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Adolf Hitler, in return for the Sudetenland, promises to leave the rest of Czechoslovakia alone.
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Time magazine prints its 1938 Man of the Year edition choosing Adolf Hitler for the title, but does not show the Nazi leader's face on the cover of the publication.
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Germany envades Poland
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In 1940, the Nazi German war machine conquered much of Western Europe, including France. Britain battled back with great courage. And then came Adolf Hitler's most audacious campaign
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On a British battleship, President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill. The two leaders write up the Atlantic Charter.
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The Japanese government decides to attack Pearl Harbor if negotiations with the United States fail.
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U.S. Naval cryptographers learn from secret code that Japan plans aggressive action if an agreement with the United States is not met.
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The Russian Red Army traps and captures German armies that had invaded the Soviet Union.
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RANGEEND_ITALY The Italian government officially surrenders to the Allied powers; still, German forces occupy much of Italy.
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The U.S ,GB, Canada envade Normandy, France
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U.S. forces, aided by a Free French division, liberate Paris from Nazi control.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin.
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Victory in Europe (V-E) Day is declared as German troops continue to surrender to Allies throughout Europe.
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Washington temporarily suspends Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb—the first to be used in warfare—on Hiroshima, killing 75,000 people instantly, and injuring more than 100,000.
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With still no surrender from Japan, the Soviet Union enters the Pacific war as promised in Yalta, defeating Japanese forces in Manchuria.
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A second atomic bomb is dropped in Nagasaki.
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Japan formally surrendered in a formal ceremony aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, ending World War II.
