September
The Battle for Stalingrad rages on
The Battle of El Alamein begins

November
The Red Army counter attacks at Stalingrad
The Beveridge Report, proposing a welfare state, is published

1943
Soviet victory at Stalingrad

January
Soviet victory at Stalingrad
A Soviet advance captures the cities of Kursk and Rostov from the Nazis

March
The RAF bombs German industry
Germans uncover a grave of 4,000 Polish officers killed by the Red Army

May
The Dambusters Raid
The island of Pantelleria near Sicily is taken by the Allies

July
Allied forces land on Sicily; Mussolini deposed
Hamburg bombed

September
Italy signs an armistice
Italy declares war on Germany

November
Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill meet at the Tehran Conference
The German battleship Scharnhorst is sunk

1944
Allied forces land at Anzio near Rome

January
Allied forces land at Anzio near Rome
Allies bomb the monastery at Monte Cassino

March
British coal miners stage an unofficial strike
The Red Army enters Crimea

May
The Allies cross Monte Cassino line in Italy
The D Day landings

July
Hitler survives an assassination attempt
The Allies arrive in Paris

September
Allied troops reach Germany
The Allies reach the German town of Aachen

November
Roosevelt wins fourth term of office as US president
Civil war in Greece