SSII 1940-1945 Timeline By kassy__ Period: Jan 1, 1940 to Dec 31, 1945 SSII Timeline Feb 19, 1942 Japanese internment begins Nov 8, 1942 Operation torch Feb 2, 1943 Battle of stalingrad ends May 12, 1943 Axis forces surrendered in tunisia Jun 1, 1943 Zoot suits riots Nov 28, 1943 Tehran conference Jan 22, 1944 Anzio landings Jun 5, 1944 Rome falls to the allies Jun 6, 1944 Operation overload Jun 19, 1944 Battle of the philippine sea Oct 26, 1944 Battle of the leyte gulf Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the bulges begins Feb 3, 1945 Allies return to manila Feb 4, 1945 Yalta conference Feb 19, 1945 Battle of iwo jima begins Apr 1, 1945 Battle of okinawa begins Apr 4, 1945 Mussolini shot by the italian partisans Apr 12, 1945 FDR dies May 7, 1945 V-E day Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 V-J day