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  The allies liberated Paris
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  Hitler ordered a counter attack known as the Battle of the Bulge.
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  The Allies hit Germany in force known as D-Day
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  An officer planted a bomb at Hitler's Headquarters.
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  Mussolini tried to flee to switzerland but was captured and executed.
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  Germany surrenders and Americans celebrated V-E
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  In a barren area outside of Alamogerdo, New Mexico, the first atomic bomb was tested.
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  U.S pilots dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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  United Union declared war on Japan and invaded Manchuria and the United states dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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  The Allies celebrated V-J Day