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Pearl Harbor
The Battle of Pear Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the united States naval base at Paerl Harbor Hawaii. -
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Key American Battle of World War 2
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Battle of Coral Sea
Key Battle out in the pacific against the Japanese. American and Bristish Fleets stopped the Japanese offensive on Autralia. The Allies destroyed one carrier and damaged one along with several aircraft. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was the most impotant naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Six months after the Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the Battle of Coral Sea. The United States attack against Midway Atoll. -
Battle of El Alamein
A battle of westen dessert Campaign of the second world war, fought on the northern coast of Egypt between Axis forces. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
They combined air and sea engagements over four days. Only two admirals were killed in a surface engagement in the war were lost in this Battle. -
Invasion of Italy
It began with British forces skipping across the Strait of Messina to Calabria. -
Operation Overlord
Allied land forces that saw the Combat in Normandy on D-Day itself came from Canada, The United Kingdom and the Unites States. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
It was fought in water newr the Philipine islands of Leyte and Samar. -
Battle of Bulge
There are several American names for this Battle. The first was the discription given to the way the Allied front line bulged inward on wartimes news maps. -
Yalta Conference
The meeting was intended maily to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of wartorn Europe. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The American ivasion had the goal of capturing the entire Island, including its three airfields. -
Battle of Okinawa
The last and biggest battles of World War II. It involve 267,000 troops of the U.S Tenth Army. -
V.E day Victory in Europe
The formal surrender of the occupying German forces in the Channel Islands was not until 9 May 1945. -
Manhattan Project
It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada.
