WWII Timeline

The Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

A military campaign of WWII, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Force defended the UK against Nazis.

The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

A surprise military strike by the Japanese. It was against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii

The Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

A major naval battle in the Pacific theatre of WWII.

The Battle of Stalingrad

Aug 23, 1942

Major battle on Eastern Front of WWII. Nazi Germany lost against the USSR.

Operation Torch

Nov 8, 1942

Allied invasion of French North Africa

Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program

Jun 1, 1943

A program established by the Allies in 1943 to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II.

The Battle of Kursk

Jul 5, 1943

A major WWII war on the Eastern Front between Germany and the Soviet Union in southwest Russia.

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord, Largest seaborne invasion in history.

The Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

The last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II

The Battle of Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

The United States Marine Corps. and the United States Navy captured the island,

The Battle of Okinawa

Mar 26, 1945

This war was fought against the Japanese Imperial Army.

The Death of FDR

Apr 12, 1945

He died in the Little White House.

The Death of Adolf Hitler

Apr 30, 1945

Adolf Hitler died by Suicide.

Atomic Bombing Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively.

Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

A Uranium bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Killing many people