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Often the story of WWII is told from September 1, 1939, with Germany's invasion of Poland. But empires had been in conflict since Japan's invasion of China in 1937. The war encompassed the world in 1941 when the Japanese attacked the American airbase at Pearl Harbor, only to end with a new weapon for a new age. . The Gathering Storm To understand something so profound we must start before the beginning with what Churchill called, The Gathering Storm. The Phony War Japan's unprovoked invasion had plunged china into war and Europe had been brought to the brink of conflict. Blitzkrieg Six months have passed with very little action in the Phony War. Alone Six months after the fall of France, Vyacheslav Molotov visited Berlin to discuss how the world was to be divided after victory. Barbarossa In 1941 Britain is holding its own, although it is still threatened. Japan took action that made world war two truly global. A Day in Infamy Before the year was out, humanity would be hanging on the fate of Roosevelt's great union, compelled to join the struggle by what he termed "a date which will live in infamy." The Turning Point It took Hitler half a war to gain an empire. But it would also take him half a war to lose one. Japan also wound up growing and growing only to start to fall about halfway through the war. The End of the Beginning 1942 marked the end of the beginning. The Beginning of the End The United Nations planned how best to secure victory and how to arrange the post war world at conference after conference. Overlord In 1943, the axis was on the defensive everywhere. Hell is on Us The Allies break out of Normand. In the East, the invasion of the Philippines will bring the Allies one step closer to the home islands. Unconditional Surrender Germany and Japan are being pressured to an act of unconditional surrender. A Thousand Suns After years of war, the defeat of Hitler and the Third Reich is inevitable.

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