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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, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II. -
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of WW11, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. It was the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces. -
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Empire of Japan on the United States Pacific Fleet at its naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. At the time, the U.S. was a neutral country in World War II. -
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a naval battle fought between the United States and Japan near the Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean It's considered a decisive American victory, it significantly hurt Japan's maritime power by sinking four of their aircraft carriers, turning the tide of the war in the Pacific against them. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, beginning when Nazi Germany and its Axis allies attacked and became locked in a struggle with the Soviet Union for control over the Soviet city of Stalingrad in Russia. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was a joint British-American invasion of French North Africa during World War II. It was the first major Allied amphibious assault against Axis forces. -
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
The Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Section Unit was a program established by the Allies in 1943 to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II. -
The Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the summer of 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory. -
D-Day (June 6th, 1944)
The D-Day operation 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 operation has the codename OVERLORD, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France -
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during the Second World War, taking place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle on which the United States Marine Corps and United States Navy landed, and they eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. -
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. -
The Death of FDR
Roosevelt won reelection in 1944 but died in 1945 after his physical health seriously and steadily declined during the war years. -
The Death of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler, chancellor and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, committed suicide from a gunshot to the head in the Führerbunker in Berlin after it became clear that Germany would lose the Battle of Berlin, which led to the end of World War II in Europe. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
The bomb detonated over Hiroshima and had an explosive yield equal to 15,000 tonnes of TNT. It razed and burnt around 70 per cent of all buildings and caused an estimated 140,000 deaths by the end of 1945, along with increased rates of cancer and chronic disease among the survivors. -
Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
After the bombing of Hiroshima, workers on Tinian island worked to put the finishing touches on the Fat Man bomb and prepare it for use. It was a plutonium implosion device way more complex than the Little Boy bomb used at Hiroshima.