Call of Duty Timeline

September 1st
Unknown Date
 * Nazi Germany invades Poland unprovoked. Britain and France declare war on Germany.
 * Daniel Clarke joins the British Communist Party.

June 22nd

 * Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union.

October 2nd

 * Germans launch Operation Typhoon, intending to capture Moscow, but fail their attack.

December 7

 * Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. America declares war against the Axis.

August 17th

 * Pvt. C. Miller is rescued by the Carlson's Raiders under the command of Sgt. Sullivan from Imperial Japanese forces. Miller and the marines plant explosives in an ammo dump, with the resulting explosion destroying the Japanese base.
 * Pvt. Mason is wounded during the battle and is awarded the Purple Heart.

September 17th

 * Pvt. Dimitri Petrenko awakens in the aftermath of the Red Square fountain massacre. He meets Sgt. Viktor Reznov who was abandoned by his commanding officer, Nikita Dragovich. The two men sneak through the war torn Stalingrad and kill Nazi general Heinrich Amsel. The men go their separate ways until a few years later.

September 18th

 * The Soviet forces attempt to retake the Red Square. Pvt. Alexei Ivanovich Voronin covers his allies from a distance.

Unknown date

 * Pvt. Chernov begins to write his diary.

1943
January 3rd
 * Nazi scientist, Dr. Friedrich Steiner begins to develop the Nova 6 chemical weapon.

June 6th

 * The Allies launch Operation Overlord.


 * Cpl. Bill Taylor and the 2nd Ranger Battalion scale the cliffs of Point Du Hoc.
 * Pvt. Ronald "Red" Daniels storms Normandy Beach.

September 15th

 * Pvt. Miller, Cpl. Roebuck, Pvt. Polonsky, and Sgt. Sullivan storm the island of Peleliu. Sullivian is killed via bayonet by a Japanese soldier.  Roebuck is promoted to Sergeant and takes command of the squad.

April 3rd

 * Petty Officer Locke and his crew pilot a PBY Catalina in a battle against Japanese Zeroes off Okinawa. Locke rescues several survivors from the remains of a U.S. Naval fleet.

April 18th

 * Dimitri Petrenko is rescued from German forces by Viktor Reznov and Chernov. Dimitri finishes off his captivators, much to Chernov's dismay.
 * Dimitri, Reznov, and Chernov take part in the attack on Seelow Heights.

April 23rd

 * In Pankow, Germany; Dimitri and Sgt. Reznov battle through Wermacht forces and reach Berlin.