WWII TIMELINE

  • Higgins boats

    Higgins boats

    used bu U.S army to transport troops to the beaches in france when fighting Nazi Germany.
  • North Africa Campaign

    North Africa Campaign

    axis and allied forces pushed each other back and forth across desert.
  • battle of Midway

    battle of Midway

    battle when U.S sunk four of japans are craft carriers in the pacific ocean by surprise
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

    Nazi germany fought its allies Soviet Union for control of the city of stalingrad
  • Battle of the Atlantic American

    Battle of the Atlantic American

    german U-boats sunk american ships in the atlantic ocean.
  • Island Hopping

    Island Hopping

    strategy used against japans in the pacific ocean to throw them off balance
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Allied troops landed along a beach to fight Nazi germany on the beaches of Normandy, France.
  • Battle of Leyte Gulf

    Battle of Leyte Gulf

    first use of kamikaze pilots against U.S troops invaded as a strategy aimed to isolate japan from cuntries it occupied with in south east asia.
  • Battle of Bulge

    Battle of Bulge

    major German offensive launched through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium
  • battle of Iwo Jima

    battle of Iwo Jima

    a major battle in which U.S fought for the islands of Iwo jima from the japanese empire.
  • battle of Okinawa

    battle of Okinawa

    largest amphibious assult in the pacific war of ww2. lasted 82 days long between japenese and u.S
  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    the affects killed 90,000-160,000 people within the first four months of the bomb being dropped.