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Neville Chamberlain appeases to Hitler.
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Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union (Russia) sign a non agression agreement and split Poland for themselves.
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Heinrich Himmler ordered the construction of Auschwitz, the concentration camp.
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Germany takes over the majority of France, including their capital, Paris.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbour, America enters World War 2.
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Australia and Japanese forces clash for the first time in Papa New Guinea.
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America and Australia attack Japan air forces on their way to Port Moresby.
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The battle of Stalingrad was a major and desicive battle of World war 2 in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet union for control of the city of Stalingrad.
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The allies assault upon Hitlers 'Fortress Europe' began.
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Adolf Hitler shoots himself in his Fuhrer bunker in Berlin.
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America drops an Atomic bomb onto Hiroshima/Japan.
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America drops another Atomic bomb onto Japan, this time in Nagaski.
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The surrender of the Empire of Japan, end of WW2.