World War 2

  • Battle of Britain

    July 10, 1040 - October 31, 1940. The first military campaign was fought entirely by air forces, and had we not won that Germany would've invaded Britain.
  • The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Surprise Military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air service upon the United States Against the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor.
  • Battle of Midway

    June 4, 1942 - June 7, 1942. The battle that turned the tide of the war.
  • Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

    August 6, 1945. Was the first use of atomic weapons in a war in Japan.
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    August 23, 1942 - Febuary 2, 1943. The Soviet Union defeated the german army for control of Stalingrad. That was the bloodiest battle to have ever taken place 2.2 million casualties.
  • Operation torch

    November 8, 1942 -November 16, 1942. It was an allied invasion of French North Africa, and the first time the British and Americans worked on an Invasion plan together.
  • Monuments, Fine Arts,and Archives Program

    Established on June 23, 1943. It wrote a biography of there was a group that identified art, architecture, monuments, and archives that needed to be preserved as they were damaged in the War.
  • Battle of Kursk

    July 5, 1943 - August 23, 1943. The largest tank battle in history. The Nazis had a counterattack after the defeat of Stalingrad. Soviets stopped them, and Hitlers attempt to take over Russia.
  • D-DAY

    June 6, 1944. That was the largest sea-born invasion of Normandy, and it was the American and British goal to move Germany back they liberated France and ended Hitler's regime.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    December 16, 1944, The germans launched the last major offensive of the war and created a bulge around the Ardennes forest. It went on for weeks with lots of American casualties until the weather improved, and American aircraft began to bomb German positions.
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    On February 19, 1945, U.S. marines invaded Iwo Jima after months of naval and air strikes.
  • Battle of Okinawa

    April 1, 1945 - June 22, 1945. The U.S. obtained an air base so that we could increase strikes against Japan, and it was very Bloody. The Japanese launched the largest Kamikaze attack, sinking 26 American ships and severely damaging 168.
  • The death of FDR

    April 12, 1945. He was sitting for a portrait, he collapsed and died of a brain bleed.
  • The death of hitler

    April 30, 1945. Hitler died by suicide via gunshot in the fuhrer bunker in Berlin and also swallowed cyanide. That's when Soviet troops entered Germany.
  • Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki

    August 9, 1945. The second use of Atomic after this bombing the Japanese agreed to the surrender terms and ended the war.