A Signature That Ended the World's Deadliest War
On September 2, 1945, aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan's formal surrender brought World War II to an official end.
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The Day the World Went to War
On September 1, 1939, Germany's invasion of Poland ignited World War II — and the first shots rang out before dawn in Danzig harbor.
The Piece of Paper That Promised Peace
On September 30, 1938, the Munich Agreement was signed, handing part of Czechoslovakia to Hitler — and teaching the world the cost of appeasement.