1. Yalta Conference in Crimea in February
2. The end of the War
2.1. 1945
2.1.1. Berlin fell on 2th May
2.1.2. 8 May: the War ended in Europe
2.1.3. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed on 6th and 7th August by America. The atomic bombing ended the War
2.1.4. In April Hitler committed suicide
3. Operation Sea Lion
3.1. September 1940
3.1.1. Hitler was Planning the invasion of Britain. The battle was won by Britain
4. Operation Barbarossa
4.1. 1941
5. America joined the war
5.1. 1941
5.1.1. In June Hitler decided to declare war on the Soviet Union.
5.1.2. In December Japan bombed the US fleet in Pearl Harbor
5.1.2.1. President Roosevelt declared war on Japan, and Germany declared war on America
5.2. 1943
5.2.1. During the Battle of Stalingrad, the Soviet forces surrounded and crushed an entire Germany army
5.2.1.1. In July the Allies landed in Sicily and a long fight up Italian terriotory began
5.3. 1944
5.3.1. The Allies, in Summer, entered Rome and decided to open a Western front in France
6. Towards World War II
6.1. 1935
6.1.1. the italian dictator Benito Mussolini attacked the African monarchy and took the first steps towards alliance with Germany
6.2. 1933
6.2.1. Hitler and his Nazi Party come to power
6.3. 1938
6.3.1. Hitler invaded Austria
6.3.2. Germany broke the Treaty of Versailles
7. The beginning of the War
7.1. 1939
7.1.1. the war began
7.2. 1940
7.2.1. in April Hitler invaded Norway and Denmark
7.2.2. in May Germany invaded Holland and Belgium while German tank corps were heading for Paris
7.2.3. Japan overran Hong Kong
8. Operation Overlord
8.1. 1944
8.1.1. In June there was the D-Day
8.1.2. In December the Germans retreated across France and counter-attacked at the Battle of the Bulge in the Belgian Ardennes