- January 14th - Casablanca Conference begins - Roosevelt demands "Unconditional Surrender".
- January 28th - British 8th Army captures Tripoli.
- January 31st - German surrender at Stalingrad.
- February 8th - Soviets re-capture Kursk.
- February 14th - Soviets re-capture Rostov.
- February 16th - Soviets re-capture Kharkov.
- March 15th - German Army re-takes Kharkov.
- May 12th - Surrender of Axis forces in North Africa.
- July 10th - Operation Husky - Allied landings in Sicily.
- July 25th - Mussolini's Italian Fascist government overthrown.
- July 26th - Marshal Badoglio declares martial law in Italy.
- August 23rd - Soviets re-capture Kharkov.
- September 3rd - Italy signs armistice.
- September 10th - Germans occupy Rome.
- September 23rd - Mussolini declares Fascist government in Northern Italy.
- September 25th - Soviets re-take Smolensk.
- October 13th - Official Italian Government declares war on Germany.
- November 6th - Soviets re-capture Kiev.