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At 9 a.m. 87 yr old Hindenburg died and hours later Hitler became chancellor.
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Hitler demanded union, and threatened war.
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Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Pact, which seals the fate of Czechoslovakia, virtually handing it over to Germany in the name of peace.
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Representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact.
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No one wanted war. Yet, when Germany attacked Poland on September 1, 1939, other European countries felt they had to act
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Hitler launched his blitzkrieg (lightning war) against Holland and Belgium. Rotterdam was bombed almost to extinction.
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The German advance continues to sweep southward driving before it not only the retreating French army.
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The RAF defended the skies and by October 31 the raids had ceased.
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Was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II.
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Nazi Germany and its Axis allies began a massive invasion of the Soviet Union named Operation Barbarossa -- some 4.5 million troops launched a surprise attack deployed from German-controlled Poland, Finland, and Romania
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The Japanese, who were already waging war against the Chinese, attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, as a preliminary to taking British, French and Dutch colonies in South East Asia.
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The allies launched an attack on Germany's forces in Normandy, Western France.
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German forces in Italy surrendered to the Allies.
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The United Nations Charter is now effective and ready to be enforced.
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The Japanese generals refused to surrender. The US dropped an atomic bomb on the island of Hiroshima.
