WW2 timeline

  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain
    The Germans began by attacking coastal targets and British shipping operating in the English Channel.
  • The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor crippled or destroyed nearly 20 American ships and more than 300 airplanes. Dry docks and airfields were likewise destroyed. Most important, 2,403 sailors, soldiers and civilians were killed and about 1,000 people were wounded.
  • The battle of Stalingrad

    The battle of Stalingrad
    The Soviet Union inflicted a catastrophic defeat on the German Army
  • The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway
    its successful defense of the major base located at Midway Island dashed Japan's hopes of neutralizing the United States as a naval power and effectively turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific.
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch
    an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. While the French colonies were formally aligned with Germany via Vichy France, the loyalties of the population were mixed. Reports indicated that they might support the Allies.
  • Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program

    Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
    Allied armies was established in 1943 to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II
  • The Battle of Kursk

    The Battle of Kursk
    The Battle of Kursk was a Second World War engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.
  • The Battle of the Bulge

    The Battle of the Bulge
    Ardennes Offensive, was a major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II
  • The Battle of Iwo Jima

    The Battle of Iwo Jima
    America invaded the island. some of the bloodiest fighting in ww2. All but 200 of 21,000.
  • The Battle of Okinawa

    The Battle of Okinawa
    Taking Okinawa would provide Allied forces an airbase from which bombers could strike Japan and an advanced anchorage for Allied fleets
  • The Death of FDR

    The Death of FDR
    His physical health began declining during the later war years
  • The Death of Adolf Hitler

    The Death of Adolf Hitler
    committed suicide by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin.
  • Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

    Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
    detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Atomic Bombing Nagasaki

    Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
    detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki