WW2 Timeline Project

  • German Blitzkrieg

    German Blitzkrieg

    It was a strategy of hostile fighting outlined to strike a quick, centered blow at an adversary utilizing versatile, maneuverable strengths, counting armored tanks and discuss bolster
  • Rape of Nanking

    Rape of Nanking

    Over a period of six weeks, Imperial Japanese Army forces brutally murdered hundreds of thousands of people including both soldiers and civilians in the Chinese city of Nanjing.
  • The Fall of Paris

    The Fall of Paris

    It was the German invasion of France during WW2. France and the Low Countries were conquered, ending land operations on the Western Front until the Normandy landing.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    It was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii.
  • Wannsee Conference

    Wannsee Conference

    It was a meeting of senior government authorities of Nazi Germany and Schutzstaffel pioneers, held within the Berlin suburb of Wannsee.
  • Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March

    It was an absolute tragedy. The prisoners of war were forced to march through tropical conditions, enduring heat, humidity, and rain without adequate medical care. They suffered from starvation, having to sleep in the harsh conditions of the Philippines.
  • Warsaw Ghetto uprising

    Warsaw Ghetto uprising

    This was the largest uprising by Jews during World War II and the first significant urban revolt against German occupation in Europe. By May 16, 1943, the Germans had crushed the uprising and deported surviving ghetto residents to concentration camps and killing centers.
  • D-Day Normandy Invasion

    D-Day Normandy Invasion

    It brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest invasion force in human history. The operation, given the codename OVERLORD, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

    It was Adolf Hitler's last major offensive in World War II against the Western Front. Lasting six brutal weeks.
  • Liberation of concentration camps

    Liberation of concentration camps

    A Nazi concentration camp and extermination camp in occupied Poland where more than a million people were murdered as part of the Nazis' "Final Solution" to the Jewish question
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima

    It was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps and United States Navy landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
  • VE Day

    VE Day

    It is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
  • Potsdam Declaration

    Potsdam Declaration

    The Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender, was a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II.
  • Dropping of the atomic bombs

    Dropping of the atomic bombs

    Japan sunk several ships, destroyed hundreds of planes, and ended thousands of lives. The Japanese goal was to cripple the U.S. Pacific fleet, and they nearly succeeded. President Franklin Roosevelt called the attack “a day which will live in infamy,”
  • VJ Day

    VJ Day

    It is Victory over Japan Day. Japan surrendered and in effect marks the end of World War II, one of the deadliest and most destructive wars in history.