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Hitler invades Poland
Hitler invades Poland on September 1, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later. -
Hitler Overtakes Belgium, Holland and France
On May 10, 1940 the German army took over France, Belgium, and France. This lead to control over the Western Front. -
Hitler begins Operation Barbarossa
On June 22, 1941 Adolf Hitler ordered the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia. This completely defied the precedents set in the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Act signed nearly 22 months beforehand. This was the beginning of many brutal battles between Germany and Soviet Russia. -
Germany suffers setbacks at Stalingrad and El Alamein
The soldiers positioned for the Soviets in Stalingrad, AKA St. Petersburg, were highly trained men who formerly were trained after World War 1. These men knew the terrain better than the German soldiers, causing one of the hardest defeats for the Germans under Adolf Hitler. -
American naval victory at Battle of Midway
The American troops took over Midway from the Japanese, thus marking the turning point in the Pacific war, and giving the United States easy access to the oceanic waters. -
Italy Surrenders
Benito Mussolini realized after the horrible defeat in Greece that the Italian Army was not fit to be battling with bigger countries and the Allied Powers, so they withdrew from the war, to which the Germans took over their place. -
Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat
After nearly 4 months fighting over the port city in North Eastern Russia, Stalingrad, the Germans realized that the -
D Day: The Allied invasion of France
On June 6, 1944 the Allied troops attacked the French beaches trying to reclaim the land of the fallen ally. This is the deadliest series of battles in the United States history with nearly 425,000 casualties. -
Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops
One of the deadliest execution camps of the Holocaust, Auschwitz, which is responsible for nearly one sixth of the Jewish casualties of the Holocaust, was liberated by soviet troops on the 27th of January, 1945. -
Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders
On April 30, 1945 the Germans faced defying odds, they were surrounded and their execution and concentration camps were destroyed. This called for a big step for what was going to happen next. The dictator of Germany, Adolf Hitler, committed suicide after finding out that he had failed. The Germans surrendered a week after this.
