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the battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air superiority over the RAF from July to September 1940 -
the bombing of pearl harbor
was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base. Which made us want to get revenge on Japan -
the battle of midway
Japan possessed general naval superiority over the United States and could usually choose where and when to attack. After Midway, the two opposing fleets were essentially equals, and the United States soon took the offensive. -
the battle of stalingrad
was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad -
operation Torch
Operation Torch was the name given to the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November 1942. Operation Torch was the first time the British and Americans had jointly worked on an invasion plan together. -
monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
was established in 1943 to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II. -
the battle of Kursk
between July and August 1943. The German offensive, codenamed Operation Citadel , sought to destroy large Soviet forces near the Russian city of Kursk 450 kilometres or 280 miles southwest of Moscow. -
D-Day
160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory. -
the battle of the Bulge
was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe -
the battle of Iwo Jima
The capture of Iwo Jima was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the far east -
the battle of Okinawa
The capture of Okinawa was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Far East. Okinawa was to prove a bloody battle even by the standards of the war in the Far East but it was to be one of the major battles of World War Two -
the Death of FDR
commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 32nd President of the United States. -
the Death of Adolf Hitler
committed suicide by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin. -
Atomic bombing of hiroshima
This atomic bomb, the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT, flattened the city, killing tens of thousands of civilians. While Japan was still trying to comprehend this devastation three days later, the United States struck again -
atomic bombing of Nagasaki
While the people of Japan tried to comprehend the devastation in Hiroshima, the United States was preparing a second bombing mission. The second run was not delayed in order to give Japan time to surrender, but was waiting only for a sufficient amount of plutonium-239 for the atomic bomb.