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The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was an important battle in World War II. ... Germany wanted to invade Great Britain, but first they needed to destroy Great Britain's Royal Air Force. The Battle of Britain was when Germany bombed Great Britain in order to try and destroy their air force and prepare for invasion. -
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu -
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a significant factor that supported an Allied victory during World War Two. The first reason is that the Battle of Stalingrad marked the end of Germany's advances into eastern Europe and Russia. The second reason is that this battle was the first major German loss during World War II. -
The Battle of Midway
The United States Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll, marking a turning point in the war in the Pacific theatre. Fought just a month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, Midway was the turning point of the Pacific Campaign. Skill, daring, and luck all played a part. -
Operation Torch
Torch was a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa while allowing American armed forces the opportunity to engage in the fight against Nazi Germany on a limited scale. -
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
founded in 1943 and was founded to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II -
The Battle of Kursk
The Soviets won the Battle of Kursk and ended Hitler's dream of conquering Russia. Arguably, Germany won the tactical battle but was unable to break through the Red Army's fortifications and so lost the advantage. But the Soviets won at great cost. -
D-Day (June 6th, 1944)
Troops from the UK, the US, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of northern France, on 6 June 1944. It was the largest military naval, air, and land operation ever attempted and marked the start of the campaign to liberate Nazi-occupied north-west Europe -
The Battle of the Bulge
Hitler's aim was to split the Allies in their drive toward Germany. As the Germans drove into the Ardennes, the Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge, giving rise to the battle's name. The battle proved to be the costliest ever fought by the U.S. Army, which suffered over 100,000 casualties. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima was considered strategically important: it provided an airbase for Japanese fighter planes to intercept long-range B-29 Superfortress bombers. In addition, it was used by the Japanese to stage nuisance air attacks on the Mariana Islands from November 1944 through January 1945. -
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa, also known as Operation Iceberg, took place in April-June 1945. It was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of World War II. It also resulted in the largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 casualties for the Allies. -
The Death of FDR
FDR died to a Cerebral hemorrhage April 12th 1945 -
The Death of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler consumed a cyanide capsule, then shoots himself with a pistol, on April 30, 1945 -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
the United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s unconditional surrender. -
Mlb Color barrier broken