World War Two

  • Adolf Hitler, age 35, on his release from Landesberg Prison

    Adolf Hitler, age 35, on his release from Landesberg Prison
  • Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement.

    Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement.
  • Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement and a secret codicil dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence.

    Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement and a secret codicil dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence.
  • germany invades poland

    germany invades poland
  • Honoring their guarantee of Poland’s borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.

    Honoring their guarantee of Poland’s borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
  • The netherlands and Belgium fall to germany

    The netherlands and Belgium fall to germany
  • france falls to germany

    france falls to germany
  • Bulgaria joins the Axis.

    Bulgaria joins the Axis.
  • Japan attacks the United States Naval

    Japan attacks the United States Naval
  • Soviet troops liberate Kiev.

    Soviet troops liberate Kiev.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
  • U.S. troops land in the Philippines.

    U.S. troops land in the Philippines.
  • Battle of Berlin

    Battle of Berlin
  • Hitler commits suicide.

    Hitler commits suicide.
  • The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II. Japanese troops land in the Philippines, French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia), and British Singapore. By April 1942, the Philippines, Indochina, and Singapore are under Japanese occupat

    The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II. Japanese troops land in the Philippines, French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia), and British Singapore. By April 1942, the Philippines, Indochina, and Singapore are under Japanese occupat
  • Germany surrenders to the Soviets.

    Germany surrenders to the Soviets.
  • The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

    The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
  • The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

    The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
  • Surrender of Japan,

    Surrender of Japan,
  • The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria

    The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria