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Germany Invades Poland - This begins the war
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Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
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Soviet Union invades eastern Poland.
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Soviet Union invades Finland.
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Germany begins occupation of Denmark and invades Norway.
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Italy declares war on Britain and France.
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France signs armistice with Germany.
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Germany begins it's attack on Great Britain.
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Germany has lost an air superiority battle with Britain and must retreat.
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Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece.
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Germans capture Athens
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Germany invades Soviet Union
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Germans attack Moscow
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This is where Japan attacked pearl harbor, where the US pacific fleet was stationed.
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Germany declares war on USA.
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Surrender of Axis forces in North Africa.
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Mussolini's Italian Fascist government overthrown.
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Invasion day, when the US invaded the beaches of Normandy
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Victory in Europe the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, thus ending the war in Europe.
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Surrender of Japan Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent.
