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France, Britain and Germany met in Munich. Britain and France gave Sudentenland to Germany with a promise that Hitler would stop his expansionalism. Hitler took over the rest of Czechoslovakia a year later.
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Germany launches a brutal and offensive attack on Poland; Poland was defeated soon after.
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France surrenders to Germany which leads to France being occupied by German soldiers.
The National assembly votes Marshal Philippe Pétain in as president. He and his associates help Germany capture people during the Holocaust. -
The Luftwaffe (Germany's air force) fight versus the Royal Air Force (Britain's air force)
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While breaking the Non-Agression Pact with Russia, this invasion also caused capitalist and communist countries to become allies. Now Germany would have to fight this strong force.
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Japan launches a suprise bomb attack on a U.S naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. They do not successfully destroy all the fleets so the U.S declares war on Japan.
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Allied forces defeat the Japenese, which effectively stopped the Japanese's advances in the Pacific area.
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The German army slowly froze to death while fighting the most bloody battle in history. Germany eventually surrendered.
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A conference between Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill when they agreed to:
Launch a attack on France (D Day)
Partition Germany after the war -
American, British and Canadian troops land on the beaches of Normandy, France after crossing the English Channel. They lose a lot of troops but the invasion was successful.
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Stalin wanted buffer countries, but FDR wanted the people to have self-determination.
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The U.S agreed this time.
Goal was to keep peace and promote cooperation between countries. -
This is after Hitler has killed himself. Germany surrendered unconditionally.
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First bomb dropped in Hiroshima; 75,000 were killed, but Japan did not surrender.
Second dropped on August 9; it dropped in Hiroshima. -
Japan surrenders and World War 2 finally ends!
