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Eve's WWII Timeline

  • Invasion of Poland

    Invasion of Poland
  • Operation Barbosa

    Operation Barbosa
    Was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II
  • Pearl Harbor Attack

    Pearl Harbor Attack
  • Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March
    This was the forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war which began on April 9, 1942, after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II.
  • Battle of the Coral Sea

    Battle of the Coral Sea
    This was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia.
  • Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
  • Battle of Guadalcanal

    Battle of Guadalcanal
    This was originally applying only to an operation to take the island of Tulagi, by Allied forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II.
  • Battle of El Alamein

    Battle of El Alamein
    Marked the culmination of the World War II North African campaign between the British Empire and the German-Italian army.
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch
    Was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War
  • Invasion of Sicily

    Invasion of Sicily
  • Invasion of Sicily

    Invasion of Sicily
    The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II, in which the Allies took the island of Sicily from the Axis powers.
  • D-Day at Normandy

    D-Day at Normandy
  • Battle of Leyte Gulf

    Battle of Leyte Gulf
    Formerly known as the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    This was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe.
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima
    This was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
  • Battle of Okinawa

    Battle of Okinawa
    Was a series of battles fought in the Ryukyu Islands, centered on the island of Okinawa, and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific.
  • VE Day

    VE Day
  • VJ Day

    VJ Day
    News of the surrender was announced to the world
  • Firestorm Raid of Tokyo

    Firestorm Raid of Tokyo
    This was conducted as part of the air raids on Japan by the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific campaigns of World War II.