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The Royal Air Forces fought off Nazi planes defending the U.K. This was the first major military campaign fought completely by the air forces. -
The U.S. Navy had successfully broken the Japanese code and found out their plan to attack Midway. Japan lost many trained pilots and carriers to the United States. -
The Japanese Navy Air Service sent a surprise attack against the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. -
Operation Neptune (D-Day) was the largest sea-to-land invasion in history. Located in Normandy. -
The Nazis tried to fight the Soviet Union for control over the city of Stalingrad. The Nazis were very unsuccessful. -
This operation let the British secure North Africa while allowing the American armed forces to engage in a fight against Nazi Germany. -
The Allies won the Battle of the Bulge which led to very high German casualties. Germany lost about 80,000-100,00 men while the Americans lost only 75,000. -
Helped protect cultural property in war areas during WWII. -
Nazi Germany lost this battle against the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front. The largest tank battle in history. -
the United States Marine Corps and United States Navy captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army. -
Died of a cerebral hemorrhage. After his death, his Vice President, Harry Truman, took his place as president. -
Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, committed suicide with his wife Eva Braun. -
Three days after the first bomb attack on Hiroshima another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. After this Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender in the war. -
the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.