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Massive air battles that took place over Britain.
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The German invasion of the Soviet Union begins.
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German forces, afte their invasin of the Soviet Union, would surround the city of Leningrad and starve it to death.
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U.S. bomber squadrons begin bombing Tokyo with fire bombs, later to be known as napalm, killing between 80,000-130,000 japanese civilians.
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One of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific theatre, but it was a U.S. victory.
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After an American loss in the Philippines, over 10,000 captured U.S. soldiers are forced to march to the POW camps.
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A naval battle in the defence of Australia by U.S. and British naval forces agianst the Japanese.
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A very important battle during the Pacific theatre of war that offered the U.S. to have the odds in their favor.
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It was to be the first of many major offensives agianst the Japanese by U.S. forces.
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The Battle of Stalingrad was a truning point for the war in Europe, edning with a Soviet victory and the retreat of German forces.
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U.S. invasion of North Africa.
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The invasion of Italy begins, ending with an Allied victory.
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Allied invasion of Europe on the beaches of Normandy.
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The U.S. is to re-capture the Philippines from Japanese forces.
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The last major German offesnive in the Euroean theatre.
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Another decisive American victory, gainging an island very close to the Japanese mainland.
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The war officially ends in Europe
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The war officially ends in Europe with U.S. victory.
