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France joined the United Nations on January 1st, 1945
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About 30,000 United States Marines landed on Iwo Jima.
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The U.S wins the battle and raises the flag on the island.
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Mussolini and his mistress were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country.
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Victory in Europe, as Nazi Germany surrenders, after Hitler committed suicide.
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Germany is divided between the Allied occupation forces.
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Japan surrenders to Allies and ends the War in the Pacific.
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WWII ends and peace is brought back to the world.
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The United States controversially imports 88 German scientists to help in the production of rocket technology
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The U.S senate approves the entry into the UN.