Major Allie Offensives of WWII

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  • Battle of the Coral Sea

    Blocked Japanese drive toward Austrialia

  • Battle of Midway

  • Battle of Solomon Island

    US navy and marines attack Solomon island under Gerneral MacAuthur

  • Start Date

  • Capture of Guadolcanal

    US marines capture Guadolcanal

  • Allies defeated Afrika Korps in Tunisia

    All through July

  • Italians overtherow the government of Mussolini

  • Allied forces attack Italy

    Continues for 9 months

  • Germans rescue Mussolini

  • Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met in Tehran, Iran

    The Big 3 discuss postwar Europe, the establishment of the United Nations, and Soviet participation in the war against Japan after victory in Europe

  • Island hoping began

    Admiral NI itz began his "island hopping" through the Central Pacific

  • Solomon Island secured by Allies

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    Battle of Leyte Gulf

    Largest Naval battle ever

  • Only 3 U boats remained in the Atlantic

  • Allies capture Rome

  • Invasion of France

    D-Day

  • Soviets liberated Warsaw

  • US Marines capture countries

    All Summer
    US marines capture Sagan, Tinian, and Guam

  • Attempted Assaination

    German officers attempt to assinate Hitler. The failed attempt lead to death of suspected conspirators

  • Battle of Normandy

    Allies took back Normandy from German troops

  • Allied troops liberated Paris

  • Soviets took Romania & Bulgaria

  • Germany retreats

    Germany begins to retreat from France

  • Countries freed by Soviet Army

    Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and advance on Hungary

  • Surprise Offensive

    Hitlers orders surprise offensive in Ardennes forest in France and Belgium