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Japan attacks China which sparks the start of WWII in the Pacific Region
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Germany invades Poland which initiates the start of WWII in Europe.
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The Soviets come in from the east and invade Poland
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Germany raids Denmark and Norway, Norway does not surrender until June 9th but Denmark surrenders the same day as the attack.
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Italy joins war and attacks France on June 21, 1940
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The Tripartite Pact was signed by Italy, Germany and Japan
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Bulgaria joins the axis powers
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The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
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Nazi Germany and the Axis powers declare war on the US
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Finland leaves the Axis partners by concluding an armstice with the Soviet Union
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US troops touch down in the Phillipines.
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Warsaw and Krakow were liberated
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The Soviet Union launches their final attack on Berlin
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US drops and atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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Soviet Union declares war on Japan and then attacks Manchuria
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US drops their second atomic bomb in Japan, this time on Nagasaki
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Japan formally surrenders and ends the war.
