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initiating World War II in the Pacific.
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The Soviet Union ivades Poland f5r4om the east
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Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement and a secret codicil dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence.
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Germany invaded Poland by surprise. This kick started WWII.
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The Polish government flees into exile via Romania. Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland between them.
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Italy invades France on the 21st
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
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Bulgaria joins the axis
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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii sinking several of the U.S. battle ships.
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Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the Allies, ending the North African campaign.
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US and British troops land on Sicily. By mid-August, the Allies control Sicily.
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U.S. invaded France by sea to take it back from the Germans.
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US troops land in the Philippines.
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The Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin.
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Hitler commits suiced
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Germnay surrendered.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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Japan Surrendered to te allies and the won the war.