombs Tokyo.
MARCH 16th, 1945
-US forces complete capture of Iwo Jima.
MARCH 21st, 1945
-Allies capture Mandalay, Burma.
MARCH 22nd, 1945
-Patton crosses Rhine at Oppenheim.
MARCH 23rd, 1945
-Montgomery crosses Rhine north of Ruhr.
APRIL 1st, 1945
-US landings on Okinawa.
APRIL 7th, 1945
-Soviet troops enter Vienna.
APRIL 12th, 1945
-Roosevelt dies. Harry S. Truman becomes president.
APRIL 16th, 1945
-Soviet forces begin all-out attack on Berlin.
APRIL 23rd, 1945
-Soviets enter Berlin.
APRIL 25th, 1945
-US and Soviet forces meet at Elbe Rier. San Francisco Conference on United Nations begins.
APRIL 26th, 1945
-Allies capture Bremen.
APRIL 28th, 1945
-Mussolini executed by Italian partisans.
APRIL 29th, 1945
-German forces in Italy surrender. American troops enter Dachau concentration camp, liberate more than 32 000 prisoners.
APRIL 30th, 1945
-Hitler commits suicide in Berlin. Allies occupy Munich.
MAY 1st, 1945
-Berlin surrenders to occupying Soviet forces.
MAY 3rd, 1945
-Rangoon liberated.
MAY 7th, 1945
-Germany formally surrenders.
MAY 8th, 1945
-VE-Day
MAY 14th, 1945
-Australian forces capture Wewak, New Guinea.
JUNE 5th, 1945
-Allies divide Germany into 4 occupation zones.
JUNE 10th, 1945
-Australian forces invade Borneo.
JUNE 21st, 1945
-US troops secure Okinawa.
JUNE 26th, 1945
-World SecurityCharter establishes United Nations.
JUNE 30th, 1945
-US forces liberate Luzon, Philipines.
JULY 16th, 1945
-First atomic bomb test, Alamagordo, New Mexico.
JULY 17th-AUGUST 2nd, 1945
-Truman, Churchill and Stalin meet at Potsdam to plan peace in Europe and final assault on Japan.
JULY 26th, 1945
-Clement Attlee replaces Churchill as Prime Minister of Britain.
AUGUST 6th, 1945
-Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
AUGUST 8th, 1945
-Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
AUGUST 9th, 1945
-Soviet forces invade Manchuria. Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
AUGUST 14th, 1945
-Japan surrenders.
SEPTEMBER 2nd, 1945
-Formal surrender ceremonies on board battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.