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North Africa was a war zone throughout ww2 which included campaigns fought in Libya, Egypt, Morocco, and Algeria.
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The White Rose was a non-violent, intellectual resistance group against the Nazis that was led by a group of students and a professor at university of Munich.
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The work on the headquarters of the U.S. War department in Arlington Virginia was completed
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The Rosie the riveter poster was created to encourage women to become war time workers to help fill the gap left by men who went to fight in the war.
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The invasion of Italy by the allies on the mainland happened in the early stages of ww2.
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Mahatma Gandhi was released from prison in the Indian town of Poona following another hunger strike
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The United Nations is created after fifty Nations sign the charter.
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The battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle where the U.S. marine corps landed and eventually captured the Japanese island of Iwo Jima.
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Near the end of ww2 the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Nagasaki. This event would eventually lead to the allies winning ww2.
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Near the end of the war the U.S. dropped the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. The bomb destroyed 90% of the city and killed 80,000 people in one day.
