
Two conflicts at opposite sides of the globe lead to a new political map of the modern world.
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.