Major Battles and Turning Points of World War II

By blackwidow2002

  • America Begins Battle with Japan

  • Japan Attacks Midway

    American planes sank all four Japanese aircraft carriers - this was a major turning point in the war over on the Pacific.

  • Battle of the Kasserine Pass

  • Battle of Stalingrad

  • Battle of Sicily

  • Battle of Leningrad

  • D-Day

    D-Day was the largest single invasion in history. It was the beginning of the end for Germany.

  • 1,000,000 Allied Soldiers in France

  • Paris Free from German Control

  • The Battle of Leyte Gulf

    The last large naval battle of the Pacific (we won). The U.S. then controlled the seas.

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Last German attack before they surrendered. YAY!!!

  • Attack on Iwo Jima

    The first attack on the Japanese homeland.

  • American and British Troops From the West Cross the Rhine (or Rhino) River into Germany

  • President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Died

  • Soviet Troops From East Approach Berlin

  • Adolf Hitler Killed Himself

    DUN DUN DUUUUUUN

  • Germans Surrender

    OMG FINALLY YAYYY WORLD WAR II IS FINALLY OVER STUPID GERMANS WHY DID YOU MAKE US GO THROUGH THIS

  • V-E DAY (or my half bday)

  • Attack on Okinawa

  • The U.S. Dropped the Very First ATOMIC BOMB on Hiroshima

    The Soviet Union also declared war on Japan that very same day.

  • The U.S. Dropped the Second Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki

  • Japan Surrenders (V-J Day - Victory in Japan Day)

  • World War II Ends

    YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!