CWI

Ms. Coble

WWII-Poland to Nagasaki
Event/Battle
German Invasion of Poland 1939

What Happened

Significance

Russian Invades Finland/Winter War 1939

Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1945

German Invasion of Norway 1940

German Invasion of France/Plan Yellow 1940

Event/Battle
The Miracle of Dunkirk/ Operation Dynamo 1940

What Happened

Significance

Battle of Britain 1940

Lend-Lease Act 1941

German Invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia 1941

German Invasion of Russia/Operati on Barbarossa 1941

Event/Battle
Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor 1941

What Happened

Significance

Battle of Midway 1942

Battle of Stalingrad 1942

Battle of El Alamein 1942

Allied Invasion of North Africa/Operatio n Torch 1942

Event/Battle
Casablanca Conference 1943

What Happened

Significance

Battle of Kursk 1943

Allied Invasion of Italy 1943

Tehran Conference 1943

Operation Overlord/D-Day 1944

Event/Battle

What Happened

Significance

Intelligence Wars 1939-1945

Battle of Leyte Gulf 1944

Battle of the Bulge 1944

Yalta Conference 1945

American Invasion of Iwo Jima 1945

Event/Battle
American Invasion of Okinawa 1945

What Happened

Significance

FDR Dies 1945

Battle of Berlin & V-E Day 1945

Potsdam Conference 1945

Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki 1945