WWII Timeline

  • The Invasion of Poland

    Nazi Germany invades Poland and starts wwII.
  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain
    This was an air battle between the British Royal Air Force and the Germans. The royal air force fought off the Germans defending Great Britain.
  • The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
    The bombing of Pearl Harbor was when Japan thought they were going to stop the U.S. Military and bombed our navy fleet when it was sitting at Pearl Harbor.
  • The Battle of Stalingrad

    The Battle of Stalingrad
    This was the bloodiest war in history, and it involved urban combat in the city of Stalingrad.
  • The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway
    This battle was a fight between the U.S. Navy and Japan and it was between the U.S. base and Japan this was a major battle.
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch
    This was the Allied invasion of French Africa code-named Operation Torch.
  • The Battle of Kursk

    The Battle of Kursk
    This was a battle on the eastern front fought between Nazi Germany and the Soviets near kursk.
  • Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program

    This was a program established by the Allies to help protect cultural property.
  • D-Day (June 6th, 1944)

    D-Day (June 6th, 1944)
    The allied invasion of normandy france.
  • The Battle of the Bulge

    The Battle of the Bulge
    This was the last major German offensive Battle on the western front by Germany as a last ditch effort.
  • The Battle of Iwo Jima

    The Battle of Iwo Jima
    This was a battle between the U.S and Japan over an island called Iwo Jima ending in the U.S. capturing it.
  • The Battle of Okinawa

    The Battle of Okinawa
    This was a battle between the U.S. and Japan on the island of Okinawa, and it was an 82-day battle.
  • The Death of FDR

    President Franklin D. Rosevelt Died.
  • The Death of Adolf Hitler

    Adolf hitler died by suicide in the final days of the war.
  • Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

    The united states dropped the first atomic bomb.
  • Atomic Bombing Nagasaki

    To force Japan into surrender the United States bombed the Japanese with the fat man and the little boy.