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This was a conference between the leaders of Britain, France, and Germany. Hitler gained Sudetenland on the condition that he stop expansion.
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Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact so that Germany could invade Poland without interferance. It also gave the Soviet Union part of Poland if Germany was successful.
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Germany began its "lightning war" attack on Poland.
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Britain and France declares war on Germany in response to its invasion of Poland, a violation of the Munich Agreement.
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France surrenders to Germany and the Vichy Regime takes over the French government. Marshal Philipe Petain, the new President of the Council of the regime, worked with the Nazis to capture Jews and others that didn't fit with the Aryan race.
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After France's surrender, Germany's Luftwafe begins their air offensive on Britain. The goal was to destroy the air force, but it was not successful.
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Japan bombs U.S. naval base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Their intent was to destroy the entire American Pacific fleet. Immediately, the U.S. declares war on the Axis Powers.
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Germany invades the Soviet Union, breaking the non-aggression pact. They underestimate Soviet numbers and the Russian winter and are not successful.
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Allied forces have victory over the Japanese. This turns the tide of the war and stops Japan's success in the Pacific. The battle lasted until May 8th.
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Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill meet to discuss their final attack on Germany. They also agree to partition Germany after the war.
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Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandy, France with Dwight D. Eisenhower commanding the troops. Germany begins its retreat.
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President Tuman orders the atomic bomb that has been created through the Manhatten Project to be dropped on Hiroshima. The bomb formed a mushroom cloud and the sky flashed like the sun had exploded. Over 75,000 civilians died, but Japan still didn't surrender.
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Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki. Truman justifies this with the loss of money and American lives a battle would take.
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Japan surrenders. The war is finally over. Over 15 million soldiers died in all.
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The trials lasted intil October 1, 1946. These trials were held to try German, Italian, and Japanese war criminals for the atrocities they committed. 11 were sentenced to death and many others to a life in prison.