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d-day
The United States stormed the beaches of normandy on June 6 1944 some of the beaches were Utah beach, Omaha beach, and the final is gold beach. more than 360,000 troops were armed and ready to take over the beaches. supported by 5,000 ships and 13,000 air craft. -
auschwitz liberation
the red army liberated the largest nazi concentration camp. Nazis sometimes abandoned the camps before american forces would arrive. Thousands died before the death march began it is said that over a million people were murdered in the camps or on the march -
raising the flag on mount suribachi
during the battle of iwo jima U.S. Marines mounted the island Japanese soldiers were ready and fired at the U.S Marines after the battle was over U.S marines put a us flag on the highest point of mount suribachi. -
bombing of hiroshima
americans bombed hiroshima on august 6th 1945 the bomb wiped out more than 90% of the city. The bombing killed over 80,000 people and many more thousands later due to radiation exposure three day later the bombing of negasaki doing just as much damage. -
the bataan death march
this event ended with the surrender of 7200 filipino soldiers thousands of people died along the way because they either fell out of line or because of harsh treatment or the weather conditions and starvation
