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An air campaign fought largely over southern England. -
A surprise attack that sunk or damaged eighteen US naval vessels, including eight battleships, destroyed or damaged 300 US aircraft, and killed 2,403 men. -
fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength and most of its best-trained naval pilots. -
The most complex amphibious landing to that point in world history. -
An international group established in 1943 that worked under the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections to help protect cultural property during and after World War II. -
Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. 1.2 million people died at the battle. -
The largest tank battle in history, involving some 6,000 tanks, 2,000,000 troops, and 4,000 aircraft. -
The largest amphibious invasion in military history. The United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada invaded Normandy France. -
German forces launched a surprise attack on Allied forces in the forested Ardennes region in Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. -
U.S. Marines invaded Iwo Jima after months of naval and air bombardment. The Japanese defenders of the island were dug into bunkers within the volcanic rocks. 70,000 U.S. Marines and 18,000 Japanese soldiers took part in the battle. -
while sitting for a portrait, he collapsed and died of a cerebral hemorrhage. -
committed suicide via a gunshot to the head on 30 April 1945 in the Führerbunker in Berlin. -
As retaliation for Pearl Harbor. The United States dropped a bomb with an explosive yield equal to 15,000 tonnes of TNT. It razed and burnt around 70 percent of all buildings and caused an estimated 140,000 -
Same reason as Hiroshima -
The battle took three months that included some of the worst kamikaze attacks of the war. The United States had sustained over 49,000 casualties including more than 12,500 men killed or missing.