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Representitives from Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia signed this pact stating Soviet Russia recieved control over half of Poland and Germany got control over numerous other countries.
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Germany invades Poland and two days later Britain and France declare war on Germany marking the begining of World War II.
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Germany bombs Britain, more specifically London, killing thousands of civilians. The Battle of Britain marked the first loss for the Axis powers.
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Japan decided to enter the war by invading southern France.
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Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii causing the United States to enter World War II.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower led allied troops into Normandy, France where they fought off German troops until they surrendered on May 7, 1945.
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The Battle of the Bulge was Germanys last offensive on the western front (border between France and Germany) in attempt to recapture belgium and split up the allies but instead end up quickly retreating back into Germany.
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Allied forces invade Okinawa. The Battle of Okinawa was the biggest of the Pacific wars. This war includes 287,000 U.S troops and 130,000 Japanese soldiers. During this was 1/3 of Okinawas populations died.
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Soviets invade Berlin, the capital of Germany, in hopes of getting Germany to surrender.
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Leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler and his wife Eva Braun kill themselves in a bunker. This marks the end of Nazi Germany.
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After their capital was taken by soviets and nearly running out of resources Nazi Germany signed an unconditional surrender at the allies headquarters in Riems.
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This day celebrates the uncoditional surrender of Nazi Germany and its acceptance by the Allied powers.
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The United States dropped the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima killing tens of thousands of civilians in attempts to get the Japanes to surrender.
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Three days after the United States bombed Hiroshima they dropped another bomb on Nagasaki killing another 70,000 people.
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Japan gives in to the demands of the United States and signs an unconditional surrender ending World War II completely.
