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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, and with that, the third Reich rises to power.
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Nazi Germany and Fascist form The Rome-Berlin Axis treaty.
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Garmany and Japan sign a pact against communism and Russia.
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Japan Invades China
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Hitler annexes the country of Austria into Germany. Source
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Germany invades Poland, and World War Two began.
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Word War two, from start to end.
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France and Great Britan declare war on Germany because they invaded Poland.
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Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway.
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Germany uses blitzkrieg to taker over much of western Europe, including the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France.
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The Allies were losing the Battle of France on the western front, so The Battle of Dunkirk was the defense and evacuation plan for the Allies. Source
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Winston Churchill becomes the leader of the British government.
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Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis power.
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Germany launches an air attack on Great Britan. The attacks last until the end of October and are known as the Battle of Britan.
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The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods. It was about strategically significant fighting on as 600 km sector of the Eastern front. Hitler couldn't win, and this is considered one of the turning points in the war. Source
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Pearl Harbor is an American fleet base placed on the south coast of Oahu, Hawaii. On the 7th of December 1941, it got attacked by Japan, which is the reason the USA joined the war, and it's considered a turning point. Source
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The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.
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The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, the 06th of June 1944, of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord. It was codenamed Operation Neptune, also known as D-Day.
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The Liberation of Paris was a battle that lasted the German garrison surrendered the French capital.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.
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The United States drops a Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
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Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Aillies.