Timeline: Important Events in WW2 | Timetoast

Dec 7, 1941

Attack on Pearl Harbor

The Japanese attack the fleet at Pearl Harbor.
Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Sep 2, 1945

World War Two
Dec 8, 1941

U.S. declares war on Japan

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Britain and the U.S. declare war on Japan.
Apr 18, 1942

Doolittle Raid

16 B25s take off of U.S.S. Hornet to attack Japan
May 5, 1942

Battle of Coral Sea
Jun 4, 1942

Battle of Midway
Oct 23, 1942

Battle of El Alamein
May 12, 1943

Axis Surrender North Africa
Jun 6, 1944

D-Day

Invasion of Normandy.
Dec 7, 1944

Battle of the Bulge
Apr 30, 1945

Hitler commits suicide
May 7, 1945

Germany Surrenders

Germany Surrenders, ending the European Theater of Operations.
May 8, 1945

V.E. Day

Victory in Europe celebrated
Aug 6, 1945

A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Aug 9, 1945

A-bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Aug 14, 1945

Japanese surrender
Sep 2, 1945

U.S. Accepts Japanese surrender

General MacArthur accepts Japanese surrender, ending World War Two.