Elizabeth's WW2 Timeline

  • Germany invades Poland/Start of WW2

    Germany invades Poland/Start of WW2

    Germany invades Poland and attacks them unexceptedly
  • Draft in USA

    Draft in USA

    Men having to sign up for the war
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa

    code name for germans for when they would attack the soviet union
  • siege of leningrad

    siege of leningrad

    a military blockade that was mainly undertaken by the germans
  • pearl harbor

    pearl harbor

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
  • the doolittle raid

    the doolittle raid

    16 american bombers attacked tokyo
  • the battle of midway

    the battle of midway

    naval battle in the Pacific
  • battle of El Alamein

    battle of El Alamein

    a battle in Egypt
  • guadalcanal battle

    guadalcanal battle

    originally a plan to take the island of Tulagi by allied forces
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

    Germany and the Soviet Union fight for Stalingrad
  • operation torch

    operation torch

    a british-american invasion of french north africa
  • invasion of Sicily

    invasion of Sicily

    the allied powers took Sicily from the axis powers
  • invasion of Anzio

    invasion of Anzio

    an allied attempt to draw away german troops from the Gustav line during operation shingle
  • fall of rome

    fall of rome

    bombs were dropped on rome during WW2
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Doom's Day
  • battle of the bulge

    battle of the bulge

    a geman offensive campaign
  • battle of iwo jima

    battle of iwo jima

    major battle in which the U.S marines landed on and finally captured the island
  • the battle of okinawa

    the battle of okinawa

    also known as operation iceberg,it was the largest amphibous landing in the Pacific
  • VE Day

    VE Day

    Victory in Europe Day
  • Victory on Japan

    Victory on Japan

    Japan finally surrenders.