-
Start of the War in the Atlantic/European Theater
-
Battle of the Atlantic
It was the war's longest and most continuous military campaign. German U-boats and warships were used against Allied convoys transporting military equipment and supplies across the Atlantic to Great Britain and the Soviet Union. This was was fought for the control of the Atlantic shipping lanes. It ended in -
Battle of Britain
The first wait completely fought in the air. It was a war fought between Germany and Britain. Germany fought the Royal Air Force to gain air superiority. Ended in October of 1940. -
Pearl Harbor
-
U.S. Joins the War
-
Start of the War in the Pacific Theater
-
Bataan Death March
It was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines. During this march many were mudered as well as put under various forms of physical abuse. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
It was a major battle in the Pacific between the Imperial Japanese Navy and allied naval air forces formt he US and Australia. U.S. won this battle and it was the first battle in which air crafts engaged against eachother. It ended on May 8, 1942. -
Battle of Midway
This was the most improtant naval battle of the Pacific campaign. The US Navy defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy attack. The Japanese planned this attack in hopes to take down the US from Pacific superiority. Code breakers were used to get information from the Japanese codes as to when they were giong to attack. It ended on June 7, 1942. -
D-Day
-
Battle of the Bulge
Adolf Hitler ordered the only major German counteroffensive of the war in northwest Europe. The objective was to split the Allied armies by means of a surprise blitzkrieg through the Ardennes to Antwerp. It ended on January 25, 1945. -
V-E Day
-
Hiroshima
-
Nagasaki
-
V-J Day
