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WWII Dates
Dates significant to WWII
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pearl Harbor; a date which will live in infamy | December 7, 1941 |
| V-E Day; the date that the German surrender in Europe took effect | May 8, 1945 |
| Operation Barbarossa; the date for the German attack on the Soviet Union | June 22, 1941 |
| D-Day; the date for the American cross-channel invasion of Europe | June 6, 1944 |
| the date that the first atomic bomb, "Little Boy", was dropped on Japan | August 6, 1945 |
| the date that the second atomic bomb, "Fat Man", was dropped on Japan | August 9, 1945 |
| Germany's blitzkrieg into Poland; the date that WWII started | September 1, 1939 |
| V-J Day; the date the formal surrender took place on an American battleship | September 2, 1945 |