WW2 Dates Flashcards
When was the Blitzkrieg?
1939-40
When was Blitzkrieg first used
September 1939
When did Germany invade Denmark and Norway
1940
When did Germany attack France
1940s
When did Germany defeat France and Belgium, invade Holland(Netherlands) and have the British on the run?
Late May 1940
When did the French surrender?
early June 1940
When did the Holocaust happen
1933-1945
When was the Battle of the Atlantic
1939-1945
When did the Battle of Britain happen
1940
When did Operation Barbarossa happen
1941
When did Germany try to take Stalingrad
1942
When did WW2 start
September 1 1939
When was the Pearl Harbor Attack?
December 7th 1941
When did the Raid on Dieppe happen
August 1942
When was the Battle of Ortona?
December 1943
When D-Day happen
June 6 1944
When did the war in the Pacific start?
December of 1941
When did the Japanese spread their empire as far south as New Guinea
Middle of 1942
When was the major turning point in the Pacific War?
June 1942
When did the USA assassinate the Japanese General Yamamoto?
1943
When did the USA reconquer the Philippines
1945
How long did Hiroo Onada remain in the Philippine jungle?
1974
When did the US invade Japan
1945
When did the US use the atomic bomb
August 1945
How long was the end of the war in Europe?
1944-1945
When were the Germans defeated and Mussolini removed from office in Italy?
April 1945
When did the Battle of the Bulge happen
December 1944
When was Germany on their last legs?
Spring 1945
When is VE day
May 8th 1945
