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China falls to Japan
took place in the pacific between July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945 -
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World War Two Timeline
Timeline of battles and events in WW2 -
Blitzkrieg into Poland
Took place in Europe, Germany uses "Blitzkrieg" also known as lighting warfare to quickly invade poland. -
Battle of the Atlantic
Took place in Europe, Allied Naval Blockade of Germany from the start of the war until the end. -
German invasion of France
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Battle of Dunkirk
Took place in Europe, Important during WW2, Battle in Dunkirk, France, between Allies and Germany -
Battle of Britain
Took place in Europe, Germany attempt to invade the United Kingdom code name operation sea lion. -
Germany takes Greece
Took place in Europe -
German invasion of the Soviet Union
Took place in Europe, German troops attempt to invade the Soviet union which began on June 22nd, 1941. Code name Operation Barbarossa -
Pearl Harbor
Took place in Pacific, Massive boming in Hawaii by japanese airforce in attempt to destroy the Pearl Harbor naval base and ships. -
Battle of Philippines 1942
Took place in Pacific, Beginning on December 8th, 1941 Japanese troops invade Philippines forcing us troops to retreat to Australia. -
Battle of Bataan
Took place in pacific, forced troops to hike through many miles of jungle in which many of them died also known as the Bataan death march. -
New Guinea campaign
Took place in Pacific, between allied and Japanese over the span of 23 January 1942 – August 1945 -
Doolittle Raid
Took place in Pacific, An american Air Raid on the Japanese named after General Doolittle. -
Battle of Coral Sea
Took place in Pacific, was a major naval battle between Australia, Aliied and Japanese -
Battle of Midway Islands
Took place in Pacific, six months after Pearl Harbor, Allied Naval forces were able to destroy Japanese navy and a great victory for US -
Island Hopping
Took place in Pacific, First used in the battle of Midway, it was a technique first put in placce on June 3, 1942 to battle through one island at a time to get to Japan. -
Battle of Guadcanal
Took place in Pacific, Code name Operation Watchtower was a fought in August 1942 until February 1943 was a major offensive attack on the Empire of Japan in Guadcanal by Allied troops -
Battle of Stalingrad
Took place in Europe, Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in an attempt to take control of Stalingrad, in southern Russia. -
Battle at El Atamein
Took place in Europe Battle over Egyptian Railways which halted Germany -
Operation Torch
Took place in Europe, Operation Torch was the code name for the American and British invasion of North Africa. -
Battle of Kursk
Took place in Europe, took place after the battle in Stalingrad, was the Second attempt for Germany to fight with the Soviet Union over territory -
Battle of Sicily
Took place in Europe, codenamed Operation Husky, The Allied Troops invaded Sicily, was a major event in World War II, Allies gained Sicily from the Axis Powers. -
Battle of Salerno
Took place in Europe, The Allied invasion of Italy that took place in September 1943. -
Battle of Tarawa
Took place in Pacific, fighting between US and Japanese troops on small islands in the pacific. -
Battle of Anzio
Took place in Europe, Allies in Italy attempt to fight German and italian troops which included heavy attacks on both sides -
D-Day
Took place in Europe, In Normandy, France was an invasion of Allied troops on the beaches of Western France codenamed Operation Overlord was one of the bloodiest battles of the war and was a huge success for Allies against the Axis Powers and was the beginning of liberation for France. -
Battle of Guam
Took place in Pacific, Battle in which Allied troops took back the territory lost to Japanese previously in Guam. -
Operation Dragoon
Took place in Europe, was an allied invasion of southern france -
Battle of Philippines 1944-1945
Took place in Pacific, Battle between japanese and Allied Troops in which Allied Troops Liberated the Phillippines from Japan. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Took place in Pacific, was the largest Naval Battle in WW2 Between United States and Japan. -
Battle of Bulge
Took place in Europe, the battle of the Bulge was a major german offensive attack in Belgium, France toward the end of the war -
Battle of Bastogne
Took place in Europe, in December 1944 between American and Germany as a smaller part of the Battle of Bulge in France. -
The Yalta Conference
Took place in Europe, Meeting between Franklin. D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill as WW2 was winding down. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Took place in Pacific, Allied troops capture the Island of Iwo Jima, slowly moving closer to the heart of Japan -
Battle of Okinawa
Took place in Pacific. The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg Was a series of massive attacks on islands near Japan by Allied Forces. -
Hitler's Suicide
Took place in Europe, On April 30th 1945, Hitler and Eva Braun Commited Suicide in his bunker after his realization of the loss of Nazi Germany. -
German Surrender
Took place in Europe only a week after Hitler's Suicide. -
Potsdam conference
Took place in Europe, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill and Harry Truman all met together to discuss the terms of the end of WW2 -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Took place in Pacific, The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States was the final key for Japan's Surrender -
Japanese Surrender
Took place in Pacific, Offically the end of WW2
