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The Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Section Unit (MFAA) was a program established by the Allies in 1943 to help protect cultural property in war -
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy -
The Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II tank battle that took place in 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory. It was the largest tank battle of the war and one of the deadliest armored battles in history. -
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 Midway
The U.S. Navy defeated the Japanese fleet in a sea and air battle, destroying four of Japan's aircraft carriers -
The Battle of Stalingrad
a pivotal World War II engagement fought between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany over the city of Stalingrad -
Operation Torch
the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November 1942, a major amphibious operation aimed at opening a second front against the Axis powers and securing the Mediterranean theatre. -
The Death of FDR
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served more than two terms. -
D-Day (June 6th, 1944)
brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history -
The Battle of the Bulge
the last major German offensive on the Western Front during World War II -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
it gave the Allies a base for bombing Japan and an emergency landing field for U.S. aircraf -
The Battle of Okinawa
a major World War II battle fought on the island of Okinawa, Japan, -
The Death of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934 -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
uranium bomb detonated over Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 had an explosive yield equal to 15,000 tonnes of TNT -
Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. The bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and they remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. -
The Invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939, was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany