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The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was an air battle or the Second World War defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force against the German Air Force. Britain’s victory saved the country from a ground invasion and possible occupation by German forces while proving that air power alone could be used to win a major battle. -
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the US Naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7th, 1941, that killed over 2300 Americans. This attack lead the Japanese and Americans into World War II. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the Eastern boundry of Europe. This battle stopped the Germans from coming into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. -
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a crucial and and descisive naval battle in the Pacific during World War II and it lasted for 4 days. Happened only 6 months after Pearl Harbor. The victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position. -
Operation Torch
Operation torch was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War This was the first time the British and Americans had jointly worked on an invasion plan together. -
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
The Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program was created in 1943 to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II and to find and return works of art and other items of cultural importance that had been stolen by the Nazis or hidden for safekeeping. -
The Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk was the Second World War engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk. Facing invasion of Sicily and the threat of an Italian collapse, Hitler decided to call off operations at Kursk, its failure shifting the balance of power on the Eastern Front to the Soviets. -
D-Day
Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. The largest seaborne invasion in history, the operation began the liberation of German-occupied northwestern Europe from Nazi control and contributed to the Allied victory on the Western front. -
The Battle of the Bulge
In December 1944, a major German offensive is launched against the Allies in the Ardennes Mountains region on the Western Front. The Germans were quickly protruding through the woods to attack the US, but the US leaders made the army seem like it was much bigger, which gave it its name. It was a draw. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which US Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. After a month of fighting on the Japanese Home Lands, the Americans won and were photographed raising the U.S flag in victory. -
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was a group battle fought on the Inryuhu Islands by the Americans and Japanese with many casualties. It was code named Iceburg. It was fought for 82 days. This was the last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II. -
The Death of FDR
On April 12th, 1945 Franklin Roosevelt collapsed from a cerebral hemorrhage while sitting for a portrait. FDR was a very iconic president, who was the only to serve four terms in office. Vice President Harry Truman took the oath of office the same day with the Second World War still going on. Truman was left to make very important decisions. -
Death of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler and his wife both commited suicide on April 30th 1945 because Germany was being attacked by the Soviets. They did not want to get captured by the Russians because doing so would result in unhonorable humiliation and so they both swallowed cyanide capsules and Hilter then shot himself in the head for clarification of his death. Eight days after Hitler's death, May 8th 1945, Germany surrendered. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
During World War II, an American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. This bombing lead to Japan's surrender 16 hours later. -
Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
Three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. This was the event that lead to Japan's surrender to the United States.
