World War 2 Key Battles

Invasion Of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Poland invaded and partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Communist Soviet Union.

First Battle of Changsha

Sep 17, 1939

First Japanese attempt to take Changsha in China

Battle of France

May 10, 1940

Germany defeats France and the British Expeditionary Force in the culmination of Fall Gelb.

Battle of Brittain

Jul 10, 1940

The German Air Force (Luftwaffe) fails to defeat the British Royal Air Force as the precondition for the invasion of Britain

Battle of Guam

Feb 20, 1941

Japan successfully captures the American territory of Guam.

Battle of Guam

Jul 21, 1944

The allies take a stand and take back Guam

Dropping of the "Little Boy" on Japan.

Feb 20, 2012

America drops the worlds first atomic bomb causing devostation in Japan and ending WW2