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World War II — Key Events

Major battles, turning points, and dates from WWII

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historybuff_marcus 15 terms Dec 19, 2025
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Operation Barbarossa
Germany's 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union, the largest military operation in history
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Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on U.S. naval base in Hawaii
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D-Day
June 6, 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy, France
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Battle of Stalingrad
1942–1943 turning point on Eastern Front; major German defeat
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Battle of Midway
1942 naval battle turning the tide in the Pacific against Japan
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Battle of Britain
1940 German air campaign against Britain; first major defeat for Germany
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Holocaust
Systematic genocide of six million Jews and others by Nazi Germany
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Manhattan Project
U.S. program to develop the atomic bomb
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VE Day
May 8, 1945 — Victory in Europe Day marking Germany's surrender
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VJ Day
September 2, 1945 — Victory over Japan Day following atomic bombings
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japanese cities hit by U.S. atomic bombs in August 1945
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Blitzkrieg
German military tactic of rapid, concentrated force using tanks and aircraft
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Lend-Lease Act
U.S. policy supplying Allied nations with war materials before entering WWII
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Yalta Conference
1945 meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin planning post-war order
15
Nuremberg Trials
Post-war tribunals prosecuting Nazi war criminals