Claim: In the 1960s and the 1970s, Germany and the Axis powers defeated the United States and the key American cities were destroyed by bombs.
Evidence: The Axis powers, also known as "Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis" was a military alliance that fought in World War II against the Allies. World War II (WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.