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Battle of britian
an aerial battle fought in World War II in 1940 between the German Luftwaffe (air force), which carried out extensive bombing in Britain, and the British Royal Air Force, which offered successful resistance -
pearl Harbor
United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. -
el alamein
Turning point in the war in N. Africa. German General Rommel's forces were defeated in October 1942 in Egypt by British General Montgomery and as a result, retreated to Tunisia. -
Stalingrad
Considered a turning point of the European Theater of the war, the Soviets beat the Germans after a long seige of Stalingrad but at no small cost, with over 1.5 million casualties. After this surrender, the Soviets will push the Germans out of the USSR. -
Normandy Invasion
June 6, 1944, "D-Day", Operation Overlord, Allied invasion of France;a turning point in WWII; beginning of the end for Germany in World War II -
Battle of the Bulge
World War II battle in December 1944 between Germany and Allied troops that was the last German offensive in the West. -
D-Day
June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II. -
Corregidor
the fortress on the Bataan Peninsula that guarded the entrance to Manila Bay in the Philappines; it was the last to surrender to the Japanese; it's surrender gave the Japanese complete control of the Philippines -
Battle of Coral Sea
Naval battle between Japanese and American forces that stopped the Japanese advance on Australia. -
Hiroshima
City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II.
