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May 27, 1940 – Jun 4, 1940; almost 200,000 British and 140,000 French and Belgian troops were evacuated, the evacuation of Dunkirk was important because it allowed the British Army to avoid capture and live to fight another day. -
Jul 10, 1940 – Oct 31, 1940; Britain's victory in the battle of Britain showed the courage and resilience of the country's military and its people which allowed them to remain free from Nazi occupation, it enabled America to establish a base of operations in England to invade Normandy on D-Day in 1944 -
Aug 23, 1942 – Feb 2, 1943; This battle was the first time that Hitler's army admitted defeat, which also made it a turning point of the war for both Germany and the Soviet Union -
A program under which the United States supplied the United Kingdom, France, China, and later the Soviet Union and other Allied nations with food, oil, and other materials between 1941 and 1945. -
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The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor but they missed the aircraft carriers which may have helped the US win the war. -
Germany declares war on the United States and the US declared war on them in return
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April 18, 1942; James H. Doolittle led 16 bombers in a spectacular surprise attack that caused little damage but boosted Allies' morale, the raid prompted the Japanese to retain four army fighter groups in Japan when they were badly needed in the South Pacific -
May 4, 1942 – May 8, 1942; it was the first time in World War 2 that the Japanese experienced failure in a major operation, and the battle stopped the Japanese sea-borne invasion of Port Moresby. -
Jun 4, 1942 – Jun 7, 1942; the U.S. Navy's victory in the air-sea battle and its successful defense of the major base located at Midway Island destroyed Japan's hopes of neutralizing the United States as a naval power and effectively turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific. -
D-day or Operation Overlord was the invasion of the allies into Western Europe to push back the Nazis -
Dec 16, 1944 – Jan 25, 1945; This battle was Hitler's last offense of the war against the allies, and the Germans used a 90-minute artillery barrage and air forces. -
February 4, 1945 - February 11, 1945; The meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin which led to the beginnings of the Cold War. -
Feb 19, 1945 – Mar 26, 1945; after the battle, Iwo Jima served as an emergency landing site saving the lives of hundreds of US airmen and securing Iwo Jima paved the way for the last and largest battle in the Pacific which was the invasion of Okinawa. -
The United States and Great Britain celebrate victory over Europe.
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Roosevelt dies at Little White House Historic Site, Georgia. -
The United States drop a bomb on Hiroshima to encourage the Japanese to surrender unconditionally. -
The United States drops a bomb on Nagasaki three days after Hiroshima to encourage the Japanese to surrender unconditionally. -
The United States celebrates the victory over Japan. -
The United Nations is created after the UN charter was accepted with a vote of 89 to 2 on July 28, 1945
