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Hitler annexed Austria then demanded the liberation of German people in the Sudetenland region of Czchoslovakia. Neville Chamberlain flew to Germany to attempt a settlement before war broke out.
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Hitler, Chamberlain, and Mussolini met in Munich and agreed that Hitler should have the Sudetenland. The Czechs were not invited. Hitler assured those at the meeting that this was the furthest his expansion would go.
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"night of broken glass;" Nov. 1938; Nazi thugs destroyed Jewish storefronts, burned synagogues, and killed 100 Jewish people
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Hitler sent his troops into what was left of Czechloslovakia, capturing it.
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Hitler and Stalin signed this pact which included secrets for the division of Poland
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Adolf Hitler invades Poland
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Hitler launched his blitzkrieg against Holland and Belgium
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The Japanese, who were already waging war against the Chinese, attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii.
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President Roosevelt declares war on Japan after the bombing at Pearl Harbor.
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American's destroy 4 Japanese Aircraft Carriers
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The allies launched an attack on Germany's forces in Normandy, Western France. Thousands of transports carried an invasion army under the command of general Eisenhower to the Normandy beaches. The Germans who had been fed false information about a landing near Calais, rushed troops to the area but were unable to prevent the allies from forming a solid bridgehead. For the allies it was essential to first capture a port.
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Germany launched its final defensive through the Ardennes region of Belgium. However, they were beaten back by the allies.
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US Marines stormed the beaches of Iwo Jima. American's were risking their lives big time here.
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The Allies crossed the Rhine while Soviet forces were approaching Berlin from the East.
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President Roosevelt died. He was succeeded by President Truman.
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The German leader, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bombproof shelter together with his mistress, Eva Braun.
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Victory was celebrated in Europe. Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany
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The Japanese generals refused to surrender. The US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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The US dropped an atomic bomb on the port of Nagasaki as the Japanese had not surrendered following Hiroshima.
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US General, Douglas MacArthur, accepted Japan's surrender thus formally ending the second world war.
