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Poland Invasion
Hitler first used the battle technique called Blitzkrieg. Hitler and the USSR both invaded poland. Germany invaded first with planes bombing the front line of Poland and then the tanks would come in through the weak spots in the front line and the infintry came in last. -
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest battle of World War II. It began immediately upon the British declaration of war against Germany in September 1939 and ended with Germany's surrender to the Allies in May 1945. -
Britain Battle
the Germans begin the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain -
the end of the Britain battle
the end of the Britain battle -
Leningrad
military operation undertaken by the German Army Group North against Leningrad. -
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Midway Island Battle
as one of the most important naval battles of World War . Between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States Navy (USN), under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance decisively defeated an attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy -
The end of the Midway Battle
it ended. -
El Alamein (First Battle)
Rommel plans to ‘bounce’ British 8th Army with speed. -
El Alamein (First Battle) Ends
El Alamein (First Battle) Ends -
Guadalcanal Campaign
codenamed Operation Watchtower by Allied forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theatre of World War II. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. -
Stalingrad battle
Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in the southwestern Soviet Union -
El Alamein (Second Battle)
Took place near the Egyptian coastal city of El Alamein. With the Allies victorious, it marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. It followed the First Battle of El Alamein, which had stalled the Axis advance into Egypt. -
Second Battle of El Alamein Ends
Second Battle of El Alamein Ends -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the name given to the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November 1942. Operation Torch was the first time the British and Americans had jointly worked on an invasion plan together. -
The end of Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the name given to the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November 1942. Operation Torch was the first time the British and Americans had jointly worked on an invasion plan together. -
the end of Stalingrad
the last German troops in the Soviet city of Stalingrad surrender to the Red Army. -
The end of Guadalcanal Campaign
In December 1942, the Japanese abandoned further efforts to retake Guadalcanal and evacuated their remaining forces by 7 February 1943 in the face of an offensive by the US Army's XIV Corps, conceding the island to the Allies. -
The Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk was a World War II engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union in July and August 1943. -
The end of The Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk was a World War II engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union in July and August 1943. -
the end of the Leningrad seige
Soviet forces permanently break the Leningrad siege line, ending the almost 900-day German-enforced containment of the city, which cost hundreds of thousands of Russian lives. -
D-Day
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Leyte Gulf Battle
generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history. -
The end of the Leyte Gulf Battle
After four days of furious fighting, the World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest air-naval battle in history, ends with a decisive American victory over the Japanese. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe -
Demobilization Begins
Demobilization of the American army begins. -
The end of the Battle of the Bulge
The end. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
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FDR dies
President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia. -
the Battle of Berlin
the Red Army began the Vistula–Oder Offensive across the Narew River; and, from Warsaw, a three-day operation on a broad front, which incorporated four army Fronts. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin. -
The end of the Berlin war
On May 2, 1945, the Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin and the Allies announced the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria -
V-E Day Germany surrendered
The Germans Surendered. -
The End of the Atlantic Battle
Germany surrendered to the Allies in May 1945. -
Hiroshima
The first Atomic Bomb was dropped in Hiroshima. -
Nagasaki
A second atomic bomb is dropped in Nagasaki. -
V-J Day Japan surrendered
Japan officially surrendered to the United States, which brought an end to World War II
