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An earlier battle in WW2, in which the Royal Air Force (England) defended the UK from the German Air Force.
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The Japanese Naval Air Service launched a surprise bombing on the U.S. naval base, Pearl Harbor.
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The event of the Japanese sending sixty to eighty thousand PoW were forced to march around sixty miles, where the Japanese beat and killed the prisoners.
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The Battle of Midway was a decisive battle in the Pacific war that occurred six months after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
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Germany and its allies fought Russia for control of Stalingrad. One of the largest conflicts in WW2.
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Ally forces began to land on the beaches of Normandy with attempts of overrunning Northern France.
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The final conflict in WW2, Allied forces charged Germany as they made their final stand.
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The end of the war in Europe (Victory in Europe Day).
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The Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, killing 80,000 on impact.
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The final act of WW2 before Japan surrendered, the Enola Gay dropped a second nuclear warhead on the city of Nagasaki resulting in around 100,000 casualties.
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Japan announced its surrender, effectively ending WW2.
