World War II was a war fought from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis powers. Germany, Italy, and Japan and the Allies, including France and Britain, and later the Soviet Union and the United States.
1921
July 29 - Adolf Hitler becomes Nazi party leader.
1940
September 22 - Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance.
1944
June 6 - D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans.
1944
December 16 - The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.
1945
April 30 - Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.
1945
May 7 - Germany surrenders to the Allies.
May 7 - Germany surrenders to the Allies.
1945
August 6 - The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city is devastated.
August 6 - The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city is devastated.
1945
September 2 - Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.
September 2 - Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.