WWII

1. Europe

1.1. September 1940: Japan invades French Indochina

1.2. The Invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany

1.3. Adolf Hitler directs the invasion of Denmark and Norway (1940)

1.4. Hitler sets 15 September as the date for Operation Sea Lion

2. Asia

2.1. September 1940: Japan invades French Indochina

2.2. August, 1941: The United States initiates a complete oil embargo

2.2.1. threatens to cripple both the Japanese economy and military strength

2.2.2. December 7, 1941: Japan invades Malaya and attacks Pearl Harbor

2.3. 1945: American B-29s bomb Tokyo

2.3.1. U.S. Marines invade Iwo Jima

2.3.1.1. Osaka, Japan, is heavily bombed

3. Africa

3.1. South Africa declares war on Germany.