History Timeline

  • Invasion of Poland

    Invasion of Poland
  • Operation Barbbarossa

    Operation Barbbarossa
    Code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union.
  • Siege of Leningrad

    Siege of Leningrad
    Leningrad Blockade was a prolonged military blockade undertaken mainly by the German Army Group.
  • Pearl Harbor Attack

    Pearl Harbor Attack
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch
    British-American invasion of French North Africa
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
    Major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia
  • Fall of Rome

  • Invasion of Anzio

    Invasion of Anzio
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe.
  • VE Day

    VE Day
    Victory in Europe Day
  • VJ Day

    VJ Day
    On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri.
  • D-Day at Normandy

    D-Day at Normandy
    Codename: Operation Overlord
  • Battle of El Alamein

    Battle of El Alamein
  • Invasion of Sicily

    Invasion of Sicily
    codenamed Operation Husky