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Germans dominated many countries around Central Europe with fast and destructive military movements.
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The Japans bombed a major military site for the American Military. One of the reasons America joined World War 2.
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Major battle in which the Germans fought the Soviets for control of Stalingrad.
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Most of the Allies military attacks the coast of France at Normandy to try and cripple the German Army.
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Last major German attack during World War 2 in efforts to split up the Allies Army.
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The people who were imprisoned by the Nazis are finally released from their camps and the world is exposed to what was happening behind Nazi lines.
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US Marine Corps invaded and captured the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, which was a major military site for the Japanese army.
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Nazi's unconditional surrender to the Allies.
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The US couldn't get Japan to surrender so they decided to drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Japan surrendered to the US and the Allies.