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World War II Ends in Asia (VJ Day)

September 2, 1945 Wars & Conflicts

World War II Ends in Asia (VJ Day)

USS Missouri · Tokyo Bay · Tokyo · Japan

Victory over Japan (VJ) Day marked Japan's formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri, ending World War II entirely. This day is remembered for the conclusion of one of the deadliest confli...

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World War II Begins

September 1, 1939 Wars & Conflicts

World War II Begins

Westerplatte · Gdańsk · Pomeranian · Poland

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Allies Announce Unconditional Surrender Policy

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Allies Announce Unconditional Surrender Policy

24 January 1943 — At the Casablanca Conference, Roosevelt publicly declares that the Allies will seek the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. The policy is intended to demonstrate...

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Allies Invade Sicily

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Allies Invade Sicily

10 July 1943 — Allied armies land on Sicily in Operation Husky after victory in North Africa. The invasion places direct military pressure on Fascist Italy and demonstrates that the Axis ...

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American War Production Accelerates

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

American War Production Accelerates

16 January 1942 — Roosevelt creates the War Production Board to coordinate conversion of the American economy to wartime needs. Automobile plants, steel mills, aircraft factories and ship...

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Anti-Comintern Pact

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Anti-Comintern Pact

25 November 1936 — Germany and Japan sign an agreement publicly directed against the Communist International. Italy joins the following year. The pact reflects growing ideological alignme...

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Axis Occupation

Published Research Nations & Civilizations

Axis Occupation

1941–1944 — Germany, Italy and Bulgaria occupy Greece after the Axis invasion.

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Battle of Stalingrad Begins

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Battle of Stalingrad Begins

23 August 1942 — German forces begin the major assault phase against Stalingrad after intensive Luftwaffe bombing. The city's industrial and symbolic importance combines with its strategi...

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Battle of Stalingrad Begins

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Battle of Stalingrad Begins

23 August 1942 — German forces begin the major assault phase against Stalingrad while the wider German campaign pushes toward oil resources in the Caucasus. Fighting inside the city becom...

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Case Blue Begins

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Case Blue Begins

28 June 1942 — Germany launches its major summer offensive toward southern Russia and the Caucasus. Hitler seeks the oil resources of the Caucasus and control of the Volga region. German ...

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Crimean Offensive Begins

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Crimean Offensive Begins

8 April 1944 — Soviet forces attack German and Romanian troops in Crimea. Axis defenses collapse rapidly and Sevastopol falls in May. The Soviet victory removes an important Axis position...

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German Sixth Army Surrenders

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

German Sixth Army Surrenders

2 February 1943 — The last major German formations inside Stalingrad surrender. Approximately one of Germany's most powerful field armies has been destroyed or captured. The defeat has en...

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Mussolini Is Removed From Power

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Mussolini Is Removed From Power

25 July 1943 — King Victor Emmanuel III dismisses Benito Mussolini after the Fascist Grand Council turns against him. Marshal Pietro Badoglio forms a new government that publicly claims I...

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Operation Torch

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Operation Torch

8 November 1942 — American and British forces land in French North Africa. The operation brings large American ground forces into combat against the European Axis and creates pressure on ...

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Operation Uranus

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Operation Uranus

19 November 1942 — Soviet armies attack Romanian and other Axis forces protecting the German flanks at Stalingrad. The offensive rapidly breaks through and Soviet spearheads meet west of ...

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Operation Uranus Encircles the German Sixth Army

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Operation Uranus Encircles the German Sixth Army

19 November 1942 — Soviet forces attack Axis armies guarding the flanks of the German position at Stalingrad. The offensive breaks through Romanian sectors and rapidly converges west of t...

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Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Pact of Steel

22 May 1939 — Germany and Italy sign a formal political and military alliance. Mussolini's government is not actually prepared for a major European war in 1939, despite the language of th...

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Romania Switches Sides

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Romania Switches Sides

23 August 1944 — King Michael leads a coup that removes Ion Antonescu and ends Romania's alliance with Germany. Romania soon joins the war against the Axis. Germany loses access to a key ...

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Second Battle of El Alamein Begins

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Second Battle of El Alamein Begins

23 October 1942 — British Commonwealth forces under Bernard Montgomery attack Axis positions in Egypt. The battlefield lies close to the furthest Axis advance toward Alexandria and the Su...

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Tripartite Pact

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Tripartite Pact

27 September 1940 — Germany, Italy and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact. The agreement recognizes German and Italian leadership in a European order and Japanese leadership in a wider East A...

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Who Profited From the War Economy?

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Who Profited From the War Economy?

8 February 1942 — Use the expansion of wartime production as the investigative anchor. Companies in Allied and Axis states received enormous military orders, while the Nazi economy additi...

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Who Was Responsible for the Stalingrad Disaster?

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Who Was Responsible for the Stalingrad Disaster?

2 February 1943 — Investigate Hitler's refusal to withdraw, Paulus's obedience, overextended German logistics, the weakness of Axis flanks, Soviet planning, intelligence and the failed ai...

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