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The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of World War II in which the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe
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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor it was a surprise military strike.
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It was one of the "most important" American naval victories of World War II. The U.S. Navy was able to launch a surprise attack on the larger Japanese fleet. The Battle of Midway turned the tide of the war. Japanese and American naval powers were roughly equalized after this war.
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In the Battle of Stalingrad, Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. They stopped the Germans advance into the Soviet Union and this marked the turning of the tide of war in favour of the Allies.
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Operation Torch was an Allied invasion of French North Africa. The invasion forces had to overcome French opposition in territories controlled by the Vichy Regime under Marshall Philippe Pétain.
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The Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program under the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections of the Allied armies was established in 1943 to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II
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The Battle of Kursk was a World War II engagement between German and Soviet forces. It was the largest tank battle in history, involving some 6,000 tanks, 2,000,000 troops, and 4,000 aircraft. It marked the end of the German offensive capability on the Eastern Front and cleared the way for the great Soviet offensives of 1944–45.
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troops from the UK, the US, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of northern France, on 6 June 1944. It was the largest military naval, air and land operation ever attempted and marked the start of the campaign to liberate Nazi-occupied north-west Europe.
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Hitler's aim was to split the Allies in their drive toward Germany. As the Germans drove into the Ardennes the Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge, giving rise to the battle's name. The battle proved to be the costliest ever fought by the U.S. Army, which suffered over 100,000 casualties. This was a major German offensive campaign on the Western Front.
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It was the first major battle of World War II to take place on Japanese homeland. Location was strategic to the US. The U.S needed a place for fighter planes and bombers to land and take off when attacking Japan.
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At least 100,000 civilians were either killed in combat or were ordered to commit suicide by the Japanese military. It was fought on the largest island in Japan.Also last major battle of WW2
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32 president dies
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Hitler died.
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exactly what it sounds like
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another one.
