1942-1953

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt

  • Battle of Moscow

    Battle of Moscow 17 January – Soviet defenders drive back German Army Group Centre

  • Doolittle Raid

    Doolittle Raid 18 April – U.S. aircraft bomb Tokyo, crash-land in China

  • Battle of Midway

    4–7 June – US loses USS Yorktown; Japanese lose four aircraft carriers

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad 17 July 1942 – 2 February 1943 – City besieged by Paulus' German Sixth Army; from 23 November the Sixth Army is surrounded and destroyed by Soviets; bloodiest battle in history, 1.8 millions dead approx.

  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

    Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 18 April – 13,000 Polish Jews killed German forces

  • Battle of Monte Cassino

    Battle of Monte Cassino 17 January – 19 May – Four battles, Allies finally victorious, breaking through to advance on Rome

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge 16 December – 25 January 1945 – German counterattack in Ardennes; General McAuliffe says "NUTS" at Bastogne
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    Harry S. Truman

    President Harry S. Truman

  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima 26 March – After a month, U.S. forces take main offshore Japanese island

  • Battle of Okinawa

    Battle of Okinawa 21 June – U.S. and British Empire forces defeat Japanese, U.S. occupies island

  • Arab–Israeli War

    1948 Arab–Israeli War – War between Israel and Lebanon, Syria, Transjordan, Egypt and Iraq; many Jewish and Arab refugees.
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    Harry S. Truman

    President Harry S. Truman

  • Operation Pokpoong

    Operation Pokpoong 25 June – 31 July – DPRK victory: North Korean offensive
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    Korean war