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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 (now Volgograd) in southwestern Russia. -
Operation Torch was a British-American invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. It was aimed at helping Allied forces gain a foothold in the Mediterranean, and was a part of the larger strategy to defeat Nazi Germany in Europe. -
Operation Overlord, also known as D-day, was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. -
The Yalta Conference was a meeting if the leaders of the Allied powers during World War II, held in Yalta, Crimea. The three main participants were Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. The conference aimed to discuss the post-war reorganization of Europe and to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Empire of Japan during World War II.