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The invasion of Poland by Germany marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. -
The Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against the German Air Force. -
Japan launched a surprise attack on the US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor. -
The Soviet Red Army successfully defended the city of Stalingrad against the German Wehrmacht. -
The U.S. Navy defeated the Japanese Navy near Midway, turning the tide of the war in the Pacific. -
Operation Torch was the Allied invasion of North Africa during World War II. -
The MFAA was a program established by the Allies in 1943 to help protect cultural property in war areas. -
It was a massive tank battle fought between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. -
The Allied invasion of Normandy was the largest amphibious military operation in history. -
A major German offensive in World War II that took place in the Ardennes Forest. -
US Marines and Navy forces fought to capture the island of Iwo Jima -
A major battle of the Pacific War that was fought on the island of Okinawa between the United States Army and the Marines against the Japanese. -
FDR was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. -
Adolf Hitler was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. -
On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
The atomic bomb was dropped by a USAAF B-29 airplane named "Bockscar".