WWII War in Europe Timeline of Major Events

WWII: War in Europe, Timeline of Major Events May 1942 German city Cologne is bombed and destroyed. Over 1, 000 British planes engaged in the destruction of Cologne August 1942 the battle for Soviet city Stalingrad begins lasting through the winter. 91, 000 German troops surrendered to the Red Army of the Soviet Union Only 10, 000 Soviets survived in Stalingrad after this battled concluded 99% of Stalingrad’s buildings were destroyed https: //youtu. be/7 nzqy. Pz. W 1 o 8

WWII: War in Europe, Timeline of Major Events October 1941, Battle of Moscow begins German forces threaten Soviet capital April 1943, Jews rebel against Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. https: //youtu. be/qhlwy 6 d 8 v. Bk May 1943, British planes bomb German dams in the “Dambuster Raid” July-August 1943, Soviets defeat German forces in Kursk, USSR 6, 500 tanks were in this battle…I’m like Oh my gosh! November 1943, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and Stalin meet in Iran U. S. and Great Britain promise Stalin that they would invade France in May to take that territory back from the Axis Powers.

WWII: War in Europe, Timeline of Major Events Jan. 1944 Soviet city of Leningrad is freed June 6, 1944, D-Day General Eisenhower landed the first of 2 million Allied troops on 5 beaches in Normandy, France https: //youtu. be/0 wg 5 x 5 Wa. ZPo 4, 000 landing craft (Allied) 1, 200 warships (Allied) 14, 500 planes (Allied) June 13, 1944, German V-1 flying bombs landed in England Each flying bomb carried 1, 870 pounds of warhead August 1944, Paris is freed