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WORLD WAR 2 TIMELINE.

DATE & YEAR EVENTS PLACE1939 EUROPE MEDITERRANEA

N AND AFRICANASIA

September 3 - May 8, 1945

Battle of the Atlantic Atlantic Ocean

December 13 Battle of the River Plate An early victory for the British, the Battle of the River Plate ended the threat of German surface raiders in the South Atlantic

South America

1940

February 16 Altmark Incident European Theatre

May 25 - June 4

Dunkirk Evacuation (France)

European Theatre

July 3 Attack on Mers el Kebir

North Africa

July - October Battle of Britain European Theatre

September 17

Operation Sea Lion (Invasion of Britain)

Postponed (European Theatre)

November 11/12

Battle of Taranto Mediterranean

December 8 - February 9

Operation Compass North Africa

1941March 27 - 29 Battle of Cape

Mattapan Mediterranean

April 6 - 30 Battle of Greece MediterraneanMay 20 - June 1

Battle of Crete Mediterranean

May 24 Battle of the Denmark Strait

Atlantic

September 8 - January 27, 1944

Siege of Leningrad Eastern Front

October 2 - January 7, 1942

Battle of Moscow Eastern Front

December 7 Attack on Pearl Harbour

Pacific Theatre

December 8 - 23

Battle of Wake Island Pacific Theatre

December 8 - 25

Battle of Hong Kong Pacific Theatre

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December 10

Sinking of Force Z Pacific Theatre

1942

January 7 - April 9

Battle of Bataan Pacific Theatre

January 31 - February 15

Battle of Singapore Pacific Theatre

February 27 Battle of the Java Sea Pacific TheatreApril 18 Doolittle Raid Pacific TheatreMarch 31 - April 10

Indian Ocean Raid Pacific Theatre

May 4 - 8 Battle of the Coral Sea Pacific TheatreMay 5 - 6 Battle of Corregidor Pacific TheatreMay 26 - June 21

Battle of Gazelle North Africa

June 4 - 7 Battle of Midway Pacific TheatreJuly 1 - 27 First Battle of El

Alamein (Egypt)North Africa

August 7 - February 9, 1943

Battle of Guadalcanal Pacific Theatre

August 9 - 15 Operation Pedestal - Relief of Malta

Mediterranean

August 9 Battle of Savon Island Pacific TheatreAugust 19 Dieppe Raid European

Theatre

August 24/25 Battle of the Eastern Solomons

Pacific Theatre

August 25 - September 7

Battle of Milne Bay Pacific Theatre


Battle of Alam Halfa North Africa

July 17 - February 2, 1943

Battle of Stalingrad Eastern Front

October 11/12

Battle of Cape Esperance

Pacific Theatre

October 23 - November 5

Second Battle of El Alamein

North Africa

November 8 - 16

Naval Battle of Casablanca

North Africa

October 25 - 26

Battle of Santa Cruz Pacific Theatre

November 8 Operation Torch North Africa November 12 - 15

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

Pacific Theatre

November 27 Operation Lila & Scuttling of the French Fleet

Mediterranean

November 30 Battle of Tassafaronga

Pacific Theatre

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http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwari1/p/battle-of-savo-island.htm

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/WorldWarIISeaAtlantic/p/World-War-Ii-Operation-Pedestal-Relief-Of-Malta.htm

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http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwarii/p/World-War-Ii-Battle-Of-Corregidor.htm

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http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/WorldWarIISeaPacific/p/World-War-Ii-Sinking-Of-Force-Z.htm

1943

January 29 - 30

Battle of Rennell Island Pacific Theatre

February 19 - 25

Battle of Kasserine Pass North Africa

February 19 - March 15

Third Battle of Kharkov Eastern Front

March 2 - 4 Battle of the Bismarck Sea

Pacific Theatre

April 18 Operation Vengeance (Yamamoto Shot Down)

Pacific Theatre

April 19 - May 16

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Eastern Front

May 17 Operation Chastise (Dambuster Raids)

European Theatre

July 9 - August 17

Invasion of Sicily Mediterranean

July 24 - August 3

Operation Gomorrah (Firebombing Hamburg)

European Theatre

August 17 Schweinfurt-Regensburg Raid

European Theatre

September 3 - 16

Invasion of Italy European Theatre

September 26

Operation Jaywick Pacific Theatre

November 2 Battle of Empress Augusta Bay

Pacific Theatre

November 20 - 23

Battle of Tarawa Pacific Theatre

November 20 - 23

Battle of Makin Pacific Theatre

December 26 Battle of the North Cape

Atlantic Ocean

1944

January 22 - June 5

Battle of Anzio Mediterranean

January 31 - February 3

Battle of Kwajalein Pacific Theatre

February 17 - May 18

Battle of Monte Cassino

European Theatre

March 24/25 The Great Escape European Theatre

June 4 Capture of U-505 European Theatre

June 6 D-Day - Invasion of Normandy

European Theatre

June 6 - July Battle of Caen European

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http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwarii/p/greatescape.htm

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/WWIIEurope/p/World-War-Ii-Battle-Of-Monte-Cassino.htm

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http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwarii/p/jaywick.htm

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http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/aerialcampaigns/p/gomorrah.htm

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http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwarii/p/husky.htm

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/aerialcampaigns/p/dambusters.htm

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20 TheatreJune 15 - July 9

Battle of Saipan Pacific Theatre

June 19 - 20 Battle of the Philippine Sea

Pacific Theatre

July 25 - 31 Operation Cobra - Breakout from Normandy

European Theatre


Operation Dragoon - Invasion of Southern France

European Theatre

September 15 - November 27

Battle of Peleliu Pacific Theatre

September 17 - 25

Operation Market-Garden

European Theatre

October 23 - 26

Battle of Leyte Gulf

December 16 - January 25, 1945

Battle of the Bulge European Theatre

1945

February 9 HMS Venturer sinks U-864

European Theatre

February 13 - 15

Dresden Bombing European Theatre

February 16 - 26

Battle of Corregidor (1945)

Pacific Theatre

February 19 - March 26

Battle of Iwo Jima Pacific Theatre

March 7 - 8 Bridge at Remagen European Theatre

April 7 Operation Ten-Go Pacific TheatreApril 16 - 19 Battle of the Seelow

Heights European Theatre

April 16 - May 2

Battle of Berlin European Theatre

April 29 - May 8

Operations Manna & Chowhound

European Theatre

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Maximum area of Italian control in the Mediterranean theatre in summer/fall 1942. The area controlled by Italian forces is outlined in green. The area controlled by British forces is outlined in red

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