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The invasion of Poland by Germany is what officially started WWII. -
Major battle where the UK had to defend, and successfully did so, against Nazi Germany’s forces. Most of the fight was aerial. -
The bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii from the Japanese is what instigated the United States to join WWII. -
Major Pacific Naval battle 6 months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor -
This is a battle where Nazi Germany was at a stalemate with the USSR trying to conquer the Soviet city of Stalingrad. -
Operation Torch was the Allied invasion of French controlled North Africa. -
The MFAA was a military program enacted by the Allied Powers to protect cultural property, and recover art stolen by the Nazis. -
The Battle of Kursk was fought between Nazi Germany and the USSR in the Southwestern part of the Soviet Union. -
D - Day was the American invasion of French Shores known as the Beaches of Normandy. It was the turning point of WWII; however, it was incredibly brutal for Americans. -
The last major offensive campaign by Nazi Germany. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima was when the U.S. captured the island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific from the Japanese Imperial Army. -
The Battle of Okinawa was fought in the Pacific island if Okinawa. It was an 82 day battle that resulted in the U.S. gaining the island’s territory from the Japanese Imperial Army. -
FDR died on April 4th, 1945 due to a stroke. -
Adolf Hitler died by suicide on 30 April, 1945. -
The bombing of Hiroshima was retaliation of the Pearl Harbor bombing. -
The U.S. dropped another atomic bomb in Japan after they didn’t back down from the bombing of Hiroshima. This time, it was in Nagasaki.