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The Invasion of Poland was a defensive War of 1939 it was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland. -
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Empire of Japan on the United States Pacific Fleet. -
The Battle of Midway was a decisive American victory over the Japanese Navy in June 1942. -
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. -
The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II tank battle that took place in 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory. -
The Battle of Stalingrad was a brutal World War II battle that took place in the city of Stalingrad from August 1942 to February 1943. -
Torch was a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa while allowing American armed forces. -
In 1943, the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program was established under the Civil Affairs and Military Government sections of the Allied armies. -
Adolf Hitler was an dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party. -
The Battle of Britain was 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. -
The Battle of the Bulge was a German offensive in World War II that took place in the Ardennes Forest of Belgium and Luxembourg. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a key turning point in World War II because it helped the Allies gain an airbase for bombing raids on Japan. -
So close to the home islands, most Japanese soldiers refused to surrender and fought to the death. -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. -
At 8:15 am Hiroshima time Little Boy was dropped. The result was approximately 80,000 deaths in just the first few minutes. -
The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively.