(Brief)
French construct Maginot Line, mainly as defense but also to draw Britain into war
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler marches trough the Ardennes and through Belgium, around the Maginot line, thus dragging Britain into war
Phony War
Hitler invades France
Russians get wind of A) Germany's imminent attack on them and B) Pearl Harbor
Operation Barbarossa
Italy does stuff in Africa
Pearl Harbor
America joins Allies (Russ, Brit, Fran)
Time passes...
Hitler kills himself
Germany surrenders
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Island campaign (america) throughout war
America develops nuke (under Roosevelt, Truman)
America drops nuke
end war
