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The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain, which is also known as the Air Battle for England, was a military campaign in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force. The battle started July 10,1940, and didn't end until 6 months later on October 31, 1940. -
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The bombing of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. -
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a 3 day long major naval battle in the Pacific Ocean that took place six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The conflict ended on June 7, 1942. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front where Nazi Germany and its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control over Stalingrad in Southern Russia. The conflict started on August 23,1942, and ended 6 months later on February 2,1943. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the Allied invasion of French North Africa. While the French colonies were formally allied with Germany via Vichy France, the loyalties of the population were mixed. Reports had indicated that they might actually support the Allies. The invasion started on November 8,1942, and ended on November 16,1942. -
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program
The Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program under the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections of the Allied armies was established in 1943 to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II. -
The Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk was an engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union. The conflict started on July 5,1943 and ended one month later on August 23,1943. -
D-Day
D-Day was the landing operations and associated airborne operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II, conducted on Tuesday, 6 June 1944.
While codenamed Operation Neptune, it is often referred to as D-Day, and it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. -
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge, which is also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was a big German offensive campaign on the Western Front which started on December 16,1944, and ended on 25 January 1945. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle where the United States Marine Corps and United States Navy landed on (and eventually captured) the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It ended on March 26, 1945. -
The Battle of Okinawa
The battle of Okinawa was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. The battle lasted 82 days and ended on June 22, 1945. -
The Death of FDR
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, usually referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who was the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. -
The Death of Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then assuming the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict. -
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict.