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The Prime Minister of Italy, Mussolini, invades Ethiopia
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FDR signs the Neutrality Act which banned any one traveling into warring nations.
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He promises peace if he would get the Sudetenland.
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They listen to Adolf Hitler's demands and give him the Sudetenland
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This is known as "Crystal Night." Germans decide to destroy Jewish businesses.
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Hitler disobeys the agreement made in September 1938 and decides to take Czechoslovakia.
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Germany invades Polland
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United States cracks Japan's code and are able to learn their plans.
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Japan decides to join the Axis powers which consisted of Italy and Germany.
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Japanese planes attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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The president moves the fleet from San Diego, California to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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Rome Falls to the Allied Forces.
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This was the allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overload.
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US frees the French from Nazi control.
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Italians capture him, murder him, and then keep his body in the streets for the citizens to beat.
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He commits suicide in Berlin.
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This is when Germany surrenders and it is also the end of Adolf Hitler.
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United States drops an atomic bomb, kills 75,000.
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Soviet Union helps defeat Japan as promised.
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This brought the hostilities of World War II to a close. Japan finally surrenders.