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The Nazis open their first concentration camps in Germany, two months after Adolf Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany.
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Hitler and Stalin realize they have a lot to gain by working together and sign a non-aggression pact in August 1939. One week later, Hitler invades Poland. Britain and France declare war on Germany
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The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in attempt to destroy the Pacific Fleet. Almost 2,500 men were killed and 1,000 wounded. Twenty American ships and more than 300 airplanes were destroyed.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that called for the exclusion and internment of all Japanese Americans from the West Coast.
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21 American divisions, and 26 British, Canadian, and Polish divisions on a 50 mile stretch of beach in Normandy. Allies created a fake army under General Patton, tricking the Germans into thinking they were attacking further North.
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After falling into madness, giving orders that were not obeyed and planning attacks that were not being carried out, Hitler committed suicide
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U.S. pilots dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima after the Japanese refused to surrender. Three days later, the U.S. dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki.
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Emperor Hirohito surrendered.
