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a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe -
December 7, 1941, Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor, a naval base in the U.S. territory of Hawai'i -
The Battle of Midway was a key battle to secure dominance in the Pacific in World War II -
The Battle of Stalingrad was the deadliest battle to take place during the Second World War. -
he American armies gain their first major victory in World War II. -
help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II. -
the first time in the Second World War that a German strategic offensive was halted before it could break through enemy defenses -
brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest invasion force in human history -
The last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps and United States Navy landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. -
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army -
Death of Franklin D Roosevelt -
Hitler died -
the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. -
the goal was to destroy Japan's ability to make war.