Date Index, Long Version

|Up to 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 |

Up to 1938

April 20, 1889 - Hitler is born
November 8, 1923 - Beer Hall Putsch occurs
September 14, 1930 - Election day in Germany - Nazi party aquires 107 seats in German Reichstag
September 18, 1931 - Japan took Mukden
March 9, 1932 - Japanese transformed Manchuria into the State of Manchu
June 30, 1934 - Himmler orders the murder of Nazi opponents
August 2, 1934 - Hitler became Führer
December 5, 1934 - Italian troops in Ethiopia were attacked
May 9, 1936 - Ethiopia is captured by the Italians
July 28, 1936 - Franco is helped by Hitler to get supplies to the mainland from Morocco
September 27, 1936 - Toledo incident sets off the Spanish Civil War
November 25, 1936 - Japan signs Anti-Comintern Pact with Germany
December 12, 1937 - The gunboat Panay is sunk on the Yantze river
March 15, 1935 - German Luftwaffe is created
March 7, 1936 - Hitlers troops move into the Rhineland
July 7, 1937 - Japanese troops were attacked by Chinese near Lukouchiao on Marco Polo Bridge
March 12, 1938 - Vienna is taken
March 15, 1938 - Czechoslovakia fells into German hands
March 28, 1938 - Madrid surrendered to Franco

1939

March 15, 1939 - Britain, France, and Poland signed a pact guaranteeing each country a promise of help if attacked
April 7, 1939 - Mussolini invaded Albania
August 23, 1939 - Hitler and Stalin sign a ten year non-aggression pact
September 1, 1939 - Poland is attacked by Germany
September 3, 1939 - British declare war on Germany
September 16, 1939 - Aircraft carrier "courageous" is sunk by the Germans
September 17, 1939 - Russia invades Poland from the east side
September 27, 1939 - People in Warsaw, Poland surrender
September 29, 1939 - Stalin Forced Estonia into signing a treaty allowing them to intall military operations throughout the country.
October 5, 1939 - Latvia was taken over by Russia
October 10, 1939 - Lithuania was taken over by Russia
October 14, 1939 - Royal Oak is sunk by the Germans
November 28, 1939 - Russia attacked Finland
December 17, 1939 - The Graf Spee is sunk by the British
December 20, 1939 - Kapitan Langsdorff kills himself wrapped in a German flag

1940

March 12, 1940 - Finland went to start a peace agreement
April 9, 1940 - Germans cut Denmark's communications.
April 9, 1940 - Germans sent a fake Message to Dr. Koht(the foreign minister at Norway) not to fire on the Germans.
June 8, 1940 - British evacuated Narvik
May 10, 1940 - Luxenburg Surrendered
May 10, 1940 - German soldiers marched into Belgium
May 10, 1940 - Germany attacks Holland
May 15, 1940 - Battle of Holland is over
May 28, 1940 - Belgium Surrendered
August 4, 1940 - British & French somaliland attacked by the Italians
August 11, 1940 - Tug Argan is attacked
August 15, 1940 - Germany launced an attack on Britain's communications.
August 20, 1940 - Mussolini ordered a complete blockade of Affrica and the Mediterranean from the British
September 14, 1940 - Italy moved through the Egyptian border.
September 27, 1940 - Germany's boming raids on London begin.
October 14, 1940 - Romania surrendered to Italy
October 28, 1940 - Greece is attacked by Italy
November 11, 1940 - British attacked Taranto Bay
November 21, 1940 - Kovitza is taken by Greece
November 24, 1940 - Slovakia was brought into the Axis

1941

January 5, 1941 - Libia and Bardia fall to the British
February 9, 1941 - British attack Genoa
March 27, 1941 - Bismarck is sank by the British
April 3, 1941 - Germany helped Italy with reinforcements in Africa
April 6, 1941 - Germany attacks Greece
April 11, 1941 - British withdrew from Libia
April 17, 1941 - Yugoslavia Surrenders to Germany
April 23, 1941 - King George and his government escape to Crete
May 10, 1941 - The bombing on London stops.
May 16, 1941 - Ethiopia is liberated by the British
May 20, 1941 - German troops invaded Greece
June 22, 1941 - Hitler's forces stormed into Russia
July 2, 1941 - Germany had taken over 150,000 prisoners by this time.
July 10, 1941 - Solensk was taken by the Germans
November 1, 1941 - Seige at Leningrad began
December 6, 1941 - Russia counterattacked Germany
December 7, 1941 - Pearl Harbor is attacked
December 8, 1941 - Midway, Wake Island, Guam, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines are invaded - U.S. declares war on Japan
December 8, 1941 - Vice Admiral Sir Tom Phillips leads the Prince of Wales and Repulse to Malaya to destroy transports
December 23, 1941 - Japan took Wake Island
December 24, 1941 - Japanese stormed the beaches of Luching
December 27, 1941 - Japanese made raids on Manilla

1942

January 2, 1942 - Japanese troops entered Manilla
January 15, 1942 - Japanese penetrated through the forests of the Isthmus of Kra
January 23, 1942 - Japanese struck Java
February 14, 1942 - Japanese captured water supply from the British in Singapore
February 15, 1942 - Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Erest Percival surrendered
February 22, 1942 - President Roosevelt orders MacArthur to leave Luzon
February 27, 1942 - The sea battle started at Java
February 30, 1942 - The sea battle with Java ended with the whole Allies fleet whiped out
March 6, 1942 -The British blew up the items that would be valuable to the Japanese in Burma
April 9, 1942 - MacArthur's remaining troops surrendered at Bataan
April 10, 1942 - The series of "death" marches for thousands of soldiers begin
May 6, 1942 - Corregidor fell and caused the U.S. to lose all of the Philippines
May 7, 1942 - The air battle between the American Air Force and the Japanese resumed at Coral Sea
May 27, 1942 - Czech patriots tried to assassinate Heydrich
June 3, 1942 - Japanese attacked Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians
June 4, 1942 - The attack against the Japanese at Midway took place
July 3, 1942 - Sevastapol surrendered to the Germans
July 4, 1942 - Americans spotted the Japanese making an airfield, which posed for an attack on Guadalcanal
July 7, 1942 - Germans reached Voronezh
July 27, 1942 - Voronezh Fell to the Germans
August 7, 1942 - The Americans attack Florida, Tulagi, Gadata, and Guadalcanal
August 22, 1942 - Battle of Stalingrad Began
October 23, 1942 - Montgomery counterattacked in the Battle of El Alamein
November 4, 1942 - The Axis retreated from El Alamein
November 8, 1942 - Operation Torch was underway (The American invasion of North Africa)
November 30, 1942 - Last major sea battle of Guadalcanal is fought

1943

January 19, 1943 - Americans take Buna and Sanananda
January 20, 1943 - Eisenhower is given control over French, American, and British forces
January 23, 1943 - Montgomery's army took Tripoli
March 1, 1943 - Battle of the Bismarck Sea begins
March 15, 1943 - Russia evacuated Kharkov
April 17, 1943 - Yamamoto dies in a plane crash
May 7, 1943 - Anderson's army broke through into Tunis
May 11, 1943 - Americans invade Attu
June 2, 1943 - Attu is taken by the Americans
June 11, 1943 - Allies take Pantelleria
July 12, 1943 - Battle of Kulu Gulf is fought
July 25, 1943 - Mussolini was arrested by Victor Emmanuel III
August 4, 1943 - Orel was taken by the Russians
August 6, 1943 - Battle of Vella Gulf is fought
August 15, 1943 - The Americans invade Kiska
August 17, 1943 - Battle for Sicily is over
September 3, 1943 - Badoglio signed the Italian unconditional surrender
September 3, 1943 - General Montgomery led his British forces into Reggio di Calabria
September 9, 1943 - Battleship Roma was sunk by the Germans
September 9, 1943 - The Americans attempted to invade Naples under Operation Avalanche
September 14, 1943 - American and Australian forces take Salamaua
October 1, 1943 - General Clark's Fifth Army went into Naples
October 2, 1943 - Australian forces take Finschhafen
October 13, 1943 - Badoglio's Italy declared war on Germany
November 20, 1943 - Makin is invaded in taken by America
November 21, 1943 - Tarawa is invaded
December 25, 1943 - Scharnhorst is sank by the British

1944

February 12, 1944 - Americans take Rooke Island
February 15, 1944 - Allies bomb Monte Cassino
February 16, 1944 - Caroline Islands were invaded by the U.S.
March 24, 1944 - General Orde C. Wingate's plane crash and he was killed
July 20, 1944 - A plot was set to kill Hitler, but it didn't work
July 17, 1944 - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was seriously injured trying to get back to his troops
July 26, 1944 - Bradly took St. Lo-Perier's Road
May 11, 1944 - U.S. Fifth Army and the British Eighth Army crossed Ganigliano and Rapido Rivers
May 23, 1944 - Allies broke through the German line to advance to Liri Valley
June 4, 1944 - Rome is evacuated by the Germans
June 6, 1944 - Allies attack Normandy beach; also called D-Day
June 17, 1944 - Fifth Army reached Leghorn, which is heavily damaged by the Germans
June 19, 1944 - The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot Occurs(Plane Battle)
June 22, 1944 - Allies tok Cherbourg
July 20, 1944 - Americans invaded Guam
July 23, 1944 - Island of Taipan is conquered by the Americans
August 3, 1944 - Myitkyina airport was captured
August 4, 1944 - British reached Florence
August 7, 1944 - Americans took St. Milo
August 15, 1944 - Operation Dragoon is underway
August 22, 1944 - Canadians trapped Germans at Le Harre, Rouen, and Dieppe
August 25, 1944 - Ten thousands Germans surrendered in Paris
August 27, 1944 - Patton's Third Army reached Marne
August 31, 1944 - Americans took Laon and Sedan
August 31, 1944 - Montgomery's second army entered Amiens
September 1, 1944 - Canadians took Dieppe
September 5, 1944 - Allies had moved 2 million troops inside France by this time
September 7, 1944 - Allies moved on Grenoble and took Bisancon
September 8, 1944 - Canadians took Ostend
September 30, 1944 - Canadians took Calais
September 18, 1944 - U.S. Ninth Army took Brest along with 36,000 prisoners
September 18, 1944 - Canadians took Bologne
October 21, 1944 - Americans invaded Leyte Island
November 12, 1944 - Tirpitz is sank
December 15, 1944 - American troops landed on Mindao
December 16, 1944 - Battle of the Bulge begins
December 29, 1944 - Americans air lifted supplies to Bastogne

1945

January 7, 1945 - Ledo road was completed
January 9, 1945 - Americans stormed ashore Lingayen with 68,000 troops
January 16, 1945 - Americans controlled the front lines before the Battle of the Bulge
January 23, 1945 - Americans regained Saint Vith- The end of the Battle of the Bulge
January 30, 1945 - Amerians freed Cabanatuan Prisoners
February 1, 1945 - All planes in the Pacific were assigned to Iwo Jima for bombing
February 8, 1945 - Operation Veritable was launched near Nijmegan
February 19, 1945 - 30,000 Marines reinforced Iwo Jima
February 22, 1945 - Corregidor was won back from the Japanese
February 23, 1945 - Los Baños was liberated and it's prisoners set free
February 23, 1945 - A flag bearing patrol shoved a flag into Suribachi Mountain.
March 7, 1945 - Operation Lumberjack captured the town of Cologne
March 7, 1945 - U.S. 9th Armored division reached Remagen
March 10, 1945 - Mindanao is invaded by the Americans
March 15, 1945 - Iwo Jima was officially taken over
March 17, 1945 - Ludendorff bridge collapsed due to extensive bomb damage
March 24, 1945 - U.S. 9th Army struck at Ruhr
March 25, 1945 - Allies armies were across the Ludendorff bridge and ready to strike
March 29, 1945 - Mannheim was captured by the U.S. Seventh Army
April 1, 1945 - U.S. 9th Army took Lippstadt
April 1, 1945 - Americans stormed the beaches of Okinawa
April 4, 1945 - Ninth and First Army take Kassel
April 8, 1945 - Bremin is taken by the British Second Army
April 9, 1945 - Karlsruhe taken by French first army
April 10, 1945 - Hanover is taken by the Allies
April 12, 1945 - Fifth Army launched an offensive in the Appennines
April 12, 1945 - Roosevelt died at Pine Mountain in Warm Springs, Georgia
April 15, 1945 - First Army took Halle and Leipzing
April 18, 1945 - Canadian First Army takes Ijsselmeer
April 19, 1945 - American divisions pushed into Okinawa
April 20, 1945 - Nuremburg was taken by the U.S. Seventh Army
April 20, 1945 - Hitler celebrated his birthday
April 21, 1945 - Field Marshal Model kills himself - He could not handle not following Hitler's orders
April 21, 1945 - Stuttgart is taken by the Allies
April 22, 1945 - Hitler called his last conference of the war
April 25, 1945 - Berlin was split in two as Russians advanced into the heart of the city
April 25, 1945 - Mussolini & his mistress escaped to Switzerland
April 28, 1945 - Mussolini and his mistress are captured and killed by Lieutenant Colonel Valerio.
April 29, 1945 - Hitler dictated his last will and testament
April 29, 1945 - Hitler marries his love of 12 years
April 29, 1945 - U.S. Fifth Army took Milan in the Po Valley
April 30, 1945 - Munich was taken by the U.S. Seventh Army
April 30, 1945 - Friedrichshafen is taken by the Allies
May 1, 1945 - It was announced that Hitler was dead
May 1, 1945 - Germans surrendered in Italy
May 2, 1945 - Lubeck is taken by the Allies
May 2, 1945 - Berlin Surrendered
May 2, 1945 - Negotiations are started for Germany's surrender
May 7, 1945 - Germans signed unconditional surrender in Reims
May 21, 1945 - Americans captured Sugar Loaf and Conica Hills on Okinawa
May 30, 1945 - Marines captured Shuri
June 4, 1945 - General Buckner's request for surrender on Okinawa was ignored
June 18, 1945 - General Buckner was killed on Okinawa
June 22, 1945 - Lieutenant General Mitsuri Ushijima, Japanese Okinawa leader, commited suicide
July 5, 1945 - Mindanao was reconquered from the Japanese
August 6, 1945 - The atom bomb "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima
August 9, 1945 - The atom bomb "Fat Man" is dropped on Nagasaki
August 14, 1945 - Surrender of Japan is announced
September 2, 1945 - Japanese sign the formal surrender document