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Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack. On the other hand Norway holds on until June 9th.
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Italy enterd the war and invades southern france.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sighn the Tripartite pact
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Germany sends Africa a korps to North Africa to reinforce the faltering Italians.
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A soviet counteroffensive drives the Germans to Moscow suburbs in chaotic retreat.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
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British and US navies halt the Japanese in the centeral pacific at midway .
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Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the allies, ending the North African campaign.
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Allied troops land on the beaches of Salerno near Naples.
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Finland concludes an armistice with the Soviet Union, leaving the Axis partnership.
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US troops land in the philippines.
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US troops cross the Rhine River at Remagen.
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Hitler commits suicide.
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United States drops an atomic bomb on hiroshim
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Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945 Japan surrenders. Ending world war 2