Key dates practices WW2 Flashcards
What date did the Invasion of Poland occur?
1st Sept 1939
What were the dates for the Battle of France?
May–June 1940
What was the timeframe of the Battle of Britain?
July–Oct 1940
When did Operation Barbarossa take place?
22nd June 1941
What were the dates of the Battle of Stalingrad?
23rd Aug 1942 – 2nd Feb 1943
When did the Battle of El Alamein occur?
Oct–Nov 1942
What was the timeframe for the Battle of Kursk?
July–Aug 1943
What date marks D-Day, the Normandy landings?
6th June 1944
When did the Battle of the Bulge take place?
Dec 1944 – Jan 1945
What were the dates for the Fall of Berlin?
April–May 1945
When did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
7th Dec 1941
What was the date of the Battle of the Coral Sea?
May 1942
When did the Battle of Midway occur?
4–7 June 1942
What was the timeframe of the Guadalcanal Campaign?
Aug 1942 – Feb 1943
What was significant about the Battle of Leyte Gulf?
Largest naval battle, Kamikaze tactics introduced
When did the Battle of Iwo Jima take place?
Feb–March 1945
What were the dates for the Battle of Okinawa?
April–June 1945
When was the US Lend-Lease Act enacted?
March 1941
What date marks the US Oil Embargo on Japan?
July 1941
When did the Tehran Conference occur?
Nov 1943
What date did the Hiroshima Atomic Bombing take place?
6th Aug 1945
When was the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing?
9th Aug 1945
What date did Japan surrender, marking the end of WW2?
2nd Sept 1945
