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The Invasion of Poland
a joint attack on Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union that began World War II. -
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was between Britain's Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe Nazi Germany’s air force and was the first battle in history fought solely in the air. -
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. -
The Battle of Midway
A battle between the United States and Japan during World War II. Its important because it stopped the growth of Japan in the Pacific and put the United States in a position to begin shrinking the Japanese empire. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Soviet Union won the Battle of Stalingrad against a German offensive that attempted to take the city of Stalingrad during World War II. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was a World War II Allied invasion of French North Africa from November 8–16, 1942. -
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
an international group established in 1943 that worked under the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections to help protect cultural property during and after World War II. -
The Battle of Kursk
unsuccessful German assault on the Soviet salient around the city of Kursk, in western Russia, during World War II. -
D-Day (June 6th, 1944)
More than 150,000 Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy, France, as part of the largest seaborne invasion in history. -
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a surprise German counteroffensive in World War II that took place in the Ardennes Forest -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima served as an emergency landing site for more than 2,200 B-29 bombers, saving the lives of 24,000 U.S. airmen. -
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was a major World War II battle that took place on the island of Okinawa from April 1 to June 22, 1945 -
The Death of FDR
On April 12, while sitting for a portrait, he collapsed and died of a cerebral hemorrhage. -
The Death of Adolf Hitler
Hitler killed himself in the Führerbunker beneath the city streets of Berlin. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
On the morning of August 6, 1945, the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
The bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki with the Fat Man plutonium bomb device on August 9, 1945, caused terrible human devastation and helped end World War II.