WWII Timeline

By RyanHiler
  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain

    In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel.
  • The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    The attack was the deadliest event ever in Hawaii, and the deadliest foreign attack on the U.S. until the September 11 attacks of 2001.
  • The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway (June 3-6, 1942) was a naval battle where the US destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength, ending the threat of further Japanese
  • The Battle of Stalingrad

    The Battle of Stalingrad

    The Battle of Stalingrad was a brutal military campaign between Russian forces and those of Nazi Germany and the Axis powers during World War II.
  • The Battle of Kursk

    The Battle of Kursk

    The Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle of WWII, occurred July 5-Aug 23, 1943. The Soviet victory led to the liberation of Ukraine and was a turning point
  • 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

    a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima
  • The Battle of Okinawa

    The Battle of Okinawa

    The 82-day battle on Okinawa lasted from 1 April 1945 until 22 June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were planning to use Kadena Air