WWII Timeline

By Kayla V
  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain
    It 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 against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force
  • The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
    It was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States between the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii
  • The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway
    It was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War, it happened six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea.
  • The Battle of Stalingrad

    The Battle of Stalingrad
    Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch
    It was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during WWII.
  • Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program

    Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
    It was created in order to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II
  • The Battle of Kursk

    The Battle of Kursk
    It was an engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union
  • D-Day (June 6th, 1944)

    D-Day (June 6th, 1944)
    The Normandy landings were the landing operations that associated with the airborne operations. Also it was an Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.
  • The Battle of the Bulge

    The Battle of the Bulge
    It was a major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II
  • The Battle of Iwo Jima

    The Battle of Iwo Jima
    It was a major battle with United States Marine Corps and Navy landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
  • The Battle of Okinawa

    The Battle of Okinawa
    It was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.
  • The Death of FDR

    The Death of FDR
    Roosevelt passes away after four momentous terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge
  • The Death of Adolf Hitler

    The Death of Adolf Hitler
    He was an Austrian-born German politician who was the Nazi dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945
  • Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

    Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
    The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Atomic Bombing Nagasaki

    Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
    The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki