| 1938 | Europe | Germany annexes Austria |
| 1941 | North America • USA
| Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941) [Read about] |
| 1943 | Europe • Poland | Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto [Read about] |
| 1944 | Europe • France
| Allied invasion of Normandy (D-Day) [Read about] |
| 1945 | Global | The United Nations Charter is ratified. |
| 1945 | Asia • Japan
| General McArthur accepted the surrender of the Empire of Japan on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. (2 September 1945) [Read about] |
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