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Japan claimed that China had attacked a railway of theirs, and went in to attack Manchuria.
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Mussolini attacked Ethiopia in 1935, and the League of Nations didn't do a thing about it when he did.
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The beginning of Hitler's takeovers, where he gets back a demilitarized zone from France.
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Hitler invades Austria so that Austria and Germany will "reunite." Most people are willing to go along with Hitler's plan.
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Roosevelt, Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain, and Daladier appease Germany by giving them the Sudentland (Czechoslovakia). They hope that Hitler will stop taking over countries if he is given this land.
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A night where thousands of Jews were sent to concentration camps after having their businesses damaged.
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Hitler and Stalin sign an agreement not to fight, even though they hate each other and have completely different views. This pact leads to both of them attacking Poland.
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Hitler invades Poland, which leads to the start of World War II (France declares war).
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Allied success due to sonar detection, convoy systems, and air attacks.
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France finally surrenders to Germany.
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Germany invades the Soviet Union and Leningrad, one of the largest cities in Russia, is taken over.
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Defined the allied goals for the post-war world, created by Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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Because the U.S. refused to help Japan, they bombed Pear Harbor, which ruined many warships and killed 2,400 Americans. The bombing of Pearl Harbor forced America into the war.
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After being bombed, America finally declares war on Japan.
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Germany and Italy declare war on the United States of America right after they declare war on Japan.
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After their surrender in the Phillipines, thousands of American and Filipino troops were marched to prison camps. This sixty five mile trip was the largest surrender for the United States.
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America realizes the Japanese plan to attack New Guinea and ends up greatly damaging the Japanese. Aircraft carries started to become the most significant weapon.
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Mainly an aircraft carrier-based attack on the Japanese, which crippled them and led to a crucial victory for the allies.
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U.S. invades North Africa under direction of Dwight Eisenhower in order to get Germany out of Africa.
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Germany attempts to take over Stalingrad in the USSR and ends up surrendering after months of a tough winter that they weren't prepared for.
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The Allies took Sicily from the Axis powers.
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After months of fighting with 300,000 casualties on the Allied Powers side alone, the Allies took over Rome in 1944.
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American invasion of Normandy, France. The allies broke through German lines and Hitler was forced to retreat.
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A bloody battle on the Mariana Islands which led the Japanese navy to take a major hit and forced them to retreat.
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The most decisive navel engagement in the Pacific, the Battle of Leyte Gulf cost Japan 4 aircraft carriers and 2 battleships.
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The final large battle for the German army, which the Allies win by not breaking their line.
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Allied leaders get together and plan for postwar peace.
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Extremely bloody fight between Japan and the USA.
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The final great battle of World War II, which caused the death of 49,000 troops.
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After years of fighting, Hitler finally decides to end his life. After taking poison and then shooting himself in the head, Hitler's body is set on fire by some of his men.
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Surrender of Germany after Hitler's suicide.
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America drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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The second atomic bomb dropped on to Japan, which caused around 200,000 casualties.
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After being bombed, Japan finally surrenders to the Allied Powers, which ends the war.
