After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders on 14 August. Truman becomes President of the US on Roosevelt's death, and Attlee replaces Churchill. Russians reach Berlin: Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders on 7 May. Guam liberated by the US Okinawa, and Iwo Jima bombed. Soviet offensive gathers pace in Eastern Europe. Allies land at Anzio and bomb monastery at Monte Cassino. British and Indian forces fight Japanese in Burma. Italy surrenders, but Germany takes over the battle. Allied victory in North Africa enables invasion of Italy to be launched. Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat. Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins. American naval victory at Battle of Midway, in June, marks turning point in Pacific War. Singapore falls to the Japanese in February - around 25,000 prisoners taken. 
Germany suffers setbacks at Stalingrad and El Alamein. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, and the US enters the war. Allies take Tobruk in North Africa, and resist German attacks. The Blitz continues against Britain's major cities. Hitler begins Operation Barbarossa - the invasion of Russia. British victory in Battle of Britain forces Hitler to postpone invasion plans. British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk. 
Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain.German 'Blitzkrieg' overwhelms Belgium, Holland and France.Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later.
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