World War II Chronology

European Theater

Date

Event

July 10, 1943 Invasion of Sicily
Sept 9, 1943 Invasion of Italy Begins
June 4, 1944  Allies Enter Rome
June 6, 1944 D-Day
June 27, 1944 Germans surrender at Cherbourg
July 29, 1944 American troops break out
August 9, 1944 British Breakthrough at Caen
August 15, 1944 Invasion of Southern France
August 24, 1944 Paris Liberated
September 12, 
1944
Allies Capture Roetgen, first German town to fall.
December, 1944-January, 1945 Battle of the Bulge
February 3, 1945 Bombing of Berlin
February 4, 1945 Yalta Conference
February 13, 1945 Bombing of Dresden
April 11, 1945 American Troops reach the Elbe
April 12, 1945 President Roosevelt Dies; Harry Truman becomes President
April 21, 1945 USSR Enters Berlin
May 7, 1945 German Surrender
July 16, 1945 Potsdam Conference