WWII Timeline

  • Italy Surrenders

    Italy Surrenders
    Italy has surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, and hostilities and was forced to surrender
  • German Defeat at Stalingrad

    German Defeat at Stalingrad
    The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. It is among the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare.
  • D-Day Invasion

    D-Day Invasion
    D-Day is the name given to the landing of 160,000 Allied troops in Normandy, France. The success of the invasion of Normandy was really the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany.
  • Battle Of The Bulge

    Battle Of The Bulge
    The Battle of the Bulge was Germany's last offensive on the Western Front. The goal for the Battle of the Bulge was to split the American and British line in half
  • Invasion of Iwo Jima

    Invasion of Iwo Jima
    The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Empire of Japan.
  • Death Of Mussolini

    Death Of Mussolini
    Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of fascism.
  • Death Of Hitler

    Death Of Hitler
    Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot on 30 April 1945. He was surrounded by the allied forces and decided to commit suicide with his wife and his dog.
  • Battle Of Berlin

    Battle Of Berlin one of the most intense battles in human history, the guns at last stopped firing amongst the ruins of Berlin.
  • VE-Day

    The date when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler.
  • Invasion Of Italy

  • Invasion Of Okinawa

    Invasion Of Okinawa
    Okinawa was the largest amphibious invasion of the Pacific campaign and the last major campaign of the Pacific War. The battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War.
  • Bombing Of Nagasaki

    Bombing Of Nagasaki
    Nagasaki suffered the same fate as Hiroshima in August 1945. The bombing of Nagasaki was the last major act of World War Two and within days the Japanese had surrendered.
  • Bombing Of Hiroshima

    Bombing Of Hiroshima
    United States Army Air Forces dropped the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima.
  • Japan Surrenders

    Japan Surrenders
    The surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945 brought the hostilities of World War II to a close.