Fateful choices: ten decisions that changed the world, 1940-1941

London, spring 1940 : Great Britain decides to fight on

Berlin, summer and autumn 1940 : Hitler decides to attack the Soviet Union

Tokyo, summer and autumn 1940 : Japan decides to seize the "golden opportunity"

Rome, summer and autumn 1940 : Mussolini decides to grab his share

Washington, DC, summer 1940-spring 1941

Roosevelt decides to lend a hand

Moscow, spring-summer 1941 : Stalin decides he knows best

Washington, DC, summer-autumn 1941 : Roosevelt decides to wage undeclared war

Tokyo, autumn 1941 : Japan decides to go to war

Berlin, autumn 1941 : Hitler decides to declare war on the United States

Berlin/East Prussia, summer-autumn 1941 : Hitler decides to kill the Jews.