Catara's WW2 Timeline

Germany Invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Start of World War 2

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, to prevent us from joining the war. The 2 bombing were successful, but we were able to repare.

Bataan Death March

Dec 8, 1941

When the Americans lost to Japan, they put our soldiers into camps where they would march them to death, killing the weak that couldn't make it.

Doolittle Raid

Apr 8, 1942

Americans wanted revenge on the Japanese soldiers so they bombed them.

Battle of the Coral Sea

May 4, 1942

Defensive battle using navail ships, to prevent Japan from invading Australia.

Battle of Midway

Jun 3, 1942

We break Japan's code so we found out they were trying to lure us into a trap. In turn we sank all 4 of there aircraft carriers, as we only lost 1 of 3.

Battle of Guadalcanal

Aug 7, 1942

First Offensive battle for Americans.

Battle of El Alamein

Oct 23, 1942

British gained victory for access to the Mediterranean Sea and Suez Canal.

Battle of Stalingrad

Feb 2, 1943

Germany tried to invade Stalingrad, which is the Solviet Union's prize pocession, so they weren't goign to let go of it.

Invasion Of Sicily

Jul 9, 1943

Mussolini was stripped of his power. It took America 6 months to win over Rome.

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

America invaded the Germans in Normandy.

Battle of Leyte Gulf

Oct 23, 1944

Douglas MacArthur came back for his men that were in the Death Marches. We sunk 4 more of there navail ships, so they started using there planes to crash into out ships.

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

This was the Germans last offensice battle of Europes Western Front.

Battle of Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

We wanted this island because it is 750 miles south of Tokyo, and it had a landing strip for our planes.

Firestorm Raids of Tokyo

Mar 9, 1945

There were more deaths from this, than from the Atomic Bomb we dropped.

Battle of Okinawa

Apr 1, 1945

Its was the bloodiest battle on the Pacific front, we invaded Japan.

VE Day

May 8, 1945

Formal end to the war in Europe.

Successful Atomic Bomb Testing

Jul 16, 1945

We successfully tested to atomic bomb to stop Japan from fighting in the war

Solviets Attack on Japan

Aug 8, 1945

The Solviets help us by attacking Japan from the North, as we attack from the south.

VJ Day

Sep 2, 1945

Victory in Japan