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The Battle of Britain
Britain's victory in the Battle of Britain demonstrated the courage and resilience of the country's military and its people and allowed them to remain free from Nazi occupation. -
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The bombing of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike. Even the people at Pearl Harbor thought it was a drill. Precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. -
The Battle of the Bulge
Was called “the greatest American battle of the war” by Churchill. Hitler’s aim was to split the Allies in their drive toward Germany. The German troops’ failure to divide Britain, France and America with the Ardennes offensive paved the way to victory for the allies. -
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a key battle to secure dominance in the Pacific in World War II. It was a clash between the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy that played out six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
The battle is infamous as one of the largest, longest and bloodiest engagements in modern warfare. The Battle of Stalingrad ultimately turned the tide of World War II in favor of the Allied forces. It was was a brutal military campaign between Russian forces and those of Nazi Germany and the Axis powers during World War II. -
Operation Torch
Was the Anglo-American invasion of French Morocco and Algeria during the North African Campaign of World War II. It was intended to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union by imperiling Axis forces in the region and by enabling an invasion of Southern Europe in 1943. -
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program was an international group established in 1943 that worked under the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections to help protect cultural property during and after World War II. -
The Battle of Kursk
The battle was Germany’s last chance to regain dominance on the Eastern Front during World War II and would be their final blitzkrieg offensive. -
D-Day
56,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
Was one of the bloodiest battles in the pacific. Iwo Jima was targeted by the Americans as part of the Allies so that they could invade an island, establish a military base there and then launch an attack on another island. -
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa (April 1, 1945-June 22, 1945) was the last major battle of World War II, and one of the bloodiest. Taking Okinawa would provide Allied forces an airbase from which bombers could strike Japan and an advanced anchorage for Allied fleets. -
The Death of FDR
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away after four momentous terms in office. According to presidential biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin, it was about 1 p.m. that the president suddenly complained of a terrific pain in the back of my head and collapsed unconscious. -
The Death of Adolf Hitler
The Death of Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945 after being hunted by Soviet troops storming Berlin. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15, citing the devastating power of “a new and most cruel bomb.” -
Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
A second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s unconditional surrender. Nagasaki was a shipbuilding center, the very industry intended for destruction.