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Adolf Hitler signs strategic treaters with Italy and Japan. Hitler invades Poland soon afterwards. France and Britain declare war two days later.
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British Victory in the Battle of Britain forces Hitler to postpone invasions plans.
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Churchill bcomes new Prime Minister of Britain.
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Holland surrenders to Belgium May 15. Belgium surrenders to the Nazis on May 28. The Nazis bomb Paris June 3.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign a pact and create the Axis Force. Hungary and Romainia soon join the Axis Force.
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Japanese bomb and invade Pearl Harbor. Britain and America declare war on Japan.
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Japanese bomb and take Singapore also 25,000 prisoners.
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Germany expierences setbacks in Stalingrad and El Alamein. However, Germany invades Sevastopol and take it in a matter of days.
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America's navy wins the Battle of Midway, the first major victory in the Pacific War. Ameica depleted Japan of many ships and become essentially equal naval forces.
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Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's and Hitler's first major defeat.
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Soviets retake Kharkov after first invasion on February 8.
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Allies bomb Rome and capture Palermo. Germany begins to evacuate Italy.
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Italian forces are crippled and surrender, but Germany takes over and occupy Rome.
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Soviets quickens pace toward Eastern Europe and launches offensives on Ukrainian front.
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Allies land in Anzio and bomb the Monte Cassino Monastary
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Allies invade Normandy and France. Paris is soon liberated. US troops soon reach Avranches.
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Guam is liberated by the US Okinawa and Iwo Jima is bombed
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Aushwitz liberated by Soviet troops.
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Upon Roosevelt's death, Truman becomes the new president of the United States.
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Russians reach Berlin, Hitler commits suicide. Unconditional surrender of Germany.
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Atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders unconditionally.
