1933

1934

1935

1936

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

June

Tuesday, June 6, 1944

Normandy campaign

• Operation Overlord (June 6, 1944 – August 30, 1944): the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe.
  • Operation Neptune (June 6, 1944): the Normandy landings (landing operations and associated airborne operations) often referred to as D-Day.

July

July 25, 1944

Normandy campaign

• Operation Cobra (July 25 – July 31, 1944)

December

December 16, 1944

The Battle of the Bulge

• Wacht am Rhein: The Battle of the Bulge begins.
  • 5:30 AM – Initial German assault.

1945

January

January 25, 1945

End of the Battle of the Bulge.