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The Battle of Britain
Britain's victory in the Battle of Britain demonstrated the courage and resilience of the country's military and its people and allowed them to remain free from Nazi occupation -
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II -
The Battle of Stalingrad
most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union -
Operation Torch
the British objective of securing victory in North Africa while allowing American armed forces the opportunity to engage in the fight against Nazi Germany on a limited scale -
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway became one of the most important American naval victories of World War II -
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
Military Government Sections of the Allied armies was established in 1943 to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II -
The Battle of Kursk
the decisive end of the German offensive capability on the Eastern Front and cleared the way for the great Soviet offensives of 1944–45. -
D-Day (June 6th, 1944)
the beginning of the liberation of German-occupied Western Europe from Nazi control. The invasion involved a series of military beach landings along the coast of Normandy -
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge marked the last German offense on the Western Front. The catastrophic losses on the German side prevented Germany from resisting -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was an epic military campaign between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan in early 1945 -
The Battle of Okinawa
It was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of World War II. It also resulted in the largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 casualties for the Allies -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
President Truman authorized the use of the atom bombs in an effort to bring about Japan's surrender in the Second World War -
The Death of FDR
Roosevelt built a powerful wartime coalition with Britain and the Soviet Union, and led the nation to victory against Nazi Germany -
The Death of Adolf Hitler
Hitler used his power to orchestrate the deaths of 6 million Jews and millions of others during World War II. -
Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
The bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki with the Fat Man plutonium bomb device on August 9, 1945, caused terrible human devastation and helped end World War II