WWII Timeline

  • The Invasion of Poland

    Germany invades Poland starting World War II in Europe
  • The Battle of Britain

    The Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against major attacks by Nazi Germany's air force
  • The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    The attack on Pearl Harbor was a huge strike from the Japanese Navy Air Service
  • The Battle of Midway

    A major naval battle that happened 6 months after pearl harbor
  • The Battle of Stalingrad

    It stopped the Germans from getting into the Soviet Union
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch

    Torch was an agreement made that the British objective of securing victory in North Africa while allowing American armed forces to start fighting against Nazi Germany
  • Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program

    Program to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II
  • The Battle of Kursk

    The Battle of Kursk

    The Battle of Kursk was a huge World War II battle between the Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union making the soviets win.
  • D-Day (June 6th, 1944)

    D-Day (June 6th, 1944)

    Allies started the invasion of Normandy, France.
  • The Battle of the Bulge

    The Battle of the Bulge

    The last German offensive campaign on the West Front.
  • The Battle of Iwo Jima

    The United States Marines and United States Navy landed on and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Army during World War II.
  • The Battle of Okinawa

    Another war against the Japanese cosidered a "amphibious assault"
  • The Death of FDR

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  • The Death of Adolf Hitler

    The Death of Adolf Hitler

    committed with his wife so he wouldn't get killed.
  • Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

    United states dropped 2 bombs over Japan
  • Atomic Bombing Nagasaki

    United states dropped 2 bomb over Japan