1.2 Timetoast timeline.

Period: Sep 8, 1941 to Jan 27, 1942

Siege of Leningrad

This 900-day-long siege counts as the most tragic period of the city’s history, where an estimated 700,000 people in a population of about 2.5 million died.
Period: Jun 4, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942

Battle of Midway

The battle instigated by Japan intended to defeat the US Pacific Fleet, and capture Midway to use as a base to attack Pearl Harbor.
Period: Jul 17, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943

Battle of Stalingrad

The turning point of World War II in Europe.
Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge

This was the single bloodiest and biggest battle Americans had fought, as almost 80,000 troops were either killed, maimed, or captured.
Period: Apr 1, 1945 to Jun 22, 1945

Battle of Okinawa

The largest sea-land-and-air battle in history, also the last major battle of the Pacific Campaign in the war.
Period: Apr 16, 1945 to May 2, 1945

Battle of Berlin

Soviet leader Josef Stalin unleashed 6300 tanks, 8500 aircraft, and 20 armies to capture Berlin and crush the German resistance.

Siege of Leningrad