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Germany started the war by invading Poland. Then Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3. Poland was defeated by a group of the Soviet Unions and Germany, about a month later.
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Germany started the invasion in the lower countries. This included Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. All these countries were neutral in the war.
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President Franklin Roosevelt convinced a large group of Congress to pass the Lend-Lease Act. This then allowed the U.S. to sell or lend war materials to "any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States."
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Germany invaded the pact that Soviet Union had with them, it was called the German-Soviet pact. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin then became a major wartime Allied leader. Stalin was then against Nazi Germany and its Axis allies.
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A day before Pearl Harbor, Soviet troops shot a counteroffensive that permanently kept Germany away. The United States immediately declared war on Japan after Pearl Harbor. Few days pasted and Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.
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This was the first time war was brought home to Germany. The next couple of years, Allied air forces systematically bombed industrial plants and cities all over the Reich. Reducing huge amouts of urban in Germany.
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Germany begins invading Russian city of Stalingrad. It was a battle that took hundreds of thousands of German and Russian lives. The Red Army finally defeats invading Nazis.The battle proves to be a turning point in the war, as Germany begins a retreat from the Eastern Front.
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After the leader, Mussolini was selected as the Italian premier the Italy military took over. Then German troops staioned in Italy and seized control about half of northern Italy. Mussolini, who was arrested by the Italy military, was freed by German troops.
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The "big three," were Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. They met in Iran to discuss the invasion of Italy. It was the very first time all three of them had ever met.
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156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches on D-Day. The invasion was one of the largest military assaults in history. It required extensive planning.
