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# The Second World War ## Alliances of the Second World War | Axis Powers | Allies Powers | |---|---| | *1939* | *1941* | | - Nazi Germany | - Nazi Germany | | - Italy | - Italy | | - USSR | - UK | | | - France | | | - Colonies | | | - USA | ## Major Phases of the Second World War The followi...

# The Second World War ## Alliances of the Second World War | Axis Powers | Allies Powers | |---|---| | *1939* | *1941* | | - Nazi Germany | - Nazi Germany | | - Italy | - Italy | | - USSR | - UK | | | - France | | | - Colonies | | | - USA | ## Major Phases of the Second World War The following timeline details major phases of the Second World War. * **September 1939**: Invasion of Poland by Germany * **June 1940**: Defeat of France by Germany * **June 22, 1941**: Hitler attacks the USSR * **1942**: Battle of Stalingrad * **June 6, 1944**: Allied landings in Normandy. * **May 8, 1945**: Germany's surrender. * **December 1941**: Attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor by Japan. * **August 1945**: Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan's surrender on September 2, 1945.