• Invasion of Poland

    Germany invades Poland, triggering WWII, and Great Britain and France join forces to fight Germany
  • Fall of France to Nazi Forces

    France being remarkably taken over by Germany
  • Rescue at Dunkirk

    Over 338,000 Britain and French troops were safely evacuated from Dunkirk, effectively saving the war
  • London Blitz

    Germany Begins a campaign to bomb England for a little over 8 months
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, out of nowhere seemingly, as if they had just been in "peace talks" with America.
  • Bataan Death March

    A march of over 80,000 surrendered Filipino and American troops from Bagac and Mariveles to San Fernando, where the prisoners were beaten and murdered as they walked
  • Doolittle's Raid

    A group of US bombers led by James Doolittle bombed the Japanese mainland
  • Battle of Midway

    Japanese Pressed forward for Hawaii but lost to the Americans on the way at the Midway islands
  • Victory at Stalingrad

    Hitler’s first surrender of the war, happened in Russia when Germany tried to advance into Russia
  • Battle of Guadalcanal

    The campaign was the first offensive victory for the Americans and had a huge morale boost
  • Italian Campaign

    An attacking campaign on Italy that made the Germans focus their troops and supplies in the Mediterranean, making the Allies jobs easier
  • D-Day

    Landing operations on a beach of Normandy to invade German lines
  • Operation Market Garden

    Attempt to flank the Germans that failed
  • Battle of Leyte Gulf

    It was the largest Naval battle in the world and destroyed the Japanese Navy, leading to their defeat
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Last major German campaign on the western front
  • Iwo Jima

    America lands on and captures the Island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese in a little over a month in a crucial win for the US
  • Battle of Okinawa

    The bloodiest battle in the Pacific, which the Japanese lost on home turf, practically ending the war
  • Victory in Europe day

    The day that The Germans surrendered and was celebrated every year from then on out
  • Bombing of Hiroshima

    The atomic bomb, "Little Boy" is dropped on Hiroshima, killing 70,000 Japanese people instantly
  • Bombing of Nagasaki

    Japan refused to surrender, leading the US to drop the
    "Fat Man" atomic bomb on Nagasaki, delivering a blast twice as big as the "Little Boy"
  • Surrender of Japan

    After a threat of a 3rd bombing, Japan surrendered.