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Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on June 4 to June 7, 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. -
The Invasion of Normandy
D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion ever undertaken and laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Germany in World War II. -
G.I. Bill of Rights
On June 22, 1944, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill of Rights, was signed into law. Professor Edwin Amenta states: Veterans benefits were a bargain for conservatives who feared increasingly high taxation and the extension of New Deal national government agencies. -
Germany surrenders
On May 7, 1945, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allies in Reims, France, ending World War II and the Third Reich. -
The Atomic Bomb
On 16 July 1945, the ‘Trinity’ nuclear test plunged humanity into the so-called Atomic Age. The first-ever nuclear bomb was detonated in New Mexico, at the Alamogordo Test Range. -
The Election of Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States presidential election of 1952, American presidential election held on November 4, 1952, in which Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower easily defeated Democrat Adlai E. Stevenson.