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Hitler annexes Austria in an effort to unify German speaking people.
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Several leaders agree Hitler should have the Sudetenland.
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Hitler invades and occupies Czechoslovakia.
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Britain begins to rearm and installed a secret radar system on the coast.
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Germany and Russia sign a non-aggression pact with secret clauses for the invasion of Poland.
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Hitler invades Poland
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Britain and France enter the war
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Hitler invades Denmark and Norway to protect supply routes of Swedish ore
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Hitler launches his Blitzkrieg on Holland and Belgium
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Italy joins the Axis powers
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Hitler sends 3 million troops into Russia, ignoring the treaty he had with Russia
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After being devastated by Germany France signs an armistice
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German and Italian soldiers attack Yugoslavia, Greece, and Crete
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Japan attacks a US fleet in Hawaii
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Britain and US declare war on Japan after Pearl Harbor