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The Doolittle raid
the Doolittle raid also known as the Tokyo raid on Saturday, April 18, 1942, was an air raid by the united states of america on the japs capital Tokyo and other places on the island of Honshu during ww2, the first air strike to strike the japs home island. it demonstrated that japan itself was vulnerable to american air attack, served as retaliation for japs attack on pearl harbor on Sunday December was planned. -
The ghetto uprising
German forces intended to liquidate the Warsaw ghetto beginning on April 19, 1943, the eve of the Jewish holiday of Passover. when the SS and the police units entered the ghetto that morning. the streets were deserted. nearly all of the residents of the ghetto had gone into hiding, as the renewal of deportations of Jews to death camps triggered an armed uprising within the ghetto. -
Rome Liberated
after Italy armistice with the allies in June 5, 1944, the Italian army disintegrated the country, it was divided between German forces holding the northern and central regions (including Rome) and allied forces in the south. after 9 months of biter combat, allied forces specifically the us fifth army liberated Rome. -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler had retreated back to his bunker on January 16 1945, after deciding to remain in Berlin for the last great siege of the war.Fifty five feet under the chancellery the shelter contained eighteen small rooms and was fully self sufficient, warned by officers that the Russians were only a day from taking over the chancellery and urged to escape to berchetsgarden a small town in Bavarian alps where he owned a home, the director instead chose suicide. -
Victory in japan
the day japan surrendered in world war two in effect ending the war. the term has been applied to both of the days on which the inatal announcement of japans surrender was made to the afternoon of august 15, 1945 when the singing of the surrender occurred officially ending world war two.
