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Hitler was named chancellor of Germany
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Germany Invades Poland
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France and England Declare War on Germany
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British and French Troops Evacuate Dunkerque
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Paris Falls to Germany
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The Lend Lease Act is Signed into Law
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Germany Invades Russia, Breaking their "nonaggression" Partnership
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Pearl Harbor Attack
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The U.S. Declares War on Japan
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Japanese Americans are Sent to Internment Camps
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U.S. Navy Wins the Battle of Midway
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D-Day: The Allied Invasion of Europe Begins
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President Roosevelt Dies at his Retreat in Warm Springs, GA
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Hitler Poisons his Wife and Kills Himself
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V-E Day
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The Atomic Bomb is Dropped on Hiroshima
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Japan Surrenders to the United States