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Germany and the Soviet Union try to take over Poland and split the country up while France and Britain are on Poland's side.
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Stalin attacks Finland to try to profit as much as Germany.
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May 10, 1940, Germany began the invasion on France, the Netherlands, and Belgium.
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For the first time, during the German invasion, Churchill faced the House of Commons as Prime Minister.
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During the war, FDR ordered the country to help the war by sending ammunition, tanks, airplanes, trucks, food, and other raw materials.
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The battle that determined if the Luftwaffe (German air force) would take over France's ports.
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Hitler attacked the Balkans to gain more in order to get closer to USSR, so that he can easily attack them.
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The Germans tried to attack the Soviet Union in the winter. But they failed.
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Surprise attack on the U.S naval base by the Japanese that brought the U.S into World War II.
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Japanese government placed Japanese-Americans into camps and were held hostage.
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Nazi genocide of Jews by Adolf Hitler.
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Battle fought almost entirely aircraft, and destroyed Japan's best trained naval pilots.
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Campaign to capture or neutralize Japanese bases.
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British attack to make Rommel retrreat.
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Hitler attacked the great city Stlingrad, killing more than 40,000 innocent civilians.
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Meeting between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin discussing whether to open a second front in western Europe.
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Allied invasion on five separate beaches on Normandy. Also known as Operation Overlord.
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The meeting of FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin to plan the final defeat of Nazi Germany.
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He died in Warm Springs, GA. He led the United States through the Great Depression and WWII.
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Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were shot by Italian partisans who captured the couple as they attempted to flee to Switzerland.
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Committed suicide by shooting himself in his bunker.
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Conference between Truman, Churchill, and Stalin in an attempt to peace.
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The first bomb the Americans dropped on Japan.
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The second atomic bomb dropped on Japan by the Americans.
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Made to save the future generations from war, promote progress, and etc.
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Trials of Nazis, conducted by a U.S., French, and Soviet military tribunal based in Nuremberg, Germany, begins.
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Douglas MacArthur became Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan, and was in charge of its ruling.
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War between United States and Soviet Union. Based on propaganda, politics, and economy.
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U.S. sponsored program to help European countries creat stable conditions.
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Britain and U.S. dropped food and supplies to West Berlin via air.
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The division of East and West berlin by a concrete wall that continued for 75 miles.
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Leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores.
