World War 2 Timeline

  • Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forcesand was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date. From July 1940, coastal shipping convoys and shipping centres, such as Portsmouth
  • Peral harbor

    Japan bomb Peral harbor causing the U.S to join the war on December 7th 1941
  • Batten Death March

    Was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II
  • Doolittle Raid

    Was the first air raid by the United States to strike the Japanese Home Islands during World War II.The raid was planned and led by Lieutenant Colonel James "Jimmy" Doolittle, U.S. Army Air Forces.
  • Battle of the Coral sea

    it was fought by the Japanese,Australian during may 7-8. It was fought in the water of the Solomon Islands and eastward from New Guinea, was the first of the Pacific War's six fights between opposing aircraft carrier forces.
  • Stalingrad

    Its was a major and decisive battle of World War II in which the Nazi and its allies fought Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad .The battle took place between August 23, 1942 and February 2, 1943. It is among the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare, with the higher estimates of combined casualties amounting to nearly two million
  • D-day

    160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded -- but mo
  • Battle of the Bulge

    the German army launched a counteroffensive that was intended to cut through the Allied forces in a manner that would turn the tide of the war in Hitler's favor. The battle that ensued is known historically as The Battle of the Bulge. The courage and fortitude of the American Soldier was tested against great adversity. Nevertheless, the quality of his response ultimately meant the victory of freedom over tyranny.
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    It was fought by the United State , Marine Corps and the Japanese . was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. The American invasion had the goal of capturing the entire island, including its three airfields, to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands.This month-long battle included some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the War in the Pacific of World War II.
  • Okinawa

    Was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping.