Timeline (Soviet Defeat)

1939

 * The Molotov Ribbentrop Pact is signed by Hitler and Stalin in August


 * World War II Starts with the Nazi Invasion of Poland. The Soviets take the east half a few weeks later

1940

 * France falls in what is described as a Blitzkrieg Campaign

1941

 * Operation Barbarossa Commences


 * Japan Hits Pearl Harbour. America Declares war on Japan and Germany


 * Moscow falls to Nazi forces


 * The Philippines is invaded by the Japanese


 * Soviet Partisans become active

1942

 * Indonesia is occupied by Japanese Forces

1943

 * Omar Bradley is given overall command in the pacific

1944

 * The United States comes up against the Kwangtung Army.


 * Mao Tse-Tung goes into hiding

1945

 * Operation Olympic begins with the invasion of Japan by Britain, America and China.


 * Japan capitulates within months