World war 2 events

Europe:

1939 Germany invades Poland

1940 Germany invades France, Belgium, Netherlands;

Battle for Britain

1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; Germany invades Russia; Winter War in Finland

1942 Battle for Stalingrad; Siege of Malta; Battle for MIdway

1943 Germany looses North Africa; Battle for Tarawa; US invades Italy and Sicily

1944 Normandy invasion; Battle for Saipan; USSR takes Crimea and Romania; Operation Market Garden disaster for Allies; Battle of the Bulge

1945 Battle for Berlin; Iwo Jima and Burma taken by Allies, Axis Powers surrender

Many more things, I just listed some of the main ones.