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World War II

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  • Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.

    His Nazi Party, or the Third Reich, takes power and Hitler is essentially the dictator of Germany.

  • Germany invades Poland. World War II begins.

  • France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.

  • ermany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance.

  • The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.

  • Paris is liberated from German control.

  • The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.

  • Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.

  • Germany surrenders to the Allies.

  • The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city is devastated.

  • Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

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