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World War II

  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain
    , also known as the Air Battle for England was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF)
  • The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
    a Japanese surprise attack on the United states at pearl harbor.
  • The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway
    On the morning of June 4, 1942, aircraft from Japanese carriers attacked and damaged the US base on Midway.
  • The Battle of Stalingrad

    The Battle of Stalingrad
    The Battle of Stalingrad
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch
    an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War.
  • Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program

    Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
    Together the Monuments Men worked to protect monuments and other cultural treasures from the destruction of World War II.
  • The Battle of Kursk

    The Battle of Kursk
    ngagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    U.S forces storm the beaches of Normandy.
  • The Battle of the Bulge

    The Battle of the Bulge
    German forces launched a surprise attack on Allied forces in the forested Ardennes region in Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.
  • The Battle of Iwo Jima

    The Battle of Iwo Jima
    American forces invaded the island on February 19, 1945, and the ensuing Battle of Iwo Jima lasted for five weeks. In some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II
  • The Battle of Okinawa

    The Battle of Okinawa
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    The invasion was part of Operation Iceberg, a complex plan to invade and occupy the Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa.
  • The Death of FDR

    The Death of FDR
    FDR dies after starting his fourth term as 32nd U.S president.
  • The Death of Adolf Hitler

    The Death of Adolf Hitler
    Adolf Hitler kills himself and his newly married wife to avoid capture.
  • Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

    Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
    The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Atomic Bombing Nagasaki

    Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
    The bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki with the Fat Man plutonium bomb device.