Axis Europe, 1941

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  Axis Europe, 1941

• On the eve of the German invasion of the Soviet
  Union, a combination of annexations, occupations,
  and alliances had created a German-Italian Axis
  that bestrode most of western Europefrom Norway
  and Finland in the north to Greece in the south,
  and from Poland in the east to France in the
  west. Britain, the Soviet Union, a number of
  insurgent groups, and, eventually, the United
  States faced a difficult prospect in assaulting
  the Axiss fortress Europe.

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Stalingrad, November 1942 From September 1942
until the German surrender early in February
1943, Stalingrad, on the Volga River, saw some of
the heaviest fighting of World War II. The Soviet
victory, in the face of incredible casualties,
was arguably the turning point in the war in
Europe.
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  World War II in the Pacific  
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D-Day 1944 During the Normandy Invasions at Omaha
Beach, June 6, 1944, airborne paratroopers landed
behind German coastal fortifications around
midnight, and American and British forces hit
several beaches at daybreak as Allied ships and
bombers provided cover. American troops secured
full control of Omaha Beach by nightfall, but at
a price of 3,000 casualties. Allied air power
prevented the Germans from bringing up reserves
and counterattacking.
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  Defeat of the Axis in Europe, 19421945  
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  World War II in the Pacific  
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Nagasaki bomb

• Three days after the U.S. dropped the first
  atomic bomb on Hiroshima, it exploded a second
  bomb over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Despite
  these terrible blows, Japan still did not
  surrender for another week.