World War II Chronology of Events timeline | Timetoast Timelines

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Oct 6, 1939

Invasion of Poland
May 10, 1940

Invasion of France by Germany
Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940

Battle of Britain
Period: Jun 22, 1941 to Jan 31, 1943

Operation Barbarossa
Dec 7, 1941

Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Period: Jun 4, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942

Battle of Midway
Period: Jul 1, 1942 to Jul 27, 1942

Battle of El Alamein (1st)
Period: Aug 7, 1942 to Feb 9, 1943

Battle of Guadalcancal
Period: Aug 23, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943

Battle of Stalingrad
Period: Oct 23, 1942 to Nov 4, 1942

Battle of El Alamein (2nd)
Sep 3, 1943

Invasion of Italy
Jan 6, 1944

D-Day Invasion
Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge
Period: Feb 13, 1945 to Feb 15, 1945

Firebombing of Dresden
Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945

Battle of Iwo Jima
Period: Apr 1, 1945 to Jun 22, 1945

Battle of Okinawa
May 8, 1945

VE Day
Aug 1, 1945

Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagaski
Aug 6, 1945

Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Aug 15, 1945

VJ Day
Period: Nov 20, 1945 to Oct 1, 1946

Nuremburg Trials