World War II

Japanese Invasion

Apr 12, 1937

On April 12, 1937

Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact

Aug 23, 1939

Germany's Invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invade Poland

German Blitzkrieg

Sep 9, 1939

Fall of Paris

May 10, 1940

Operation Barbarossa

Jun 22, 1941

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Wannsee Conference

Jan 20, 1942

Bataan Death March

Apr 9, 1942

Battle of Midway

Jun 3, 1942

Battle of Stalingrad

Aug 23, 1942

Operation Torch

Nov 8, 1942

Allied invasion of Italy

Sep 3, 1943

D-Day (Normandy Invasion)

Jun 6, 1944

The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion by & establishment of Western Allied forces in Normandy, during Operation Overlord in 1944 during World War II ; the largest amphibious invasion to ever take place.

Battle of Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on & eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.

Battle of Okinawa

Apr 1, 1945

FDR Death-Truman becomes President

Apr 2, 1945

VE Day

May 8, 1945

Victory in Euroupe Day, generally known as VE Day, VE Day or simply was the public holiday.

VJ Day

Aug 15, 1945

Nuremberg Trials

Nov 20, 1945

Dropping of the atomic bombs

Dec 10, 1945

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1945

The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France & Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Eurpoe.