WWII Timeline

By Samanthalmccleery

  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain
    This was the second world war air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and sutumn of 1940.

  • The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
    This was a surprise attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base. This is important because this attack led United States into World War II.

  • The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway
    This battle was only 6 months after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The United States Navy defeated an attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Damaging the Japanese fleet. This was Japan's first naval defeat since the Battle of Shimonoseki Straits in 1863

  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch
    Also called Operation Gymnast. Soviet Union had pressed the United States and United Kingdom to start operations in Europe and open a second front to reduce the pressure of German forces on teh Soviet troops.

  • Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program

    Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
    Help protect cultural property in war areas during and after WWII. Was to protect works of art and items of cultural importance that had been stolen by the Nazis or hidden for safekeeping.

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    When America went to defeat Hitler. More than 9,000 Allied solders were killed or wounded.

  • The Battle of the Bulge

    The Battle of the Bulge
    its was a Surprise attack. Was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the western front.

  • The Battle of Iwo Jima

    The Battle of Iwo Jima
    Battle of Iwo Jima also called Operation Detachment. This was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. This was a five week battle, and was one of the bloodiest fighting of the war in the pacific of world war II.

  • The Battle of Okinawa

    The Battle of Okinawa
    This battle was also called Operation Iceberg. This battle was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World war II. Around 42,000-150,000 civilians were killed or committed suicide.

  • The Death of FDR

    The Death of FDR
    FDR died from a massive cerebral hemorrhage giving him a shot of adrenaline into the heart in a vain attempt to revive him.

  • The Death of Adolf Hitler

    The Death of Adolf Hitler
    Hitler committed suicide by a gun with his wife.

  • Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

    Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
    This happened in Japan by the United States during the final stages of WWII. The two bombings were the first and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in wartime.

  • Atomic Bombing Nagasaki

    Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
    America bombed Japan because they refused to surrender.