WW2

Battle of Britian

Jul 10, 1940

a mainly aircraft fought battle over southern britian leading to the creation of radar and

The death of FDR

Apr 12, 1941

Succuming to his health before the germans could surrender FDR died

pearl harbor

Dec 7, 1941

an attack by japan lead against the us navy dealing a huge blow to the us fleet making japan Beleive they dealt a blow to america

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

this battle was very important for the fact of a large sum of the Japanese navy was destroyed leaving japan in a deficit in naval ships.

Battle of Stalingrad

Jul 17, 1942

one of the bloodiest battles of ww2 where hundreds and thousand of Russians died fight germans occupying the city

Operation torch

Nov 9, 1942

This was a operation to distract and lessen the strain on Americans on the western front by British to attack Africa and give the axis a harder time fighting two wars

Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program

1943

this program helped defend during and after civil property and other miscelenious thing during ww2

battle of Okinawa

Apr 1, 1943

this battle was significant for two reasons it would allow a solid foothold to push Japanese forces back from making land fall on Alaska and it lead to one of Americans greatest heroes saving 75 men without using a gun or killing a soldier

Battle of Kursk

Jul 5, 1943

One of the largest tank battles on the eastern front where hitler made a last ditch effort against Russian to make operation Barberossa hold

D Day

Jun 6, 1944

this was the largest landing assault ever recorded in history by the USA, Britain, and Canadian forces to storm german occupied France and begin the chopping of the german third reich

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

This battle was another last ditch effort by Germany to stall the us to put themselves in a negotiating spot

battle of Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

this was a battle for a Japanese held island which would give the marines and navy a chance to strike into Japanese held territory

The Death of Adolf hitler

Apr 30, 1945

this was a devastating blow to the german army and demoralizing and this is where the final fight of nazis finally ended where they no cause to fight for

Atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

this was the first atomic bomb dropped to make the Japanese surrender and they did not

the Atomic bombing of Nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

this was the second atomic bomb dropped which finaly led later to the surrender of the japanese and its people