After years of war, the defeat of Hitler and the Third Reich is inevitable. Peace in Asia will follow peace in Europe after the detonation of the atomic bomb.
Carpet bombing destroys Dresden, the capital of Saxony, Germany; Russian troops enter Berlin; Hitler commits suicide and the Third Reich accepts unconditional surrender; VE Day.
The Germans begin to retreat from Russia; the war in the Pacific advances at Saipan and Guam; kamikaze pilots; Rome falls; D-Day landings; Free France leader Charles de Gaulle leads his troops in liberating Paris.
Malaya and Singapore fall at the hands of Japan; the battles of Midway and the Coral Sea; the Chinese score a victory at Changsha.
The Germans advance into Moscow; the Japanese occupy Southern Vietnam and Cambodia; the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.