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The Battle of Britain
"Military campaign in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force..." Wikipedia. -
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese surprise bombed Pearl Harbor, located in Honolulu, destroying twenty U.S. ships and over 300 aircraft and killing over 2000 men and women. -
The Battle of Midway
"Battle of Midway, naval battle fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan’s first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots..." Britannica. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
"...Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia." Wikipedia. -
Operation Torch
"...the Anglo-American invasion of French Morocco and Algeria during the North African Campaign of World War II." Encyclopedia. -
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
"...under the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections of the Allied armies was established in 1943 to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II." Wikipedia -
The Battle of Kursk
"...unsuccessful German assault on the Soviet salient around the city of Kursk, in western Russia..." Britannica -
D-Day
"...when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history..." History.com -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
"The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps and Navy landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army..." Wikipedia -
The Battle of Okinawa
"The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army." Wikipedia -
The Death of FDR
FDR dies at the age of 63 years due to cerebral hemorrhage. . -
The Death of Adolf Hitler
"...holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head." History.com -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
"...an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion immediately killed an estimated 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure." History.com -
Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
"Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people." History.com -
The Battle of the Bulge
"The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, was a major German offensive campaign on the Western Front..." Wikipedia