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The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919 by Germany and the Allied Powers to end World War I. The treaty was signed in the Palace of Versailles in Paris, France. -
During World War II, the Battle of France was a German invasion of France and the Low Countries that lasted from May 10 to June 25, 1940. -
The Battle of Britain was a key air campaign during World War II that took place from July to October 1940. -
On the 22nd of June 1941, Adolf Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. It was the beginning of a campaign that would ultimately decide the Second World War. -
The Normandy Campaign, also known as Operation Overlord, was the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. -
The Battle of the Bulge was part of the Ardennes-Alsace Campaign, a German offensive that began on December 16, 1944. -
The Yalta Conference was a meeting of the Allied leaders in February 1945 to decide how to end World War II and establish a postwar world. -
Japan surrendered to the Allied Powers on September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. The surrender marked the end of World War II. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a World War II campaign that took place from February 19 to March 26, 1945. -
The Lend-Lease Act was a program that allowed the United States to lend or lease war supplies to countries that were vital to U.S. defense