Battle of iwo jima

World War Two Timeline

  • Period: to

    WWII

  • German Blitzkrieg

    German Blitzkrieg
    Fast moving Army Campaign to quickly take over and area and perserve as many lives and equipment as possible.
  • The Fall of Paris

    The Fall of Paris
    The Day German soldiers entered the capital of France many people fled the city smart for them because the people who stayed were interrogated and arrested.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    The day Japan sent bombers to a U.S. Military base in Hawaii it was a sunday early in the mornig not many people were awake until the bombs hit. The attack killed over 2,000 people and insured that the U.S. entered the war.
  • Wannsee Conferance

    Wannsee Conferance
    A meeting between senior nazi officals were they discussed The Soulution which was killing the Jews.
  • Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March
    Japan made 75,000 U.S. and Filipino troops march to a army base it was a 85 mile march they did in six days in that march they were feed 1 small bowl of rice a lot of U.S and Filipino troops died in the march.
  • Operation Gomorrah

    Operation Gomorrah
    This was a return bombing by Great Britian on Hamburg, Germany the desrruction was far greater than what Germany did to Great Britian because they had a radar jammer called the "Window"
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    A battle that took place on the Beaches of Normandy, France where the Germans were heavily fortified they fought the Germans back and gained a foot hold to start pushing the Germans back.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    A battle where the Germans were trying a counter offensive attack to push back the Allied Forces and the U.S. troops manuvered a defesive position looking like a bulge thats how it got its name and it worked but under heavy casualties
  • Liberation of Aushwitz

    Liberation of Aushwitz
    The day the Soviets liberated the concentration camp of Aushwitz
  • Operation Thunderclap

    Operation Thunderclap
    A British Bombing raid on a un-bombed German city called Dresden it was a city in which the Germans were using for troop rests and a place for war refugees.
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima
    The battle for a base of operations for near Japan so the U.S. could get close to drop bombs on Japan
  • Battle of Okinawa

    Battle of Okinawa
    a huge 82 day campaign in which the U.S was trying to take back land and the Japanese were extremly determined not to give up land they used kamikazi tactis and very aggresive.
  • VE Day

    VE Day
    The day when Europe and The U.S. celebrate victory over the German Nazi party.
  • Bombing of Hiroshima

    Bombing of Hiroshima
    The day when the bomb "Little Boy" was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan
  • Bombing of Nagasaki

    Bombing of Nagasaki
    The secound bombing on Japan to finally force Japan into submission
  • VJ Day

    VJ Day
    The day that Japan surrendered to the Allies