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  • The Invasion of Poland

    The Invasion of Poland

    A unprovoked attack on Poland by Nazi Germany going against the soviet and Germany pact, starting WW2
  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain

    a military campaign of World War ll, where Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against massive attacks by Nazi Germany's air force
  • The bombing of Pearl harbor

    The bombing of Pearl harbor

    The empire of japan launches a surprise military strike on Pearl Harbor in Oahu Hawaii.
  • The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway

    a naval battle in the Pacific Theater during World War II, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
  • The Battle of Stanlingrad

    The Battle of Stanlingrad

    a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, where Nazi Germany and Axis allies attacked and struggled with the Soviet Union for control
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch

    The allies invaded French North Africa during World War II
  • Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program

    Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program

    US army aswell as allied forces created to get back stolen art pieces.
  • The Battle of Kursk

    The Battle of Kursk

    A soviet victory in the largest tank battle in history
  • D-day

    D-day

    largest amphibious invasion in history between UK, US, and Germany on the beaches of Normandy.
  • The Battle of the Bulge

    The Battle of the Bulge

    Germanys final offensive on the western front, targeting allied powers
  • The Battle of Iwo Jima

    The Battle of Iwo Jima

    The battle where the United States Marine Corps and Navy landed on and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army
  • The Battle of Okinawa

    The Battle of Okinawa

    The US secured the island to use as a base for invading mainland Japan, but faced 82-days of fighting
  • The Death of FDR

    The Death of FDR

    Died of a stroke in his “little White House” in Warm Springs, Georgia
  • The Death of Adolf Hitler

    The Death of Adolf Hitler

    hitler shoots himself with his wife in Führerbunker in Berlin
  • Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

    Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

    US drops “little boy” on Hiroshima with the B-29 Enola Gay plane
  • Atomic Bombing Nagasaki

    Atomic Bombing Nagasaki

    Dropped “fat man” after “little boy” didn’t make the Japanese army surrender