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Nazis murder Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss.
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Hitler violates Treay of Versailles by introducing military conscription.
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German troops occupy Rhineland
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Mussolini's Italian forces take Ethiopia.
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-Hitler reveals war plans during Hossbach Conference.
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German military mobilizes
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British Prime Minister Chamberlain appeases Hitler at Munich.
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German troops occupy the Sudetenland; Czech government resigns.
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Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech.
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Nazis and Soviets sign Pact.
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British fleet mobilizes; Civilian evacuations begin from London.
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Nazis invade Poland
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President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act.
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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; Hitler issues the Night and Fog decree.
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German forces surrender
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U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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U.S. drops atomic bomb on Nagaski
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Japan surrenders aboard the U.S. Missouri