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What Happened
Aldolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. His Nazi Party takes power. -
World War II starts
Germany invades Poland and World War II begins. -
France and Britain
France and Great Britian declare war on Germany -
Germany invades
Germany invades Denmark and Norway -
Germany Again Attacks
Germany uses quick strikes called blitzkrieg, meaning lighting war, to take over the Netherlands and Belgium. -
Italy enters the war as a memeber of the Axis powers.
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Germany invades the Soviet Union
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor+The U.S enetrs the war
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The U.S Navy defeats the Japanese Navy at Midway
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Italy surrenders
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Allied forces invade France at Normandy and push back the Germans known as d-day
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The Germans fight back in the Battle of the Bulge but lose to the allies
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Allied trops capture Iwo Jima
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President Franklin Roosevelt dies. He is succeeded by Harry Truman
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Germany surrenders to the allies , ending the war on Europe
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The U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
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Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagaski, Japan
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Japan surrenders to the allies, ending the war
