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The Battle of Britain
An air campaign fought largely over southern England. -
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack that sunk or damaged eighteen US naval vessels, including eight battleships, destroyed or damaged 300 US aircraft, and killed 2,403 men. -
The Battle of Midway
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. -
Operation Torch
The most complex amphibious landing to that point in world history. -
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 Stalingrad
Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. 1.2 million people died at the battle. -
The Battle of Kursk
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 largest amphibious invasion in military history. The United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada invaded 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 Iwo Jima
U.S. Marines invaded Iwo Jima after months of naval and air bombardment. The Japanese defenders of the island were dug into bunkers within the volcanic rocks. 70,000 U.S. Marines and 18,000 Japanese soldiers took part in the battle. -
The Death of FDR
while sitting for a portrait, he collapsed and died of a cerebral hemorrhage. -
The Death of Adolf Hitler
committed suicide via a gunshot to the head on 30 April 1945 in the Führerbunker in Berlin. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
As retaliation for Pearl Harbor. The United States dropped a bomb with an explosive yield equal to 15,000 tonnes of TNT. It razed and burnt around 70 percent of all buildings and caused an estimated 140,000 -
Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
Same reason as Hiroshima -
The Battle of Okinawa
The battle took three months that included some of the worst kamikaze attacks of the war. The United States had sustained over 49,000 casualties including more than 12,500 men killed or missing.