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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force against an onslaught by the German Air Force which began at the end of June 1940. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, which caused the U.S. to enter WWII. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor to get revenge on the U.S. taking away the stuff they needed to expand. -
Battle of Stalingrad
It was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and his allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern Boundary of Europe. -
Battle of Midway
An attack six months after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese planned to attack some islands around Pearl Harbor and the Americans found out their secret codes and set a fleet of ships to prepare for their attack. The battle lasted four days with the Americans turning the tides with air bombing the Japanese ships, winning the battle. -
Operation Torch
The invasion of North Africa, represented a series of firsts for the Allied crusade against Nazi Germany and her Allies. It was the first amphibious landing undertaken by the US Army in the European theater. It was the first combat operation commanded by Dwight Eisenhower. -
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
Thus was born the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (“MFAA") section under the auspices of the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections of the Allied Armies. Together the Monuments Men worked to protect monuments and other cultural treasures from the destruction of World War II. In the last year of the war, they tracked, located, and in the years that followed, returned more than five million artistic and cultural items stolen by Hi -
Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk was a Second World War engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union during July and August 1943. -
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during WWII. -
Battle of Okinawa
Code name of operation Iceberg. A series of battle fought by the U.S and Japan. In the Ryukyu Islands and the largest amphibious assault in the war. -
The Death of FDR
He died before the war was over, because of a cerebral hemorrhage. It had something to do with his heart. -
The Death of Adolf Hitler
He shot himself and took cyanide. The doctor he went to said it would be the best to do if he wants to die. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
They dropped the atomic bomb, "Little boy" on Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb instantly killed 80,000 people. Thousands died because of radiation. A total of 140,000 people died. -
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
They dropped the atomic bomb, “Fat Man” on Nagasaki, Japan. Instantly killing 40,000 people. Thousands die from radiation. It stopped the Japan from continuing World War II.
