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The University of Toledo The University of Toledo Digital Repository War Information Center Pamphlets University Archives July 2016 World War II in Retrospect Follow this and additional works at: http://utdr.utoledo.edu/ur-87-68 Recommended Citation "World War II in Retrospect" (2016). War Information Center Pamphlets. Book 935. http://utdr.utoledo.edu/ur-87-68/935 This Pamphlet is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at The University of Toledo Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in War Information Center Pamphlets by an authorized administrator of The University of Toledo Digital Repository. For more information, please see the repository's About page. Feb. 29—MacAnhur invades Admiralty group. June 15—Invasion of Marianas begins (Saipan). June 20—Japanese routed in Battle of Philippine Sea. July 21—Guam invaded; Tinian on 24th. Oct. 20—MacArthur lands on Leyte, Philippines. Oct. 25—Ending of Battle of Leyte Gulf; removal of Imperial Fleet threat. Nov. 24—B-29's from Saipan bomb Tokyo. 1945 Jan. 9—Americans land on Luzon; reach Manila in 26 days. Feb. 19—Iwo Jima invaded. Apr. 1—Okinawa invaded. July 26—Potsdam ultimatum to Japan. Aug. 6—Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Aug. 9—Russia declares war on Japan, invades Manchuria; atomic bomb strikes Nagasaki. Aug. 10—Japan offers to surrender. Sept. 1—Surrender signed aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay. W O R L D WAR II IN R E T R O S P E C T A Calendar of the War in Europe 1939 Sept. 1—Germany invades Poland. Sept. 3—France and Great Britain declare war on Germany. Sept. 28—Poland surrenders. Nov. 30—Russia invades Finland. 1940 Mar. 12—Russia and Finland sign peace. Apr. 9—Gemany occupies Denmark and invades Norway. May 10—Germany invades the Low Countries; Churchill becomes Prime Minister. June 2—Four-fifths of British Army evacuated at Dunkerque. June 10—Italy declares war against Allies. Based on Newsweek issues of May 14, August 20,1943.June 22—French sign German armistice. Aug. 15—German planes bomb London, beginning "blitz." Oct. 28—Italy invades Greece. f u^^ I I • \ • NEWSWEEK . The Magazine of News Significance 152 W . 42 St., New York 18, N . Y . 1941 Apr. 6—Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece. June 22—Germany invades Russia. July 14—Roosevelt and Churchill announce Atlantic Charter. Dec. 11—U.S. declares war on Germany and Italy. A Calendar of the War in the Pacific 1942 Aug. 19—Commandos raid Dieppe. Nov. 3—Rommel beaten near Alamein. Nov. 8—Allies land in North Africa. 1937 July 7—Japan begins the "China incident." 1943 Jan. 24—Roosevelt and Churchill at Casablanca; demand "unconditional surrender." Feb. 2—Stalingrad won by Russians. May 12—African campaign ends in Tunisia. • July 10—Allies invade Sicily. July 25—Mussolini ousted. Sept. 3—Italy surrenders unconditionally; Allies land in Italy. Nov. 28-Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, meet at Teheran. June June June Aug. Dec. [ 1944 4—Rome falls. 6—Allies land in Normandy. 15—German robot bomb attacks begin on England. 25—Paris liberated. 16—Germans begin abortive "Battle of the Bulge" to delay Allies. 1945 Mar. 7-31—Allied armies cross Rhine. Apr. 12—President Roosevelt dies. Apr. 28—Mussolini killed by Partisans. May 1—Hitler's death announced. May 2—Berlin falls to Russians. May 7—German land, sea, and air forces surrender unconditionally. 1941 Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 7—Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. 8—U.S. declares war on Japan. 12—Guam falls to Japanese. 24—Wake Island surrenders. 1942 Jan. 2—Manila falls. Feb. 15—Singapore falls. Apr. 9—Japanese capture Bataan. Apr. 18—Doolittle bombs Tokyo. May 6—Corregidor surrenders. May 7—Battle of Coral Sea ends. June 3—Battle of Midway decisive American victory. June 12—Japanese land in Aleutians. Aug. 7—Marines land on Guadalcanal. 1943 Feb. 8—Guadalcanal finally cleared. Mar. 4—Japanese convoy routed in Battle of Bismarck Sea. Aug. 15—Allied forces retake Kiska. Nov. 20—Invasion of Gilbert Islands (Tarawa). 1944 Jan. 31—Americans land on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands.