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The Germany military invades Poland, marking the beginning of World War II. -
The Battle of Britian was fought over Britian between Poland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, France, the United States and South Africa. The purpose was Nazi Germany's gain of power over the Royal Air Force to prepare for the invasion of Great Britian. -
On the early December morning, the Japanese surprise attacked the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with around 350 aircraft. This attack sunk or badly damaged eighteen US naval vessels, including eight battleships, destroyed or damaged 300 US aircraft, and killed 2,403 men. -
This battle was fought mainly by aircraft, where the U.S. destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots. -
Operation Torch was an Allied invasion by the US and UK of French North Africa, ending the Axis powers in North Africa. It was the first major US victory of the war. -
This program was established in order to protect creative and cultural projects in war areas during WW2. -
The Battle of Stalingrad was fought between Germany and the Soviet Union in the town of Stalingrad. The Soviet Union inflicted a catastrophic defeat on the German Army in this important city. -
The Battle of Kursk was the largest tank battle in history, involving around 6,000 tanks, 2,000,000 troops, and 4,000 aircrafts. Fought in the Soviet Union between Nazi Germany and the Soviets, it ended in a Soviet victory. -
English, American, Canadian, and French troops attacked German forces on the coast of northern France in the largest naval battle ever attempted. -
The German army invaded The Battle of the Bulge would be the largest engagement ever fought by the US Army -
This massive military campaign included both U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan. After the U.S. invaded the mainland of Japan, one of the bloodiest battles of WWII ensued. It’s believed that all but 200 or so of the 21,000 Japanese forces on the island were killed, and almost 7,000 Marines. -
FDR collapsed and died from a cerebral hemorrhage -
Adolf Hitler died from suicide after it became clear that Germany would lose the Battle of Berlin, which led to the end of World War II in Europe. -
The last battle of WWII, the Navy’s Fleet and more than 180,000 U.S. Army and Marine Corps troops descended on the Pacific island of Okinawa for a final push towards Japan in order to take over and occupy the Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa. It ended in death for both sides, it was an American win. -
American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima in Japan. The explosion immediately killed an estimated 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. -
Three days after Hiroshima, an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki killing an estimated 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor announced the country would be surrendering in World War II after the bomb.