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World War II Timeline

  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of WWII, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom.
  • The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
    The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise to the United States by Japan. The attack damaged and sunk twenty-one U.S. warships. The attack was a little over an hour, killing 2,403 American soldiers. This damaged and sunk twenty U.S. warships.
  • The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway was a naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II taking place on June 1942.
  • Operation Torch

    Allied Forces invaded French North Africa to gain access to the Mediterranean Sea. Their victory led to the extermination of Axis Power forces in North Africa.
  • The Battle of Kursk

    It was a battle between the gurmen nazi party and soviet Russia. It took place in the summer of 1943 near Kursk in southwestern Russia. It is known to be the largest battle in the history of warfare.
  • Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program

    This was a program confirmed by the Allies in 1943. This program helped guard religious property during and after WWII.
  • The Battle of Stalingrad

    The Battle of Stalingrad (17 July 1942 – 2 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of WWII.
  • D-Day

    Also known by its codename, Operation Overlord, it's marked as the largest invasion by water in history. This victory by the Allied Forces began the freeing of Western Europe from Nazi rule.
  • The Battle of the Bulge

    While ultimately unsuccessful, this was the last offensive, German-led mission of WWII.
  • The Battle of Iwo Jima

    The Battle of Iwo Jima was a battle when the United States Marine Corps and the United States Navy landed and soon captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Army in WWII.
  • The Death of FDR

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as the 32nd President of the United States. He was the first, and last, President to be re-elected more than 3 times. After a lifelong history of poor health, he suffered a stroke at the age of 63 and passed away.
  • The Death of Adolf Hitler

    As Soviet forces searched for him, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker under the streets of Berlin.
  • Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

    By the end of 1945, the Atomic Bombing killed 140,000 Hiroshima people, along with 74,000 in Nagasaki. As the years passed many of the survivors developed leukemia, cancer, and other side effects from the radiation.
  • Battle of Okinawa

    The Battle of Okinawa, also now as Operation Iceberg. This was a battle of the Pacific War on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.