WWII: Masters of War

May 28, 1940, while the Wehrmacht crushes the allied armies in France, British officials prepare to face Hitler. Alone against all, Prime Minister Winston Churchill finally convinces his collaborators to fight.

June 16, 1940, Paris has fallen to the Nazis and the German conquest of France is almost complete. Prime Minister Petain plans to sign an armistice with Nazi Germany, but General Charles de Gaulle secedes and rebels.

June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler launches the largest military offensive in history against the Soviet Union: Operation Barbarossa. By opening this Eastern Front, the Furher, blinded by his fire power, signs his death sentence.

On December 7, 1941, Japanese bombers attack Pearl Harbor and sink a large part of the US Pacific Fleet. President Franklin D. Roosevelt decides it's time for the United States to strike back.

By February, 1945, it's clear Nazi Germany has lost the war. However, the real winner remains uncertain. At the Yalta Conference, the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union compete for the domination of Europe.