Atomic Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan Japanese Kamikazi Attacks Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet at Yalta. Atomic Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan Potsdam Conference

Germany invades the Rhineland Japan, Germany & Italy sign the Anti-Comintern Treaty Japanese Invade Manchuria

The Great Depression Begins Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany (Nazi) National Socialist German Worker’s Party begins.

Hitler writes Mein Kampf. Rome-Berlin Axis is signed Italy invades Ethiopia

Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact Munich Conference British leader Neville Chamberlain announced “Peace in our time”.

Britain and France declare war on Germany. British and French troops prepare for war after Czechoslovakia is seized by Germany. Britain and France declare war on Germany. Germany invades Poland. WWII begins. Churchill becomes leader of England (Britain)

Germany invades France, take Paris Soviets invade Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania Germany invades France, take Paris Mussolini invades Egypt and Greece

Nazis begin the “Final Solution” of mass murder The Battle of Britain FDR signs the Lend-Lease Act Nazis begin the “Final Solution” of mass murder Hitler seizes the Balkans: Romania, Bulgaria Hungary and Yugoslavia

Germany Invades the Soviet Union Nazis begin to sterilize and kill the “unfit” (handicapped, etc.) Destruction of the Jewsh synagogues

D-Day “Operation Overload” General Douglas MacArthur defeats the Japanese in the Philippines. D-Day “Operation Overload” Battle of the Bulge Mussolini is hung

U.S. Declares War Italy is invaded by the Allies. Mussolini resigns. German military leader Rommel (“Desert Fox”) is defeated in North Africa. U.S. Declares War U.S. defeats the Japanese in the Battle of Midway Italy is invaded by the Allies. Mussolini resigns.

Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) The first concentration camp, Dachau, is opened. . Buchenwald is liberated 1945 Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)

Japanese attack U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Auschwitz opens Japanese attack U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Japanese expansion in Asia

Battle for Okinawa, Japan. German High Command Surrender. Victory for the Allies in Europe. Hitler commits suicide. Battle for Iwo Jima. Battle for Okinawa, Japan.

V-J Day, Japan Surrendered. Nuremberg Trials, Germany. V-J Day, Japan Surrendered. United Nations is formed.