1944...

12 Jan	Allied troops attack Monte Cassino, Italy.
14 Jan	Soviet troops begin an offensive against Finland.
15 Jan	Soviet troops begin a counter-offensive at Leningrad.
16 Jan	Dwight D Eisenhower named commander of the allied forces.
22 Jan	The allies land at Anzio, Italy.
27 Jan	The german siege of Leningrad is lifted.
6 Feb	Soviet troops begin an large offensive in the Ukraine.
6 Feb	Kwajalein is captured by the allies.
12 Feb	Finland discuss peaceterms with the soviet ambassador to Stockholm.
21 Feb	Hideki Tojo becomes military dictator in Japan.
22 Feb	Soviet Union bombs Stockholm, Sweden.
26 Feb	Soviet Union preforms massive bombraids on Helsinki.
19 Mar	German troops occupy Hungary.
10 Apr	Soviet troops recapture Odessa.
19 Apr	Japanese troops capture Zhengzhou, China.
1 May	Japanese troops capture Xuchang, China.
9 May	Soviet troops recapture Sevastopol.
12 May	Germans surrender in the Crimea.
18 May	Allied troops capture Monte Cassino.
25 May	Japanese troops capture Luoyang, China.
4 June	The allies capture Rome.

6 June	D-Day. The allies land in Normandy.
9 June	Soviet troops begin a large offensive against Finland.
13 June	First german V-1 bomb is launched on Britain.
20 June	Soviet troops capture Viborg, Finland.
21 June	Finland sues for peace.
22 June	Soviet Union demands unconditional surrender.
27 June	American troops capture Cherburg.
3 July	Soviet troops recapture Minsk.
7 July	The japanese troops on Saipan surrender.
9 July	The allies capture Caen.
19 July	General Kuniaka Koiso becomes the new Prime Minister of Japan.

Claus von Stauffenberg

20 July	A failed assination attempt on Hitler is preformed by Claus von Stauffenberg.
21 July	American troops land on Guam.
25 July	The breakout from Normandy begins.
28 July	Soviet troops recapture Brest-Litovsk.
1 Aug	Polish Home Army uprising in Warsaw and the Red Army halts its offensive.
2 Aug	Soviet troops reach the Baltic Sea coast in Latvia.
4 Aug	The allies capture Florence.
8 Aug	Japanese troops capture Hengyang, China.
15 Aug	The allies land in south France.
20 Aug	Soviet troops begin offensive against Romania.
23 Aug	Romania surrenders and joins the allies.
24 Aug	Bordeaux is captured by the allies.
25 Aug	Paris is captured by the allies.
28 Aug	The allies capture Marseille and Toulon.
30 Aug	The german troops leave Bulgaria.
31 Aug	Soviet troops capture Bucharest.
2 Sep	The allies capture Pisa.
3 Sep	The german troops leave Finland.
3 Sep	Brussels and Antwerpen are captured by the allies.
5 Sep	Truce between Finland and Soviet Union.
5 Sep	Soviet Union declares war on Bulgaria.
8 Sep	First german V-2 bomb is launched on Britain.
9 Sep	Treuce between Soviet Union and Bulgaria.
11 Sep	Allied troops enter Germany.
12 Sep	Le Havre is captured by the allies.
15 Sep	German troops land on Suursaari but are forced to surrender.

17 Sep	Massive allied airborne assault in Arnhem, Holland (Operation Market Garden).
22 Sep	Boulogne is captured by the allies.
24 Sep	Soviet troops enter Czechoslovakia.
26 Sep	Estonia is occupeid på the soviet forces.
26 Sep	The last allies surrender in Arnhem.
28 Sep	Calais is captured by the allies.
28 Sep	The first battle between german and finnish troops at Pudasjärvi.
1 Oct	Soviet troops enter Yugoslavia.
2 Oct	The Warsaw uprising is put down.
4 Oct	The allies land in Greece.
10 Oct	Rovaniemi is destroyed by the german troops.
14 Oct	Athens is captured by the allies.
14 Oct	Erwin Rommel commits suiced rather than face trail for the part in the conspiracy against Hitler .
18 Oct	Soviet troops enter Czechoslovakia.
20 Oct	Belgrade is captured by the allies.
21 Oct	The allies capture Aachen (first german city).
23 Oct	Soviet troops enter East Prussia.
25 Oct	Soviet troops capture Kirkenes, Norge.
4 Nov	The axis troops in Greece surrenders.
10 Nov	Japanese troops capture Guilin, China.
10 Nov	Japanese troops capture Liuzhou, China.
24 Nov	Strasbourg is captured by the allies.
29 Nov	Albania is captured by the allies.
4 Dec	Civil war begin in Greece.
16 Dec	German troops begin offensive in the Ardennes (battle of the Bulge).
26 Dec	American troops hold Bastogne and the german offensive fails.
27 Dec	Soviet troops besiege Budapest.