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The invasion was Hitler's defensive action, Hitler wanted 'Living Space' for the German people and he wanted to seize the Lithuanian port of Memel.
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German forces defeated Allied forces by mobile operations an conquered France,Belgium,Luxembourg and the Netherlands, bringing land operations to the western front.
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During the Battle for Britain, many were left without supplies so the United States decided to give supplies to Britain in order to defeat this new enemy.
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The Germans began bombing Britain with a new method called bombing raids which planes would drop bombs on cities and cause great destruction to many cities.
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In a naval base in near Honolulu there was a scene of terror as Japanese fighter pilots began to destroy all naval vessels and buildings and in the end of it all 2,403 were killed .
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States took direct action and declared war with Japan and three days later the U.S, also declared war on Germany after a ship was hit with a German missile.
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The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific which occurred six months the attack on Pearl Harbor, After six carriers were sunk, the U.S. won this battle with only 307 killed .
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After the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union, the Germans began to dwindle due to the harsh weather and lack of supplies and as soon as the Soviets bled the German army dry, the German army was in full retreat leaving 800,000 dead.
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With the Allies heading into Normandy they were left to travel in boats,but after a large meal the soldiers began to get sea-sick and after the boats landed on Omaha Beach , the Germans began firing at the Allies with heavy firepower and after the Allies secured all the bunkers 425,000 Allied and German soldiers were killed in this battle.
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During the final stage of the war, the U.S. detonated two nuclear weapons over the two Japanese cities after getting consent of the U.K.