World war 2 timeline

  • The invasion of poland

    The invasion of poland

    The invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939, was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany
  • The battle of Britain

    The battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale
  • The bombing of pearl harbor

    The bombing of pearl harbor

    When japan bombed pearl harbor
  • The battle of midway

    The battle of midway

    The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea.
  • The battle of stalingrad

    The battle of stalingrad

    The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, beginning when Nazi Germany and its Axis allies attacked and became locked in a protracted struggle with the Soviet Union for control
  • Operation torch

    Operation torch

    Operation Torch was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during World War II. Torch was a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa
  • The battle of kursk

    The battle of kursk

    The Battle of Kursk, also called the Battle of the Kursk Salient, was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet
  • Monuments fine arts and archives program

    Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program
    The Ghent Altarpiece during recovery from the art depot in the Altaussee salt mine, 1945
    The Ghent Altarpiece during recovery from the art depot in the Altaussee salt mine, 1945
    Formation 1943
    Dissolved 1946
    Parent organization Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections of the Allied armies
    The Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Section Unit (MFAA) was a program established by the Allies in 1943
  • D day

    D day

    The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation
  • The battle of the bulge

    The battle of the bulge

    The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive or Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front
  • The battle of iwo jima

    The battle of iwo jima

    the us captured the battle of iwo jima
  • The battle of okwina

    The battle of okwina

    The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by the United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.
  • The death of fdr

    The death of fdr

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945.
  • The death of adolf hitler

    The death of adolf hitler

    Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany during the Nazi era, which lasted from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.