World War II By julob 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts “War of the Worlds” 1940 The German Enigma machine code is broken 1941 Pearl Harbor is attacked 1942 German submarines begin attacking the US 1943 Mussolini is overthrown and executed in Italy Jun 6, 1944 The US participates in D-Day Invasion Aug 25, 1944 The Allies enter Paris 1945 Hideki Tojo attempts suicide Aug 6, 1945 The US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan