1941

	December 7 Pearl Harbor is attacked by Japanese aircraft.
	December 11 Italy and Germany declare war on the USA. In return, U.S. declares war on Italy and Germany
	December 24 Japanese capture Wake Island

1942

	February 22 General MacArthur is appointed Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces, Australia. He is ordered to leave the Philippines
	June 4-7 Battle of Midway--the decisive battle of the Pacific War
	July 24 United States and United Kingdom reach agreement on invasion of North Africa
	August 17  First mission is flown by US 8th Air Force bombers over Europe
	October 14 Air, land, and sea bombardment of Henderson Field, Guadacanal
	November 8  Invasion of Africa begins (Operation Torch) with landings at Algiers, Oran and Casablanca
	November 12 First naval battle at Guadacanal

1943

	January 4 Japanese begins to evacuate Guadacanal
	January 27 United States 8th Air Force makes first bombing attack on Germany. Target: Wilhelmshaven
	May 12 General von Arnim surrenders with most of Axis forces in North Africa
	June 25 Allies bombing targets in Sicily
	August 17 All German resistance in Sicily ends
	September 8  Eisenhower announces surrender of Italian forces. Germany continues to fight in Italy
	September 24 United States Fifth Army begins advance up Italy

1944

	January 16 Eisenhower is appointed Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Forces
	January 22 Allies land at Anzio in attempt to outflank the Gustav Line
	February 15 Massive air and artillery bombardment destroys Abbey at Casino but fails to dislodge the German defenders
	April 24 US War Department states that the Japanese homeland must be invaded
	May 9 USAF and RAF begins bombing French airfields in preparation for D-Day invasion
	June 4 General Mark Clark and the US Fifth Army enter Rome
	June 6 D-Day invasion (Operation Overlord) Allies land forces on the French Coast
	June 13 First V1 flying bombs are launched against England
	June 19 Battle of the Philippine Sea; Marianas "Turkey Shoot," 250 Japanese aircraft destroyed
	June 21 One thousand American bombers attack Berlin
	July 20 Attempted plot to assassinate Hitler fails
	August 25 General Leclerc's army liberates Paris
	September 12 US First Army crosses border and heads into Germany
	October 20 US forces land on Leyte Island to start the Philippines campaign
	November 7 Roosevelt is elected for a fourth term
	November 11 US Navy begins bombardment of Iwo Jima
	November 24 American B-29s bomb Tokyo
	December 16 Battle of the Bulge

1945

	January 28 Germans lose 120,000 dead, wounded and POWs in Battle of the Bulge. US losses: 8,607 dead, 47,139 wounded, and 21,144 missing
	February 19 US Marines land on Iwo Jima
	March 7 Us First Army crosses Remagen Bridge over the Rhine
	April 1 US Tenth Army lands on Okinawa
	April 12 President Roosevelt dies and Truman becomes President
	April 30 Hitler commits suicide. Kamikaze attacks wreak havoc off Okinawa
	May 2  Red Army occupies Berlin. All German forces surrender in Italy
	May 8 VE-Day (Victory in Europe). End of War in Europe.
	August 6 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
	September 2    Japanese signed the surrender terms on the Battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending the war.