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Mussolini pledged to make Italy an Imperial power and to start he invaded Ethiopia.
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Japan signed a Anti-Comunist Pact with Germany making them alliances.
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Official start of WWII
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This was known as the Battle of Dunkirk. France and Britain was also involved and they had to retreat 340,000 to Britain.
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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The United States joins the war!
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There was not much damage done by the Americans but the Americans were proud that they did it.
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Germany and its allies fought Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad. This was one of the bloodiest battles in the war. It was a turning point in the war when the Soviet Union held their ground to keep control.
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Germany's army was weak from the loss they had just taken in North Africa and they were defeated.
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This was the first capital to fall for the Axis powers.
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Allied powers broke through German lines.
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FDR won the 1944 election for his 4th term.
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Hitler tried to split the Allied army and then he was going to send in a surprise blitzkreig but the Allied deffense held strong.
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Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met to decided what to do with Germany. Stalin promised to hold election in Eastern Europe.
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Allies launched a major attack on Japan's home land with B-29 bombers. This killed 84,000 and left rivers boiling.
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Allied powers cause Hitler and his army to surrender
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This was created to encourage cooperations among nation to prevent future wars.
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U.S. bombs Hiroshima killing 80,000 and causing lots of damage.
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U.S. bombs another city of Japan causing more damage and left over 40,000 killed.
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Japan finally surrenders to Allie forces.
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Japan surrenders to the Allied powers.