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Firebombing of Tokyo
An estimated 100,000 people perished in the fire bomb raid on Tokyo in the night of March 9-10, 1945. At the same time, 1 million were rendered homeless and over 41 square kilometers of the city were razed to the ground. -
D-Day
D-Day was the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. It was part of Operation Overlord, a large-scale invasion that involved land, air, and sea forces. -
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Liberation of Paris
The Liberation of Paris, occurring during World War II between August 19th and 25th, 1944, saw the Allied forces, primarily the French 2nd Armored Division led by General Leclerc, successfully liberate the French capital from German occupation, ending over four years of Nazi control with the surrender of the German garrison in Paris -
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
The Battle of Leyte Gulf took place from October 23-26, 1944, was the largest naval battle of World War II, where the US Navy decisively defeated the Imperial Japanese Navy, effectively crippling their offensive capabilities and securing the Allied invasion of the Philippines -
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Battle of the buldge
Took place in the Ardennes Forest between December 16, 1944, and January 25, 1945, was Adolf Hitler's last major offensive on the Western Front during World War II, where German forces launched a surprise attack against Allied lines, creating a "bulge" in the front, but were ultimately halted and pushed back by Allied resistance, primarily from American troops -
Yalta conference
The Yalta Conference, held in February 1945, brought together Allied leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin to discuss postwar arrangements in Europe following the imminent defeat of Nazi Germany -
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Firebombing of Dresdan
On the night of 13 February, the British bombers created a firestorm which engulfed the city's center. The 8th Air Force's B-17s, sent to Dresden to bomb its rail yards, attacked over the next two days. The two waves of American bombers restarted fires throughout the city and added to the destruction. -
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Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a key World War II battle that took place from February 19 to March 26, 1945. The U.S. Marine Corps and Navy fought the Imperial Japanese Army to capture the island of Iwo Jima. -
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Soviet invasion of Berlin
The Soviet invasion of Berlin, also known as the Battle of Berlin, took place in April-May 1945 during World War II, where the Soviet Red Army launched a brutal assault on the German capital, eventually capturing the city and forcing its surrender on May 2, 1945 -
Hitlers suicide
Adolf Hitler, chancellor and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, committed suicide via a gunshot to the head on 30 April 1945 in the Führerbunker in Berlin after it became clear that Germany would lose the Battle of Berlin, which led to the end of World War II in Europe. -
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Okinawa
The battle for Okinawa dragged out over nearly three months and included some of the worst kamikaze attacks of the war. By the time Okinawa was secured by American forces on June 22, 1945, the United States had sustained over 49,000 casualties including more than 12,500 men killed or missing. -
Germany's surrender
Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Allied forces on May 7, 1945, in Reims, France, marking the end of World War II in Europe -
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Potsdam conference
The Potsdam Conference, held in July-August 1945, was a meeting between the Allied powers (United States, Great Britain, and Soviet Union) to decide the future of post-war Germany following World War II -
Hiroshima bombing
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II. The bombing killed tens of thousands of people immediately and many more over the following years. -
Nagasaki Bombing
On August 9, 1945, during World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb, codenamed "Fat Man", on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, marking the second use of nuclear weapons in war; this devastating attack caused widespread destruction and numerous casualties, ultimately contributing to Japan's surrender and the end of the war. -
Japans surrender
It was the deployment of a new and terrible weapon, the atomic bomb, which forced the Japanese into a surrender that they had vowed never to accept