The Casablanca Conference Shaping the Future and the End of World War II

As per its Yalta agreement, the Soviet Union was set to invade Japan on August 15. While the Potsdam declaration did not specifically mention the newly ... By the end of 1942, the Nazi advance into the Soviet Union had stalled; it was finally reversed at the epic battle of Stalingrad in 1943. Soviet forces then ... World War 2 ended with the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. ... On 8 May 1945, the Allies accepted Germany's surrender, about a week after Adolf Hitler ... The Empire of Japan's attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941, motivated the United States to join the Allies' struggle against ... World War II ended six years and one day after Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, sparked the 20th century's second global ... The war ended in Europe on May 8, 1945, about a week after Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler committed suicide, and ended in the Pacific in September 1945, ... With the unconditional surrender of Germany in May 1945 the battle was over, but both May 8 and May 9 are celebrated as Victory in Europe Day (or VE Day). Adolf Hitler's suicide in his Berlin bunker on April 30, 1945, didn't immediately end World War II in Europe. Though the German capital had ... The Most Destructive War in History ; By the end of World War II, much of Europe and Asia, and parts of Africa, lay in ruins. Combat and bombing had flattened ... While FDR was the President in charge at the beginning of the war, it was Truman's actions that brought the war to an end. Within 15 days of taking Presidential ...