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Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany. The NAZI takes power and Hitler is the dictator of Germany
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Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact. This was a pact against communism and Russia.
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Germany invades Poland and WW2 begins
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France and Britain declare war on Germany
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Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis Powers
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance.
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Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia with a huge force of over four million troops.
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The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.
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Italy surrenders to the Allies, however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy.
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D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans.