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The Battle of Britain
a military campaign of WWII, where the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against Nazi Germany's air force -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack against America by Japan on Hawaii. -
The Battle of Midway
A major Naval battle took place soon after a few other battles -
The Battle of Stalingrad
A major battle on the Eastern Front of WWII where Nazi Germany and its allies lost against the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. -
Operation Torch
An event where American and British forces invaded beaches and ports across French North Africa. Operation Torch was the biggest and most complex amphibious landing to that point in world history. -
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
The Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Section Unit was a program founded by the Allies in 1943 to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II. -
The Battle of Kursk
A battle between the forces of Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia. It became the largest tank battle in history. -
D-Day (June 6th, 1944)
This battle was a big battle that combined land, air, and sea to also create the largest amphibious battle in world history. The operation delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France. -
The Battle of the Bulge
Also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was a major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
This was an event in which the US Marine Corps and the US Navy landed on and captured an island from the Japanese army. -
The Battle of Okinawa
A war of the US Army and the US Marine Corps against the Imperial Japanese Army on the island of Okinawa. -
The Death of FDR
FDR was an American politician who was also the 32nd president. -
The Death of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 until he un-alived himself in 1945. He was the leader of the Nazi Party, the group who led the holocaust. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
During World War II an American bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
The United States detonated an atomic bomb over Nagasaki respectively. The bombing killed many people most of whom were civilians, and remains the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. Corresponding with the bombing of Hiroshima.