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Germany invades and captures Denmark and Norway.
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Paris is liberted
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Bulgaria joins the axis powers
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USSR gains control over the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
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Battle of the bulge
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Batlle of Iwo Jima
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Germany attacks Western Europe. Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France fall.
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Italy joins the war and, on June 27th, invades southern France
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Battle of the atlantic
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Germany and the Soviet union (USSR) sign the Nazi-Soveit pact
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Germany attacks Poland
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USSR attacks Poland from the east, Poland soon fails and is divided between the Germanys and Russians
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Slovakia, Hungary, Romania join the Axis powers
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Battle of Britain
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Italie invades British controlled Egypt
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Italy invades Greece
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Operation overload, D-Day
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Germany invades and captures Denmark and Norway
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U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki
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Italy surrenders unconditionally
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The united states declares war on Japan. Germany and Italy soon declare war on the united states
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The Japanese gain control over the Philippines, French Indochina, and Singapore.
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The Bataan Death March begins as the Imperial Japanese Army forces Filipino and American prisoners of war to march 60 tortured-filled miles.
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The Battle of Coral sea
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1st battle of EI Alamein
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The Battle of Guadalcanal
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Battle of Stalingrad
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2nd battle of Alamein
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V-J Day
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Battle of Okinawa
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Yalta Conference
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FDR dies, Harry Truman becomes President
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Mussolini is executed
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Potsdam Conference
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U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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Winter War between USSR and Finland. War ends when Finland cedes border lands to the USSR.
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The Japanese launch a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base in pearl harbor, Hawaii
