WWII

1. sparked by Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939

2. Battle of Iwo Jima February 19, 1945, American soldiers make their first strike on the Japanese Home Islands at Iwo Jima

3. Battle of Stalingrad July 1942, the Nazi Army bombs the Soviet city of Stalingrad

4. December 7, 1941 The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

5. Allied defeat of Germany and Japan/ 8 May 1945 the Allies accepted Germany's surrender

6. 30 countries and over 50 million deaths

7. June 6, 1944 D-day part of Battle of Stalingrad, Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control