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German troops crossed the border with tanks and artillery began a merciless bombing of Warsaw. This begins World War II
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Britain and France declare war on Germany
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In May 1940 president FDR moves the U.S. navy fleet from San DIego, California to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
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Britain forces retreat from France, German armies defeat French armies. France doesn't surrender
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Benito Mussolini's Italian forces attack France from south. France finally surrenders
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Nazi government forces jews into ghettos and concentration camps and from 1941-1945 kill 6 million jews
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Japanese planes destroyed/sunk 19 ships including 8 battleships. United States declares war on Japan
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The Italian government officially surrenders to the Allied powers; still, German forces occupy much of Italy.
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In England, the Allied powers assemble 2.9 million men, 2.5 million tons of supplies, 11,000 airplanes, and hundreds of ships in preparation for D-Day.
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Rome falls to Allied forces.
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British, American, French, and Canadian forces fought over a 60 mile stretch of beach in Normandy
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United States forces and a Free French division liberate Paris from Nazi control
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Allied Powers meet in Yalta to discuss Soviet dominance in eastern Europe, this results the break up of Germany and dual administration in Berlin
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of cerebral hemorrhage
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Italian insurgents take Mussolini hostage, murder him, and mutilate his body
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin
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Germany unconditionally surrendered its armed forces therefore ending WWII in Europe
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the "Manhattan project" comes to an explosive end
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American Bomber Enola Gay dropped a 5 ton atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima
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Tokyo asks for peace on the condition that Emperor Hirohito will retain his throne. The Allies accept.
