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world war 2 timeline

  • japanese invasion of china

    japanese invasion of china

    The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan
    ended sep. 1st 1945
  • german blitzkrieg

    german blitzkrieg

    is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower.
    ened. sep. 1st 1940
  • germany's invasion of poland

    germany's invasion of poland

    The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, or the 1939 Defensive War in Poland, and alternatively the Poland Campaign or Fall Weiss in Germany
    ended 6th of oct. 1939
  • operation barbarossa

    operation barbarossa

    After successes throughout Europe, in the Balkans, and on Crete, Hitler's attetion inevitably turned to the invasion of the Soviet Union.
  • pearl harbor

    pearl harbor

    The attack on Pearl Harbor, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, the Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters
  • wannsee conference

    wannsee conference

    was a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee
  • japanese internment

    japanese internment

    Americans in the United States was the forced relocation and incarceration during World War II of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry who lived on the Pacific coast in camps in the interior of the country.
  • battle of stalingrad

    battle of stalingrad

    The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe.
    ended fed. 2sc. 1943
  • D-Day Invasion Timeline

    D-Day Invasion Timeline

    | Last Updated: 4/6/2016
    So ended the bloody business of the day when the Allies enacted their brazen plan to take back Europe by way of entry through Northern France.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

    In one final, desperate gamble of the war, Hitler enacted his Ardennes Offensive and drove a wedge into the Allied lines towards Antwerp.
    ended 14th jan. 1945
  • battle of iwo jima

    battle of iwo jima

    The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. ended march 26th 1945
  • Battle of Okinawa

    Battle of Okinawa

    Okinawa became the site of the final Japanese stand of World War 2 - and the staging point for the planned Allied invasion of the Japanese mainland.
    ended 14th jun. 1945
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day

    Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine.
  • dropping of the atomic bomb

    dropping of the atomic bomb

    President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end.
  • V-J Day

    V-J Day

    when Japan’s formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay. Coming several months after the surrender of Nazi Germany, Japan’s capitulation in the Pacific brought six years of hostilities to a final and highly anticipated close
    ened sept. 2sc. 1945