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The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign or the 1939 Defensive War in Poland, was the invasion of Poland by the Nazis. Started WWII.
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Codename for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. Ended January 7, 1942.
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Was a prolonged military blockade undertaken mainly by the German Army against Leningrad.
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The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the US Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
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First major battle of the Western Battle Campaign fought on the northern coast of Egypt between Axis forces of the Panzer Army Africa and Allied forces. Ended July 27, 1942.
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Major Battle on the Eastern Front of WWII. Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad. Ended February 2, 1943.
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The British-American Invasion of French North Africa. Ended November 10, 1942.
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Allies took the island of Sicily from the Axis powers. Ended on August 17th.
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Important battle of the Italian Campaign against the German forces at Anzio and Nettuno. Ended June 5, 1944.
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Rome, the capital of Italy, falls to the Allied powers.
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The D-Day at Normandy was the Allied invasion of Normandy codenamed Operation Overlord. Included over 5,000 ships, 11,000 airplanes, and over 150,000 men. Nearly 10,000 casualties.
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Major German offensive campaign through the Ardennes. Ended January 25, 1945.
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US President FDR dies of a cerebral hemmorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia.
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Benito Mussolini is executed by a firing squad days before Germany surrenders.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin, Germany by taking cyanide. Germany surrenders the day after.
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Germany signs an unconditional surrender to the Allied Powers.
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The US drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing 75,000 people instantly and injuring more than 100,000.
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The US drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki killing 80,000 people.
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Declared by President Truman, when the news of the surrender was declared to the world. A formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri.
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Victory in Europe Day marked the formal acceptance by the Allies of WWII of Germany's unconditional surrender.
