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Battle of Britain
The Royal Air Force protected the UK against a large-scale German air attack -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes bombed a U.S. naval base in Hawaii. -
Bataan Death March
A 66 mile march POWs in the Philippines were forced to walk by the Japanese military -
Battle of Midway
The U.S. and Japan engaged in a naval battle in the north-central Pacific Ocean. -
Battle of Midway
The U.S. and Japan engaged in a naval battle in the north-central Pacific Ocean -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad. -
D-Day
D-Day is the day Allied forces invaded France by beach landings in Normandy. -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge was Hitler's attempt to push the Allied forces into northwestern Belgium and out of France. -
VE-Day
The day when the Allied forces formally accepted the surrender of Nazi Germany -
Dropping Atomic Bombs
The U.S. dropped two bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The "Little Boy" was a uranium-based bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The "Fat Man" was detonated over Nagasaki. -
VJ Day
Japan surrendered to the Allied forces, ending WWII
