Tyler's WWII Timeline

By tmilton65

  • Japan Invades Manchuria

    Japan Invades Manchuria
    Japan invades Manchuria for resources.

  • Rape of Nanking

    Rape of Nanking
    Episode of mass murder and rape comitted by Japanese Troops.

  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland
    Germany Invades Poland. Start of WWII.

  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa
    German attacks on Russia. German enigma fell, because of harsh Russian winters.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor.

  • Doolittle Raid

    Doolittle Raid
    Air attack on Tokyo.

  • Battle of Coral Sea

    Battle of Coral Sea
    The first Air and Sea battle.

  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    The US destroyed Japan's navy.

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
    Soviet's major defense against the Germans.

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    The invasioon of the beaches of Normandy, Frnace.

  • Battle of Leyte Gulf

    Battle of Leyte Gulf
    Arial and Naval Battle.

  • The Battle of Iwo Jima

    The Battle of Iwo Jima
    Fought to gain control of the airfields on Iwo Jima.

  • Battle of Okinawa

    Battle of Okinawa
    The US wanted to capture the four airfields.

  • VE Day

    VE Day
    Victory in Europe. Berlin has fallen.

  • Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

    Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
    The Atomic bomb that devestated Hiroshima, nicknamed "Little Boy", killed 60-70,000 people 140,000 people were injured, and radiation reached over 100,000.

  • Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki

    Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki
    The Atomic bomb drooped on Nagasaki, nicknamed the "Fat Man" killed 42,000 and injured 42,000 more.

  • VJ Day

    VJ Day
    Victory over Japan. Japan surrenders.