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Invasion of Poland
The last straw of the allied powers and officially starting WW2. -
Battle of Britain
Major Battle in WW2 fought entirely by air. The British won and had more operational airmen after the Battle than before it. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack that brought the Americans into WW2. -
Midway
The battle that helped America take control of the Pacific. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Major battle on the Eastern Front during WW2. Was the bloodiest battle in Human History. -
Operation Torch
The Allied invasion of French North Africa. Helped to block supplies to the European Axis Powers. -
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Monuments, fine arts, and archives program.
This was founded to protect cultures from the axis powers. -
Battle of Kursk
Major Battle on the Eastern Front. Became the Largest tank battle in history. -
DDay
Allied invasion of Normandy France. Helped bring more troops and take away from the Nazis and gave us room too invade Germany. -
Battle of the Bulge
Also known as the Ardennes Offensive, this was a German campaign to open up the western front. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
A major battle where the U.S. took the southern island of Iwo Jima in Japan for a place to fuel planes to bomb Japan. -
Okinawa
Major Turning Point in the Pacific. -
Death of FDR
The death of the American president who led us out of the Great Depression and win WW2. -
Death of Hitler
The death of the man in charge brought the end to the European theater in WW2. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
In hopes to get the Japanese to surrender, we dropped the biggest bomb on Hiroshima. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
After dropping the bomb on Hiroshima the Jappanese still didn't surrender so we dropped an even bigger bomb.