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Non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union
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Hitler invaded Poland, forcing France and Britain to honor their alliance and help. This was the official start of the war.
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Germany launched a surprise attack on Norway and Denmark, taking over both of them very quickly.
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An improvised armada saved over 300,000 British soldiers from a German assault by bringing them over the water to Britain.
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Winston Churchill, new anti-nazi prime minister of Britain, encourages his people to keep fighting Germany.
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Hitler invaded France and forced them to surrender.
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Germany began a daily bombardment of London. It failed, and London stayed standing.
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Allowed FDR to lend or lease military supplies to any nation whose defense he deemed important to the defense of the U.S.
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Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union.
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Germany put Leningrad under a 2 and a half year long siege, starving out the city.
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Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, a port in Hawaii, forcing the U.S. into the war.
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Victories of islands in the Pacific that weakened Japan.
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Hitler wanted to take over Stalin's namesake city. After a long battle, Hitler failed, losing over 300,000 troops. Both sides suffered very heavy losses.
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The allies forced Rommel's Army out of Egypt, then they had to surrender.
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British and American armies landed in Italy and took it over from the Axis
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Allied powers dropped paratroopers behind enemy lines as 176,000 troops stormed the beaches of Normandy and took back France from Germany.
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German army attacked Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.
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Germany surrendered as Soviet troops advanced on Berlin. Hitler killed himself in an underground bunker, ending the war in Europe.
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The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. After a second bomb was dropped, Japan had to surrender.
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Japan surrenders, officially ending the war.
