WWII Timeline

  • Stalingrad
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    Stalingrad

    one of the most decisive battles on the eastern front of ww2
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    Invasion of Poland

    Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union attacked Poland at the same time
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    Fall of Paris

    Paris fell to Nazi Germany
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    Battle of Britain

    a major air campaign fought largely over southern England in the summer and autumn
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    Start of Operation Barbarossa

    more than 3 million German and Axis troops invaded the Soviet Union along an 1,800-mile-long front
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    attacked by japan
  • Midway

    Midway

    mostly fought in the air
  • Invasion of Italy

    Invasion of Italy

    Having driven the German and Italian troops from North Africa and Sicily
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest invasion force in human history
  • Liberation of Paris

    Liberation of Paris

    a military battle that took place
  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima

    the US invaded Iwo Jima
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    Okinawa

    the last major battle of the war
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day

    Germany surrendered its military forces to the Allies
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    US dropped nukes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Invasion of Manchuria

    Invasion of Manchuria

    Japan and the Soviet Union fought over the land of Khalkhin Gol river in Manchuria
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    VJ - Day

    end of wwII