WWII Timeline

  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain
    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

    The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
    A surprise military strike by the Japanese. It was against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii
  • The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway
    A major naval battle in the Pacific theatre of WWII.
  • The Battle of Stalingrad

    The Battle of Stalingrad
    Major battle on Eastern Front of WWII. Nazi Germany lost against the USSR.
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch
    Allied invasion of French North Africa
  • Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program

    Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
    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

    The Battle of Kursk
    A major WWII war on the Eastern Front between Germany and the Soviet Union in southwest Russia.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord, Largest seaborne invasion in history.
  • The Battle of the Bulge

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

    The Battle of Iwo Jima
    The United States Marine Corps. and the United States Navy captured the island,
  • The Battle of Okinawa

    The Battle of Okinawa
    This war was fought against the Japanese Imperial Army.
  • The Death of FDR

    The Death of FDR
    He died in the Little White House.
  • The Death of Adolf Hitler

    The Death of Adolf Hitler
    Adolf Hitler died by Suicide.
  • Atomic Bombing Nagasaki

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

    Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
    A Uranium bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Killing many people