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The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain took place between July and October 1940. The Germans began by attacking coastal targets and British shipping operating in the English Channel. -
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan bomb Pearl Harbor because they were hoping that it would mess up the peace. When Japan attacked U.S it was an attack on us, we eventually attacked them back, which Japan thought they crippled us. -
The Battle of Midway
U.S. Navy intelligence successfully breaking Japanese codes and discovering the Japanese Navy's plans to attack Midway Atoll. The Doolittle Raid was the reason was the reason why U.S launched its first attack and Japan. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
It was the first time that the Hitler regime admitted a military defeat, which also made it the psychological turning point of the war for both Germany and the Soviet Union.The battle is infamous as one of the largest, longest and bloodiest engagements in modern warfare. -
Operation Torch
It resulted from an uneasy compromise between the Western Allies, and was intended to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union by imperiling Axis forces in the region and by enabling an invasion of Southern Europe. -
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
Together the Monuments Men worked to protect monuments and other cultural treasures from the destruction of World War II. -
The Battle of Kursk
The Soviets won the Battle of Kursk and ended Hitler's dream of conquering Russia.The Battle of Kursk was the largest tank battle in history, involving some 6,000 tanks, 2,000,000 troops, and 4,000 aircraft. -
D-Day (June 6th, 1944)
The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest medal for valor in combat that can be awarded to members of the armed forces. More than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50 mile stretch of heavily fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy France. -
The Battle of the Bulge
German forces launched a surprise attack on Allied forces in the forested Ardennes region in Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German military offensive in western Europe. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
American forces invaded the island on February 19, 1945, and the ensuing Battle of Iwo Jima lasted for five weeks.The Battle of Iwo Jima proved to be a major turning point in World War II because it was part of a plan by the United States to end the war with Japan. -
The Battle of Okinawa
Taking Okinawa would provide Allied forces an airbase from which bombers could strike Japan and an advanced anchorage for Allied fleets. -
The Death of FDR
FDR was killed by a stroke and died at 63 years old. A soldier said "I imagine his sudden death came as a real blow to the American people. Everyone out here feels a definite sadness and a real loss at a time like this". -
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. -
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. -
Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
The bombing was to bring the war with Japan to a speedy end and spare American lives. It has been suggested that the second objective was to demonstrate the new weapon of mass destruction to the Soviet Union.