WW2+Timeline



__** Battle of Stalingrad **__ (Min Ji)
 * August 23, 1942 – February 2, 1943
 * Fought in Southern Russia
 * Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for the control of the city of Stalingrad
 * Bloodiest battles in the history of warfare & turning point in WW2 in Europe
 * The Soviets won the battle of Stalingrad

__Bombing of Dresden__ The **Bombing of Dresden** was an attack on the city of [|Dresden], the capital of the German state of [|Saxony], that took place in the final months of the [|Second World War] in the [|European Theatre]. In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 722 [|heavy bombers] of the British [|Royal Air Force] and 527 of the [|United States Army Air Forces] dropped more than 3,900 tons of [|high-explosive] [|bombs] and [|incendiary devices] on the city.[|[][|1][[[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II#cite_note-1]|]]] The resulting [|firestorm] destroyed 40 square kilometres (15 square miles) of the city centre. Between 22,700 and 25,000 people were killed.

May 27th 1941 in North-Atlantic, the ship sank Bismarcks are the largest ships built before the start of the War Only involved in one operation, Operation Rheinubung (May 18-27 1941). This operation was to raid the supply ships that was conveying the supplies from North America to Great Britain.

-December 7, 1941 -Japan bombed major USA port, Major tactical victory for Japan -Pacific Theatre -3 of the USA’s aircraft carriers were not there that day, which proved to be a fatal mistake for Japan -This event made the USA join the war against Japan, Germany and Italy
 * The Battle of the Bulge**
 * Fought over the winter months of 1944 – 1945
 * The last major Nazi offensive against the Allies in World War Two.
 * The battle was a last ditch attempt by Hitler to split the Allies in two in their drive towards Germany and destroy their ability to supply themselves.
 * The largest battle fought by the Americans in World War Two.[[image:history12terryfox/germans.jpg width="486" height="356"]]
 * __Pearl Harbour:__** (Dillon Van Horn)


 * Battle Of Hong Kong** (andie bach)
 * Attack began on 8 December, 1941
 * Canadian, British and Indian troops defended Hong Kong but were severely outnumbered. Led by Major-General Christopher Maltby
 * Hong Kong didn’t have a strong naval defense
 * Allied troops and Hong Kong had surrendered by the afternoon of December 25

Battle of Midway - June 4-7 1942 - One of the most important naval battles of World War II - Located at the Midway Atoll - Part of Pacific Theatre, also called the Asia-Pacific War which was fought in the Pacific Ocean, its islands and East Asia - Americans won the Battle of Midway, defeating an Imperial Japanese Navy attack on Midway Atoll



Dieppe Raid Date – August 19th 1942 Theatre – Western Europe Who Won – Germany v A total of 3,623 of the 6,086 men (almost 60%) who made it ashore were killed, wounded, or captured. v The assault began at 5:00 a.m. and by 10:50 a.m. the Allied commanders were forced to call a retreat. v The raid had the added objectives of boosting morale (Which didn’t happen) v After less than 10 hours since the first landings, the last Allied troops had all been killed, evacuated, or left behind. v Objectives included seizing and holding a major port for a short period.

Second Battle of El Alamein ( Hunter Munk ) Date – 23 October to 11 November 1942 Theatre – East Africa Victorious Country – British
 * El Alamein marked turning point in the Western Desert Campaign
 * British forces were led by Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery
 * Stopped the Axis from gaining access to Persian oil fields
 * Erwin Rommel led the Axis forces
 * Showed the usefulness of British Tanks



Battle at Kursk, also named // Operation Citadel // // ~Eastern Theater // // ~Battle between Germany and // // ~Took place in July and August 1943 // // ~It was a Soviet Victory! // // ~Lead to one of the biggest armor clashes (tanks and aircrafts) in history, The Battle of Prokhorovka //.



__ D-Day: Normandy Landings __ -June 6, 1944 -Normandy, France -Was a surprise attack as Hitler thought the Allies were invading more North at Pas-de-Calais -One of the most famous and decisive victories for the Allies -Originally planned on June 5th but postponed 24 hours as weather wasn’t perfect for invasion



Battle of Iwo Jima 19 February – 26 March 1945 USA (70,000) V.S. Japan(22,060) American victory Location: Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands



Event: Hiroshima When: August 6, 1945 Theater: Pacific theater Who won: Allies
 * First ever dropping of an atomic bomb
 * Showed off America’s new weapon and their power behind it
 * Put an end to the war quickly

Miracle at Dunkirk Date: May26th-June4th 1940 Winner: Axis
 * Managed to rescue over 300,000 troops
 * Gave rise to ‘Dunkirk Spirit’
 * Lead to Churchill’s “We shall fight them on the beaches…” speech