Provide 2 events that led to the ending of World War II.
Use 2-3 sentences to explain each event that ended WWII. Tell me about the end of the war in Europe AND the war in the Pacific.
1. The end of the war in Europe was marked by the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany on May 8, 1945. This came after the successful Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944, which led to the liberation of Western Europe from German control. The final blow to Germany came when Soviet forces captured Berlin in April 1945, leading to the suicide of Adolf Hitler and the collapse of the Nazi regime.
2. The war in the Pacific saw its end with the devastating attacks by the United States using atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. These bombings, combined with the Soviet Union's declaration of war on Japan on August 8, 1945, forced Japan to surrender unconditionally on August 15, 1945. The signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on September 2, 1945, officially marked the end of World War II.