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The Treaty of Versailles concluded WWI, but because of the harsh treatment towards Germany, it started another war, especially by the war guilt clause.
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The Great Depression led to a political dissatisfaction in Germany, which led to the perfect opportunity for Hitler's rise.
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The United States passed a series of Neutrality Acts that prohibited the country from loanimg money or selling weapons.
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Mussolini attacked Ethiopia in 1935, and the League of Nations couldn't do anything to stop it.
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The League of Nations couldn't stop Hitler from militarizing his country and then occupying the Rhineland.
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Germany and Italy sent troops and weapons to Spain to assist Francisco Franco in winning the Spanish Civil War.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan formed the Axis powers.
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Japan attacked China in 1937
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The British and French falsely agreed to allow Hitler to Sudetenland in return for promises that his demand for more land would cease at the Munich Conference.
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Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact for them not to attack each other, but Hitler broke the pact.
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When Hitler invaded Poland, his British and French allies came to his defense, abandoning the appeasement.
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Hitler focused on invading Britain, so the country was repeatedly bombed by the German air force from 1940-1941.
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The Lend-Lease allowed Roosevelt to lend or lease weapon and other supplies to countries that were important to their interest.
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Germany and Russia attended the Munich Conference, and Hitler broke the pact, causing them to join the Allies.
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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the U.S. entered the war.
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The U.S. saved Australia from a Japanese invasion in the Battle of Coral Sea, and then they defeated Japan in the Battle of Midway, destroying hundreds of Japanese planes and all of their aircraft holders.
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The Germans were also on the defensive, a turning point, after they were defeated by the Russians in the Battle of Stalingrad in February 1943.
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Bypassing islands heavily secured by Japan in favor of taking islands thst were strategically located in the drive reach the main islands of Japan yet easier to seize, thus saving countless American lives.
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The invasion of Normandy to liberate German controlled France and northern Europe.
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Hitler made his final attempt to achieve a victory against Allied forces at the Battle of the Bulge.
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Allied troops moved into Germany, causing them to surrender.
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President Truman felt he needed to hasten the war's end and save lives that would've been lost in an invasion of the island country, so he ordered the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and the bombing of Nagasaki three days after.
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Six days after the second bombing, Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945.
