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The royal army was defending Britain from an attack in the air.
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Japan launched an attack on a harbor in Hawaii.
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It was a major naval battle where we destroyed their best naval pilots and first-line carriers.
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Nazi Germany unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad in Southern Russia.
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First fight the US had a big part in.
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Helped protect cultural property in war areas.
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The largest tank battle in history and a Soviet victory.
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land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies became known as the largest invasion in military history.
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German forces launched a surprise attack on Allied forces in the Ardennes region in Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.
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36-day fight to capture the island in Japan.
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It was a big island fight that the US won.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt died from high blood pressure.
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He shot himself.
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The first atomic bomb, named Little Boy, was dropped on Hiroshima.
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The second bomb named Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki