The Second World War — an animated map on Erask

Eight years, six continents and the most documented war in history. The ground is not drawn: it is computed from the turning points of the front, and at every place it belongs to whichever side won most recently nearby — so the line runs east to the Volga and then all the way back to Berlin, instead of jumping from one treaty to the next. The events come from Wikidata, only those precise to the day, and each marker is as large as the fame of the article behind it.

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756 Battles and operations
12 Politics and conferences
7 The Holocaust
7 Science and industry

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7 July 1937Marco Polo Bridge incidentbattle▸
7 July 1937The Marco Polo Bridge: a night skirmish outside Beijing opens eight years of war in Asiaevent▸
26 July 1937Guanganmen Incidentbattle▸
9 August 1937Ōyama Incidentbattle▸
13 August 1937Battle of Shanghaibattle▸
14 August 1937Bloody Saturday (Shanghai)battle▸
1 September 1937Battle of Taiyuanbattle▸
13 September 1937Battle of Xinkoubattle▸
24 September 1937Battle of Pingxingguanbattle▸
26 October 1937Defense of Sihang Warehousebattle▸
1 December 1937Battle of Nankingbattle▸
12 December 1937USS Panay incidentbattle▸
13 December 1937Nanjing Massacrebattle▸
18 February 1938Bombing of Chongqingbattle▸
12 March 1938Anschluss: the Wehrmacht walks into Austria and nobody fires a shotevent▸
24 March 1938Battle of Taierzhuangbattle▸
24 March 1938Battle of Xuzhoubattle▸
10 May 1938Amoy Operationbattle▸
30 September 1938Munich: France and Britain hand over the Sudetenland to buy peace, and get eleven months of itevent▸
27 October 1938Battle of Wuhanbattle▸
18 March 1939Iberian Pactbattle▸
9 May 1939Battle of Nanchangbattle▸
24 May 1939Battle of Suixian–Zaoyangbattle▸
14 June 1939Tientsin incidentbattle▸
2 August 1939Einstein's letter to Roosevelt: a bomb of a new kind is possible, and the Germans are working on itevent▸
15 August 1939air raids on Japanbattle▸
23 August 1939The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact: a secret protocol splits Poland and the Baltic between Berlin and Moscowevent▸
1 September 19391939 Invasion of Polandbattle▸
1 September 1939Battle of Westerplattebattle▸
1 September 1939Slovak invasion of Polandbattle▸
1 September 1939Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzigbattle▸
1 September 1939Bombing of Warsaw in World War IIbattle▸
1 September 1939Bombing of Wieluńbattle▸
1 September 1939Battle of Mławabattle▸
1 September 1939Charge at Krojantybattle▸
1 September 1939Battle of Tuchola Forestbattle▸
1 September 1939Battle of Mokrabattle▸
1 September 1939Battle of Chojnicebattle▸
2 September 1939Battle of Borowa Górabattle▸
3 September 1939London and Paris declare war on Germany: the European war starts two days after Polandevent▸
7 September 1939Saar Offensivebattle▸
7 September 1939Battle of Wiznabattle▸
8 September 1939Siege of Warsawbattle▸
8 September 1939Battle of Radombattle▸
9 September 1939Battle of the Bzurabattle▸
9 September 1939Battle of Helbattle▸
12 September 1939Battle of Lwówbattle▸
13 September 1939Battle of Modlinbattle▸
14 September 1939Battle of Brześć Litewskibattle▸
17 September 1939Soviet invasion of Polandbattle▸
17 September 1939Battle of Changshabattle▸
17 September 1939Battle of Tomaszów Lubelskibattle▸
18 September 1939Battle of Wilnobattle▸
20 September 1939Battle of Grodnobattle▸
25 September 1939Worek Planbattle▸
28 September 1939Battle of Szackbattle▸
2 October 1939Battle of Kockbattle▸
15 November 1939Battle of South Guangxibattle▸
30 November 1939Battle of Sallabattle▸
30 November 1939Battle of Petsamobattle▸
6 December 1939Battle of Taipalebattle▸
7 December 1939Battle of Suomussalmibattle▸
7 December 1939Battle of Kollaabattle▸
12 December 1939Battle of Tolvajärvibattle▸
13 December 1939Battle of the River Platebattle▸
16 December 1939Battle of Summabattle▸
18 December 1939Battle of the Heligoland Bightbattle▸
18 December 1939Battle of Kunlun Passbattle▸
25 December 1939Battle of Keljabattle▸
1 January 1940Battle of Raate Roadbattle▸
16 February 1940Altmark Incidentbattle▸
19 February 1940Operation Wikingerbattle▸
25 February 1940Battle of Honkaniemibattle▸
9 April 1940Operation Weserübungbattle▸
9 April 1940German invasion of Denmarkbattle▸
9 April 1940Battles of Narvikbattle▸
9 April 1940Battle of Drøbak Soundbattle▸
1 May 1940Battle of Zaoyang–Yichangbattle▸
10 May 1940German invasion of the Netherlandsbattle▸
10 May 1940German invasion of Belgiumbattle▸
10 May 1940Battle of Fort Eben-Emaelbattle▸
10 May 1940German invasion of Luxembourgbattle▸
10 May 1940Battle for The Haguebattle▸
10 May 1940Battle of Maastrichtbattle▸
10 May 1940Churchill becomes prime minister on the day the Wehrmacht attacks in the westevent▸
12 May 1940Battle of Hannutbattle▸
12 May 1940Battle of the Afsluitdijkbattle▸
13 May 1940Battle of Sedanbattle▸
14 May 1940Rotterdam Blitzbattle▸
14 May 1940Battle of Gemblouxbattle▸
17 May 1940Battle of Montcornetbattle▸
21 May 1940Battle of Arrasbattle▸
22 May 1940Siege of Calaisbattle▸
22 May 1940Battle of Boulognebattle▸
23 May 1940Battle of the Lysbattle▸
26 May 1940Dunkirk evacuationbattle▸
26 May 1940Battle of Dunkirkbattle▸
28 May 1940Siege of Lillebattle▸
4 June 1940Battle of Abbevillebattle▸
8 June 1940Operation Junobattle▸
10 June 1940Italian invasion of Francebattle▸
11 June 1940Siege of Maltabattle▸
18 June 1940De Gaulle from London: "France has lost a battle, France has not lost the war"event▸
28 June 1940Battle of the Espero Convoybattle▸
3 July 1940Attack on Mers-El-Kebirbattle▸
9 July 1940Action off Calabriabattle▸
10 July 1940Battle of Britainbattle▸
19 July 1940Battle of Cape Spadabattle▸
13 August 1940Adlertagbattle▸
20 August 1940Hundred Regiments Offensivebattle▸
9 September 1940Italian invasion of Egyptbattle▸
9 September 1940Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War IIbattle▸
15 September 1940Battle of Britain Daybattle▸
22 September 1940Japanese invasion of French Indochinabattle▸
23 September 1940Battle of Dakarbattle▸
12 October 1940Battle of Cape Passerobattle▸
19 October 1940Italian air raid on Bahrain and Saudi Arabiabattle▸
28 October 1940Greco-Italian Warbattle▸
28 October 1940World War II in the Balkansbattle▸
28 October 1940Battle of Pindusbattle▸
5 November 1940Convoy HX 84battle▸
7 November 1940Battle of Gabonbattle▸
11 November 1940Battle of Tarantobattle▸
12 November 1940Battle of the Strait of Otrantobattle▸
27 November 1940Battle of Cape Spartiventobattle▸
9 December 1940Operation Compassbattle▸
10 December 1940Battle of Sidi Barranibattle▸
20 December 19401940–1944 insurgency in Chechnyabattle▸
3 January 1941Battle of Bardiabattle▸
10 January 1941Operation Excessbattle▸
16 January 1941Battle of Ko Changbattle▸
21 January 1941British capture of Tobrukbattle▸
30 January 1941Battle of South Henanbattle▸
31 January 1941Battle of Kufrabattle▸
5 February 1941Battle of Kerenbattle▸
6 February 1941Operation Sonnenblumebattle▸
6 February 1941Battle of Beda Fommbattle▸
10 February 1941Operation Colossusbattle▸
25 February 1941Operation Abstentionbattle▸
4 March 1941Operation Claymorebattle▸
9 March 1941Italian Spring Offensivebattle▸
11 March 1941Lend-Lease: the United States becomes the arsenal of the Allies while staying out of the warevent▸
14 March 1941Battle of Shanggaobattle▸
26 March 1941Raid on Souda Baybattle▸
27 March 1941Battle of Cape Matapanbattle▸
1 April 19411941 Iraqi coup d'étatbattle▸
1 April 1941Fântâna Albă massacrebattle▸
6 April 1941Battle of Greecebattle▸
6 April 1941Invasion of Yugoslaviabattle▸
6 April 1941World War II in Yugoslaviabattle▸
6 April 1941Bombing of Belgrade in 1941battle▸
10 April 1941Siege of Tobrukbattle▸
11 April 1941Battle of Vevibattle▸
16 April 1941Battle of the Tarigo Convoybattle▸
24 April 1941Battle of Thermopylaebattle▸
28 April 1941Gudovac massacrebattle▸
2 May 1941Anglo-Iraqi Warbattle▸
4 May 1941Second Battle of Amba Alagibattle▸
7 May 1941Battle of South Shanxibattle▸
9 May 1941A naval Enigma is taken from submarine U-110: Bletchley Park begins reading German ordersevent▸
15 May 1941Operation Brevitybattle▸
18 May 1941Operation Rheinübungbattle▸
20 May 1941Battle of Cretebattle▸
24 May 1941Battle of the Denmark Straitbattle▸
26 May 1941Last battle of the battleship Bismarckbattle▸
26 May 1941Operation Skorpionbattle▸
9 June 1941Battle of the Litani Riverbattle▸
15 June 1941Operation Battleaxebattle▸
18 June 1941Battle of Damascusbattle▸
22 June 1941Battle of Białystok–Minskbattle▸
22 June 1941Defense of Brest Fortressbattle▸
22 June 1941Black Sea Campaignsbattle▸
22 June 1941Battle of Hankobattle▸
22 June 1941Bombing of Minsk in World War IIbattle▸
23 June 1941Battle of Brodybattle▸
23 June 1941Battle of Raseiniaibattle▸
26 June 1941Kassa attackbattle▸
26 June 1941Raid on Constanțabattle▸
29 June 1941Operation Silver Foxbattle▸
29 June 1941Iași pogrombattle▸
29 June 1941Liepāja Massacresbattle▸
29 June 1941Operation Platinum Foxbattle▸
1 July 1941Operation Arctic Foxbattle▸
1 July 1941Battle of Palmyrabattle▸
2 July 1941Operation Münchenbattle▸
3 July 1941Siege of Mahilowbattle▸
7 July 1941Uprising in Serbiabattle▸
9 July 1941Baltic Operationbattle▸
10 July 1941Battle of Smolenskbattle▸
10 July 1941Leningrad Strategic Defensivebattle▸
12 July 1941Battle of Beirutbattle▸
13 July 1941Uprising in Montenegrobattle▸
15 July 1941Battle of Umanbattle▸
25 July 1941Battle of Grand Harbourbattle▸
26 July 1941Battle of Bengtskärbattle▸
28 July 1941Operation Substancebattle▸
30 July 1941Raid on Kirkenes and Petsamobattle▸
7 August 1941Battle of Kievbattle▸
8 August 1941Siege of Odesa 1941battle▸
14 August 1941The Atlantic Charter: Roosevelt and Churchill draft the principles of the postwar world aboard two ships in a Newfoundland bayevent▸
25 August 1941Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iranbattle▸
25 August 1941Operation Gauntletbattle▸
30 August 1941Yelnya Offensivebattle▸
31 August 1941Soviet evacuation of Tallinnbattle▸
5 September 1941Finnish reconquest of the Karelian Isthmusbattle▸
6 September 1941Battle of Changshabattle▸
6 September 1941Operation Beowulfbattle▸
8 September 1941Siege of Leningradbattle▸
26 September 1941Battle of the Sea of Azovbattle▸
27 September 1941Operation Halberdbattle▸
27 September 1941German Offensive Against Serbian Uprisingbattle▸
29 September 1941Drama Uprisingbattle▸
29 September 1941Babi Yar: thirty-three thousand Kyiv Jews shot in two days on the edge of a ravineevent▸
30 September 1941Battle of Moscowbattle▸
2 October 1941Battle of Bryanskbattle▸
20 October 1941First Battle of Kharkovbattle▸
30 October 1941Siege of Sevastopolbattle▸
9 November 1941Battle of the Duisburg Convoybattle▸
10 November 1941Tikhvin offensivebattle▸
10 November 1941Operation Flipperbattle▸
17 November 1941Battle of Rostovbattle▸
18 November 1941Operation Crusaderbattle▸
19 November 1941Battle between HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoranbattle▸
27 November 1941Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopiabattle▸
29 November 1941Point 175battle▸
1 December 1941Battle of Pljevljabattle▸
6 December 1941Finnish invasion of East Kareliabattle▸
7 December 1941Attack on Pearl Harborbattle▸
8 December 1941Battle of Hong Kongbattle▸
8 December 1941Battle of Guambattle▸
8 December 1941Battle of Wake Islandbattle▸
8 December 1941Bombing of Singaporebattle▸
8 December 1941Battle of Prachuap Khiri Khanbattle▸
10 December 1941Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulsebattle▸
11 December 1941Battle of Jitrabattle▸
13 December 1941Battle of Cape Bonbattle▸
16 December 1941Battle of Borneobattle▸
17 December 1941First Battle of Sirtebattle▸
19 December 1941Raid on Alexandriabattle▸
26 December 1941Operation Ankletbattle▸
27 December 1941Operation Archerybattle▸
29 December 1941Battle of Corregidorbattle▸
30 December 1941Battle of Kamparbattle▸
5 January 1942Battles of Rzhevbattle▸
6 January 1942Battle of Slim Riverbattle▸
7 January 1942Demyansk Pocketbattle▸
7 January 1942Battle of Bataanbattle▸
7 January 1942Battle of Lyubanbattle▸
11 January 1942Battle of Tarakanbattle▸
11 January 1942Battle of Manadobattle▸
14 January 1942Second Happy Timebattle▸
14 January 1942Operation Postmasterbattle▸
14 January 1942Battle of Muarbattle▸
14 January 1942Battle of Gemasbattle▸
15 January 1942Battle of Changshabattle▸
15 January 1942Operation Southeast Croatiabattle▸
20 January 1942Wannsee: in ninety minutes fifteen officials organise the annihilation of Europe's Jewsevent▸
23 January 1942Battle of Rabaulbattle▸
23 January 1942Battle of Balikpapanbattle▸
23 January 1942Kholm Pocketbattle▸
30 January 1942Battle of Ambonbattle▸
31 January 1942Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensivebattle▸
1 February 1942Marshalls–Gilberts raidsbattle▸
4 February 1942Battle of Makassar Straitbattle▸
6 February 1942Toropets–Kholm Offensivebattle▸
8 February 1942Battle of Singaporebattle▸
9 February 1942Battle of Kranjibattle▸
11 February 1942Operation Donnerkeilbattle▸
13 February 1942Channel Dashbattle▸
13 February 1942Battle of Palembangbattle▸
14 February 1942Invasion of Sumatrabattle▸
18 February 1942Battle of Badung Straitbattle▸
18 February 1942Operation Prijedorbattle▸
18 February 1942Battle of Bilin Riverbattle▸
19 February 1942Bombing of Darwinbattle▸
19 February 1942Battle of Timorbattle▸
19 February 1942Air raids on Australia, 1942–43battle▸
23 February 1942Bombardment of Ellwoodbattle▸
23 February 1942Battle of Sittang Bridgebattle▸
25 February 1942Battle of Los Angelesbattle▸
27 February 1942Battle of the Java Seabattle▸
27 February 1942Operation Bitingbattle▸
28 February 1942Battle of Sunda Straitbattle▸
28 February 1942Battle of Javabattle▸
1 March 1942Second Battle of the Java Seabattle▸
3 March 1942Attack on Broomebattle▸
4 March 1942Operation Kbattle▸
13 March 1942Invasion of Salamaua–Laebattle▸
22 March 1942Second Battle of Sirtebattle▸
26 March 1942Operation Bambergbattle▸
28 March 1942St Nazaire Raidbattle▸
29 March 1942Hukbalahap Rebellionbattle▸
29 March 1942Convoy PQ 13battle▸
29 March 1942Bombing of Lübeck in World War IIbattle▸
31 March 1942Indian Ocean raidbattle▸
31 March 1942Battle of Christmas Islandbattle▸
18 April 1942Doolittle Raidbattle▸
18 April 1942Bombing of Tokyobattle▸
19 April 1942Battle of Yenangyaungbattle▸
20 April 1942Operation Triobattle▸
3 May 1942Invasion of Tulagibattle▸
4 May 1942Battle of the Coral Seabattle▸
5 May 1942Battle of Madagascarbattle▸
12 May 1942Second Battle of Kharkovbattle▸
16 May 1942Defense of the Adzhimushkay quarrybattle▸
26 May 1942Battle of Gazalabattle▸
26 May 1942Battle of Bir Hakeimbattle▸
27 May 1942Operation Anthropoidbattle▸
27 May 1942Reinhard Heydrich assassinationbattle▸
30 May 1942Convoy PQ 16battle▸
31 May 1942Attack on Sydney Harbourbattle▸
1 June 1942Case Bluebattle▸
4 June 1942Battle of Midwaybattle▸
4 June 1942Battle of Dutch Harborbattle▸
10 June 1942Kozara Offensivebattle▸
12 June 1942Operation Harpoonbattle▸
21 June 1942Bombardment of Fort Stevensbattle▸
27 June 1942Convoy PQ 17battle▸
28 June 1942Battle of Voronezhbattle▸
29 June 1942Battle of Mersa Matruhbattle▸
1 July 1942First Battle of El Alameinbattle▸
22 July 1942Operation Fischreiherbattle▸
22 July 1942Treblinka opens: in fifteen months at least eight hundred thousand people die thereevent▸
23 July 1942Battle of Kalachbattle▸
27 July 1942Raid on Sidi Haneish Airfieldbattle▸
30 July 1942Battle of Rzhevbattle▸
3 August 1942Operation Pedestalbattle▸
7 August 1942Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogobattle▸
8 August 1942Battle of Savo Islandbattle▸
17 August 1942Makin Island raidbattle▸
19 August 1942Dieppe Raidbattle▸
19 August 1942Sinyavino Offensivebattle▸
21 August 1942Battle of the Tenarubattle▸
23 August 1942Battle of Stalingradbattle▸
23 August 1942Operation Nordlichtbattle▸
24 August 1942Battle of the Eastern Solomonsbattle▸
25 August 1942Battle of Milne Baybattle▸
30 August 1942Battle of Alam el Halfabattle▸
11 September 1942Operation Musketoonbattle▸
12 September 1942Battle of Edson's Ridgebattle▸
13 September 1942Operation Agreementbattle▸
21 September 1942Convoy PQ 18battle▸
23 September 1942Actions along the Matanikaubattle▸
5 October 1942Operation Alfabattle▸
11 October 1942Battle of Cape Esperancebattle▸
22 October 1942Battle of Goodenough Islandbattle▸
23 October 1942Second Battle of El Alameinbattle▸
23 October 1942Battle for Henderson Fieldbattle▸
25 October 1942Battle of the Santa Cruz Islandsbattle▸
1 November 1942Matanikau Offensivebattle▸
3 November 1942Koli Point actionbattle▸
8 November 1942Operation Torchbattle▸
8 November 1942Naval Battle of Casablancabattle▸
8 November 1942Operation Reservistbattle▸
10 November 1942Run for Tunisbattle▸
13 November 1942Naval Battle of Guadalcanalbattle▸
16 November 1942Battle of Buna–Gonabattle▸
19 November 1942Operation Uranusbattle▸
19 November 1942Battle for Velikiye Lukibattle▸
25 November 1942Operation Marsbattle▸
25 November 1942Operation Harlingbattle▸
27 November 1942Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulonbattle▸
30 November 1942Battle of Tassafarongabattle▸
2 December 1942Battle of Skerki Bankbattle▸
2 December 1942Chicago Pile-1: the first controlled nuclear chain reaction, under the stands of a football fieldevent▸
4 December 1942Carlson's patrolbattle▸
11 December 1942Battle of El Agheilabattle▸
11 December 1942Raid on Algiersbattle▸
12 December 1942Operation Winter Stormbattle▸
12 December 1942Operation Franktonbattle▸
15 December 1942Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horsebattle▸
18 December 1942Tatsinskaya Raidbattle▸
31 December 1942Battle of the Barents Seabattle▸
10 January 1943Operation Koltsobattle▸
12 January 1943Operation Sparkbattle▸
13 January 1943Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh Offensivebattle▸
13 January 1943Battle of Nikolayevkabattle▸
14 January 1943Operation Kebattle▸
24 January 1943Voronezh–Kastornoye Offensivebattle▸
29 January 1943Battle of Rennell Islandbattle▸
29 January 1943Battle of Waubattle▸
29 January 1943Operation Gallopbattle▸
4 February 1943Malaya Zemlyabattle▸
8 February 1943Operation Hornungbattle▸
10 February 1943Battle of Krasny Borbattle▸
14 February 1943Battle of Sidi Bou Zidbattle▸
16 February 1943Operation Winter Magicbattle▸
19 February 1943Third Battle of Kharkovbattle▸
19 February 1943Battle of Kasserine Passebattle▸
26 February 1943Operation Ochsenkopfbattle▸
1 March 1943Koriukivka massacrebattle▸
2 March 1943Battle of the Bismarck Seabattle▸
3 March 1943Voronezh–Kharkov Offensivebattle▸
6 March 1943Battle of Medeninebattle▸
6 March 1943Battle of Blackett Straitbattle▸
8 March 1943Battle of Sokolovobattle▸
16 March 1943Battle of the Mareth Linebattle▸
16 March 1943Convoys HX 229/SC 122battle▸
23 March 1943Battle of El Guettarbattle▸
26 March 1943Operation Arsenalbattle▸
27 March 1943Battle of the Komandorski Islandsbattle▸
1 April 1943Operation I-Gobattle▸
6 April 1943Battle of Wadi Akaritbattle▸
16 April 1943Battle of the Cigno Convoybattle▸
18 April 1943Operation Vengeancebattle▸
19 April 1943Battle of Muranów Squarebattle▸
19 April 1943The Warsaw ghetto uprising: a month of resistance with pistols and bottles against tanksevent▸
22 April 1943Operation Vulcanbattle▸
22 April 1943Battle of Longstop Hillbattle▸
27 April 1943Operation Flaxbattle▸
27 April 1943Battle of Hill 609battle▸
29 April 1943Black Maybattle▸
8 May 1943Changjiao massacrebattle▸
8 May 1943Operation Retributionbattle▸
11 May 1943Battle of Attubattle▸
12 May 1943Battle of West Hubeibattle▸
15 May 1943Battle of the Sutjeskabattle▸
16 May 1943Operation Chastisebattle▸
20 May 1943Operation Cottbusbattle▸
27 May 1943Battle of the Pipsbattle▸
11 June 1943Operation Corkscrewbattle▸
15 June 1943Operation Mammothbattle▸
16 June 1943Massacre at Vatašabattle▸
23 June 1943Operation Chroniclebattle▸
30 June 1943Operation Cartwheelbattle▸
4 July 1943Battle of Zvornikbattle▸
5 July 1943Battle of Kurskbattle▸
6 July 1943Battle of Kula Gulfbattle▸
9 July 1943Allied invasion of Sicilybattle▸
9 July 1943Operation Ladbrokebattle▸
10 July 1943Battle of Gelabattle▸
11 July 1943Kisielin massacrebattle▸
12 July 1943Battle of Prokhorovkabattle▸
12 July 1943Operation Kutuzovbattle▸
12 July 1943Battle of Kolombangarabattle▸
12 July 1943Operation Chestnutbattle▸
13 July 1943Operation Fustianbattle▸
13 July 1943Operation Hermannbattle▸
17 July 1943Donbass Strategic Offensivebattle▸
31 July 1943Battle of Troinabattle▸
2 August 1943Battle of Centuripebattle▸
3 August 1943Battle of Belgorodbattle▸
6 August 1943Battle of Vella Gulfbattle▸
7 August 1943Battle of Smolenskbattle▸
13 August 1943Donbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943)battle▸
15 August 1943Operation Cottagebattle▸
15 August 1943Land Battle of Vella Lavellabattle▸
17 August 1943Battle off Horaniubattle▸
17 August 1943Schweinfurt–Regensburg missionbattle▸
21 August 1943Bombing of Wewakbattle▸
24 August 1943Battle of the Dnieperbattle▸
29 August 1943Operation Safaribattle▸
3 September 1943Allied invasion of Italybattle▸
3 September 1943Operation Baytownbattle▸
5 September 1943Landing at Nadzabbattle▸
8 September 1943Operation Achsebattle▸
8 September 1943Operation Zitronellabattle▸
8 September 1943Battle of Zahoriv Monasterybattle▸
9 September 1943Operation Slapstickbattle▸
9 September 1943Operation Avalanchebattle▸
12 September 1943Gran Sasso raidbattle▸
19 September 1943Battle of Kaiapitbattle▸
21 September 1943Massacre of the Acqui Divisionbattle▸
22 September 1943Operation Sourcebattle▸
26 September 1943Battle of Lerosbattle▸
30 September 1943Four days of Naplesbattle▸
3 October 1943Battle of Kosbattle▸
3 October 1943Lyngiades massacrebattle▸
6 October 1943Naval Battle of Vella Lavellabattle▸
9 October 1943Battle of the Caucasusbattle▸
9 October 1943Kuban bridgeheadbattle▸
12 October 1943Battle of Leninobattle▸
22 October 1943Battle of Sept-Îlesbattle▸
31 October 1943Kerch–Eltigen Operationbattle▸
1 November 1943Battle of Empress Augusta Baybattle▸
2 November 1943Battle of Changdebattle▸
2 November 1943Bombing of Rabaulbattle▸
3 November 1943Battle of Kievbattle▸
3 November 1943Raid on Choiseulbattle▸
3 November 1943Landings at Cape Torokinabattle▸
5 November 1943Bombing of the Vaticanbattle▸
6 November 1943Action off Cape Bougarounbattle▸
12 November 1943Battle of the Treasury Islandsbattle▸
20 November 1943Battle of Tarawabattle▸
21 November 1943Battle of Makinbattle▸
28 November 1943Tehran: Stalin gets a promise of a landing in France by the following Mayevent▸
2 December 1943Air Raid on Baribattle▸
3 December 1943Battle of Monte la Difensabattle▸
5 December 1943Battle of Siobattle▸
8 December 1943Battle of San Pietro Infinebattle▸
15 December 1943Battle of Arawebattle▸
16 December 1943Battle of Nevelbattle▸
20 December 1943Battle of Ortonabattle▸
20 December 1943Convoy JW 55Bbattle▸
24 December 1943Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensivebattle▸
26 December 1943Battle of the North Capebattle▸
26 December 1943Battle of Cape Gloucesterbattle▸
28 December 1943Battle of the Bay of Biscaybattle▸
4 January 1944Operation Tempestbattle▸
14 January 1944Krasnoye Selo–Ropsha Offensivebattle▸
17 January 1944Battle of Monte Cassinobattle▸
22 January 1944Battle of Anziobattle▸
24 January 1944Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocketbattle▸
29 January 1944Battle of the Green Islandsbattle▸
30 January 1944Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensivebattle▸
30 January 1944Battle of Cisternabattle▸
31 January 1944Battle of Kwajaleinbattle▸
1 February 1944Kingisepp–Gdov Offensivebattle▸
2 February 1944Battle for Narvabattle▸
5 February 1944Battle of the Admin Boxbattle▸
17 February 1944Battle of Eniwetokbattle▸
17 February 1944Operation Hailstonebattle▸
18 February 1944Operation Jerichobattle▸
20 February 1944Big Weekbattle▸
1 March 1944Indian Ocean raidbattle▸
8 March 1944Battle of Imphalbattle▸
9 March 1944Battle of Talaseabattle▸
25 March 1944Kamenets-Podolsky Pocketbattle▸
3 April 1944Operation Tungstenbattle▸
4 April 1944Battle of Kohimabattle▸
8 April 1944Crimean Offensivebattle▸
9 April 1944First Battle of Târgu Frumosbattle▸
19 April 1944Operation Ichi-Gobattle▸
19 April 1944Operation Cockpitbattle▸
22 April 1944Battle of Hollandiabattle▸
28 April 1944Exercise Tigerbattle▸
15 May 1944In fifty-six days four hundred and thirty thousand Hungarian Jews are deported to Auschwitzevent▸
17 May 1944Siege of Myitkyinabattle▸
25 May 1944Raid on Drvarbattle▸
27 May 1944Battle of Changshabattle▸
27 May 1944Battle of Biakbattle▸
29 May 1944Operation Steinbockbattle▸
5 June 1944Operation Tongabattle▸
6 June 1944Normandy landingsbattle▸
6 June 1944Operation Overlordbattle▸
6 June 1944Battle for Caenbattle▸
6 June 1944Battle of Cherbourgbattle▸
6 June 1944Invasion of Normandybattle▸
6 June 1944Brécourt Manor Assaultbattle▸
6 June 1944Battle of Merville Gun Batterybattle▸
6 June 1944Operation Deadstickbattle▸
6 June 1944American airborne landings in Normandybattle▸
7 June 1944Operation Perchbattle▸
9 June 1944Battle of Ushantbattle▸
10 June 1944Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensivebattle▸
10 June 1944Battle of Carentanbattle▸
10 June 1944Attack on Panzer Group West's headquarters at La Cainebattle▸
11 June 1944Battle of Le Mesnil-Patrybattle▸
13 June 1944Battle of Villers-Bocagebattle▸
13 June 1944Battle of Brévillebattle▸
13 June 1944The first V-1s over London: the missile war begins a week after Normandyevent▸
15 June 1944Battle of Saipanbattle▸
15 June 1944Bombing of Yawata on June 1944battle▸
16 June 1944Battle of Anconabattle▸
19 June 1944Battle of the Philippine Seabattle▸
22 June 1944Operation Bagrationbattle▸
22 June 1944Battle of Tienhaarabattle▸
23 June 1944Vitebsk–Orsha Offensivebattle▸
23 June 1944Mogilev Offensivebattle▸
25 June 1944Battle of Tali-Ihantalabattle▸
25 June 1944Operation Martletbattle▸
26 June 1944Operation Epsombattle▸
28 June 1944Bobruysk Offensivebattle▸
29 June 1944Minsk Offensivebattle▸
29 June 1944Polotsk Offensivebattle▸
1 July 1944Battle of Vyborg Baybattle▸
4 July 1944Operation Windsorbattle▸
4 July 1944Battle of Vuosalmibattle▸
5 July 1944Šiauliai Offensivebattle▸
5 July 1944Belostock Offensivebattle▸
7 July 1944Operation Ostra Bramabattle▸
8 July 1944Operation Charnwoodbattle▸
10 July 1944Operation Jupiterbattle▸
13 July 1944Lvov–Sandomierz Offensivebattle▸
18 July 1944Operation Goodwoodbattle▸
18 July 1944Operation Atlanticbattle▸
19 July 1944Battle of Verrières Ridgebattle▸
20 July 194420 July plotbattle▸
23 July 1944Lwów Uprisingbattle▸
24 July 1944Battle of Tinianbattle▸
24 July 1944Battle of Saint-Lôbattle▸
25 July 1944Operation Cobrabattle▸
25 July 1944Battle of Tannenberg Linebattle▸
25 July 1944Operation Springbattle▸
26 July 1944Battle of Ilomantsibattle▸
30 July 1944Operation Bluecoatbattle▸
1 August 1944Warsaw Uprisingbattle▸
1 August 1944Battle of Radzyminbattle▸
7 August 1944Operation Lüttichbattle▸
7 August 1944Battle for Brestbattle▸
8 August 1944Operation Totalizebattle▸
9 August 1944Battle of Studziankibattle▸
10 August 1944Battle of Guambattle▸
10 August 1944Tartu Offensivebattle▸
11 August 1944Operation Boomerangbattle▸
12 August 1944Falaise Pocketbattle▸
13 August 1944Operation Rübezahlbattle▸
14 August 1944Operation Tractablebattle▸
15 August 1944Operation Dragoonbattle▸
16 August 1944Battle of Guilin–Liuzhoubattle▸
16 August 1944Operation Doppelkopfbattle▸
18 August 1944Battle of Chamboisbattle▸
19 August 1944Liberation of Parisbattle▸
21 August 1944Battle of Marseillebattle▸
28 August 1944Kaunas Offensivebattle▸
29 August 1944Slovak National Uprisingbattle▸
29 August 1944Operation Goodwoodbattle▸
2 September 1944Liberation of Belgiumbattle▸
4 September 1944Battle of Gemmanobattle▸
5 September 1944Battle of Nancybattle▸
8 September 1944Battle of the Dukla Passbattle▸
10 September 1944Operation Astoniabattle▸
13 September 1944Battle of Riminibattle▸
14 September 1944Battle of Hürtgen Forestbattle▸
14 September 1944Baltic Offensivebattle▸
14 September 1944Riga Offensivebattle▸
15 September 1944Lapland Warbattle▸
15 September 1944Battle of Peleliubattle▸
15 September 1944Belgrade offensivebattle▸
15 September 1944Battle of Angaurbattle▸
15 September 1944Operation Tanne Ostbattle▸
15 September 1944Siege of Dunkirkbattle▸
15 September 1944Battle of Morotaibattle▸
15 September 1944Operation Paravanebattle▸
17 September 1944Operation Market Gardenbattle▸
17 September 1944Battle of Arnhembattle▸
17 September 1944Battle of San Marinobattle▸
17 September 1944Tallinn Offensivebattle▸
17 September 1944Operation Wellhitbattle▸
18 September 1944Battle of Arracourtbattle▸
18 September 1944Allied bombing of Belgrade (1944)battle▸
21 September 1944Battle of Porkunibattle▸
27 September 1944Battle of Metzbattle▸
29 September 1944Moonsund Landing Operationbattle▸
30 September 1944Battle of Overloonbattle▸
2 October 1944Battle of Aachenbattle▸
2 October 1944Battle of the Scheldtbattle▸
5 October 1944Battle of Memelbattle▸
6 October 1944Battle of Debrecenbattle▸
7 October 1944Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensivebattle▸
8 October 1944Battle of Tehumardibattle▸
9 October 1944Courland Pocketbattle▸
10 October 1944Formosa Air Battlebattle▸
16 October 1944Gumbinnen Operationbattle▸
17 October 1944Battle of Leytebattle▸
21 October 1944Nemmersdorf massacrebattle▸
23 October 1944Battle of Leyte Gulfbattle▸
25 October 1944Battle off Samarbattle▸
29 October 1944Budapest offensivebattle▸
1 November 1944Operation Infatuatebattle▸
5 November 1944Bombing of Singaporebattle▸
7 November 1944Niš incidentbattle▸
11 November 1944Battle of Ormoc Baybattle▸
11 November 1944Battle of Batinabattle▸
12 November 1944Operation Catechismbattle▸
16 November 1944Operation Queenbattle▸
22 November 1944Kosovo Operationbattle▸
25 November 1944Battle of Monte Castellobattle▸
1 December 1944Thiaroye Massacrebattle▸
3 December 1944Dekemvrianabattle▸
13 December 1944Battle of Mindorobattle▸
14 December 1944Palawan massacrebattle▸
16 December 1944Battle of the Bulgebattle▸
17 December 1944Operation Stösserbattle▸
20 December 1944Siege of Bastognebattle▸
21 December 1944Battle of St. Vithbattle▸
24 December 1944Siege of Budapestbattle▸
26 December 1944Elsenborn Ridgebattle▸
31 December 1944Operation Nordwindbattle▸
1 January 1945Operation Bodenplattebattle▸
6 January 1945Invasion of Lingayen Gulfbattle▸
9 January 1945Battle of Luzonbattle▸
12 January 1945Vistula–Oder Offensivebattle▸
13 January 1945East Prussian Offensivebattle▸
14 January 1945Battle of Ramree Islandbattle▸
20 January 1945South China Sea raidbattle▸
22 January 1945Battle of Hill 170battle▸
23 January 1945Siege of Breslaubattle▸
24 January 1945Battle of Poznańbattle▸
26 January 1945Heiligenbeil Pocketbattle▸
27 January 1945Operation Blackhawkbattle▸
27 January 1945The Red Army opens the gates of Auschwitz: seven thousand prisoners are left inside, those who could not walkevent▸
30 January 1945Raid at Cabanatuanbattle▸
31 January 1945Battle of Bataanbattle▸
3 February 1945Battle of Manilabattle▸
4 February 1945bombing of Kobe in World War IIbattle▸
4 February 1945Yalta: Europe is carved into occupation zones while the war is still onevent▸
6 February 1945Mostar Operationbattle▸
8 February 1945Battle of Iwo Jimabattle▸
8 February 1945Lower Silesian Offensivebattle▸
8 February 1945Operation Veritablebattle▸
9 February 1945Colmar Pocketbattle▸
9 February 1945Black Fridaybattle▸
10 February 1945East Pomeranian Offensivebattle▸
15 February 1945Operation Solsticebattle▸
16 February 1945Battle of Corregidorbattle▸
23 February 1945Operation Grenadebattle▸
23 February 1945Raid on Los Bañosbattle▸
26 February 1945Operation Blockbusterbattle▸
28 February 1945Invasion of Palawanbattle▸
3 March 1945Bombing of the Bezuidenhoutbattle▸
3 March 1945Pawłokoma massacrebattle▸
4 March 1945Battle of Kolbergbattle▸
6 March 1945Operation Spring Awakeningbattle▸
7 March 1945Battle of Remagenbattle▸
7 March 1945Operation Lumberjackbattle▸
9 March 1945Japanese coup d'état in French Indochinabattle▸
10 March 1945Bombing of Tokyo (10 March 1945)battle▸
10 March 1945Moravia–Ostrava offensivebattle▸
10 March 1945Battle of Mindanaobattle▸
15 March 1945Upper Silesian Offensivebattle▸
18 March 1945Battle of the Visayasbattle▸
18 March 1945Battle of the Ligurian Seabattle▸
19 March 1945Western Allied invasion of Germanybattle▸
21 March 1945Operation Carthagebattle▸
23 March 1945Operation Plunderbattle▸
24 March 1945Operation Varsitybattle▸
26 March 1945Battle of Frankfurtbattle▸
27 March 1945Operation Tombolabattle▸
28 March 1945Operation Sarajevobattle▸
30 March 1945Battle of Lijevče Fieldbattle▸
1 April 1945Battle of Okinawabattle▸
2 April 1945Vienna offensivebattle▸
5 April 1945Georgian uprising on Texelbattle▸
6 April 1945Battle of Königsbergbattle▸
6 April 1945Spring 1945 offensive in Italybattle▸
6 April 1945Battle of West Hunanbattle▸
6 April 1945Operation Kikusuibattle▸
7 April 1945Operation Ten-Gobattle▸
9 April 1945Battle of Bolognabattle▸
13 April 1945Samland Offensivebattle▸
14 April 1945Battle of Groningenbattle▸
15 April 1945Bergen-Belsen liberated: thirteen thousand dead lie unburied among the livingevent▸
16 April 1945Battle of Berlinbattle▸
16 April 1945Battle of the Seelow Heightsbattle▸
16 April 1945Battle of Nurembergbattle▸
18 April 1945Ruhr Pocketbattle▸
19 April 1945Battle of Odžakbattle▸
21 April 1945Battle of Bautzenbattle▸
23 April 1945Battle in Berlinbattle▸
24 April 1945Battle of Halbebattle▸
25 April 1945Bombing of Obersalzbergbattle▸
26 April 1945Liberation of Finnmarkbattle▸
26 April 1945Battle of Collecchiobattle▸
28 April 1945Operation Cowboybattle▸
28 April 1945Mussolini shot at Giulino di Mezzegra; the next day he hangs in piazzale Loretoevent▸
29 April 1945Dachau liberation reprisalsbattle▸
30 April 1945Race for Triestebattle▸
30 April 1945Hitler kills himself in the chancellery bunker with the Red Army five hundred metres awayevent▸
1 May 1945Battle of Tarakanbattle▸
5 May 1945Prague Uprisingbattle▸
5 May 1945Battle of Castle Itterbattle▸
5 May 1945Bratislava-Brno Offensivebattle▸
6 May 1945Prague offensivebattle▸
7 May 1945end of World War II in Europebattle▸
7 May 1945Battle of Kuryłówkabattle▸
8 May 1945Unconditional surrender signed at Berlin-Karlshorst: in Europe the war is overevent▸
9 May 1945Operation Doomsdaybattle▸
9 May 1945Landing at Bornholmbattle▸
11 May 1945Battle of Slivicebattle▸
15 May 1945Battle of the Malacca Straitbattle▸
10 June 1945Battle of North Borneobattle▸
10 June 1945Battle of Labuanbattle▸
15 June 1945Operation Inmatebattle▸
1 July 1945Battle of Balikpapanbattle▸
2 July 1945Battle of the Sittang Bendbattle▸
16 July 1945Trinity: the first atomic bomb goes off in the New Mexico desert at 5:29 in the morningevent▸
22 July 1945Battle of Sagami Baybattle▸
28 July 1945Bombing of Kurebattle▸
6 August 1945atomic bombing of Hiroshimabattle▸
6 August 1945Hiroshima: one bomb, eighty thousand dead in the first instantevent▸
9 August 1945Soviet invasion of Manchuriabattle▸
9 August 1945Soviet–Japanese Warbattle▸
9 August 1945atomic bombing of Nagasakibattle▸
9 August 1945Nagasaki: the second bomb, three days after the firstevent▸
11 August 1945Soviet invasion of South Sakhalinbattle▸
18 August 1945Kuril Islands landing operationbattle▸
18 August 1945Battle of Shumshubattle▸
28 August 1945Operation Juristbattle▸
2 September 1945Japanese Instrument of Surrenderbattle▸
2 September 1945Japan's surrender signed aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay: the war is overevent▸
4 September 1945Operation Tideracebattle▸

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