WWII Battles Timeline

By jao7952
  • German Invasion of Poland

    German Invasion of Poland
    This was in Poland and the 2 country’s involved were Germany and Poland. This was important because this was what started the war in Europe.
  • Battle of Crete

    Battle of Crete
    This was a attack on the Greek island of Crete and this was an airborne attack by Germany and Greek and its allies like the U.K and New Zeland helped defend against it.
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa
    This was fought in Northeastern Europe and Eastern Europe fought between Germany and the Soviet Union. This was the start for Germany wanting to conquer western Russia and putting Germans there.
  • Battle Of Moscow

    Battle Of Moscow
    German And Soviet Union troops are the main ones that fought in this battle. It happened mainly in Moscow and this was the main attempt for Germany to attack their capital and the Soviet Union defended it.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    This was fought in Hawaii between the Japanese and the U.S.A. This was important because it made America join the war against Japan and later Germany
  • Stalingrad

    Stalingrad
    It was fought in the Soviet Union between the Soviet Union and Germany And their allies. The Soviet Union won and this was a turning point in the war and it gave other Country’s hope to win and it stopped Germany from going more into Russia.
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch
    The U.S and Britain invaded France North Africa and this was the first time America and Britain joined forces and it was successful. It helped them see what they could do together.
  • Normandy (D-Day)

    Normandy (D-Day)
    This was the largest amphibian attack against Germany in all of the war. It was fought in norther France the country’s that fought were. Britain, America, Canada, and France and they attacked German forces.
  • Battle of The Bulge

    Battle of The Bulge
    This was one of the last offensive battles for Germany where they went through americas defenses and they killed a lot of Americans but they were unable to push other nations westward.
  • Battle of Berlin

    Battle of Berlin
    This was mainly fought by the German army and the Soviet Army and this was one of the last battles of the war that helped end it and it was fought in Berlin.