May 6, 1945, in history: World War 2: the destroyer escort USS Farquhar destroyed the German U-881

May 6, 1945: WW2: 16th Armored Division of General Patton's Third Army captured Czech city of Plzeň

May 5 1945 in history: WW2 U.S. soldiers renegade German troops repelled attack Castle Itter Austria

WW2: June 6 1944 D-Day: British troops landed Gold Beach achieved objectives linking US forces Omaha

WW2: June 6, 1944: D-Day, Juno Beach 3rd Canadian Infantry Division & 2nd Armored Brigade secured

May 3, 1945, in history: World War 2: British forces captured Hamburg, Germany

WW2: June 6, 1944 D-Day: Canadian forces landed at Juno Beach and faced heavy German resistance

WW2: Battle of the Coral Sea May 4-8, 1942 1st major naval engagement between the U.S. and Japan

D-Day: WW2: Allied invasion Normandy began at 6:30 AM on June 6, 1944 airborne naval bombardment

April 27, 1944 WW2 US 4th Infantry Division landed England "Exercise Tiger" pre-D-Day rehearsal

April 24, 1945, in history: WW2: U.S. Navy sank the German U-boat U-546 in the North Atlantic

World War 2: Battle of Moscow pivotal moment in WW2, marking 1st major defeat of the German army

April 21, 1945, in history: World War 2: US Fifth Army and Polish II Corps captured Bologna, Italy

April 20, 1945 WW2 Capture of Nuremberg: US Seventh Army captured Nuremberg Germany American flag

April 18, 1942, in history: World War 2: Doolittle Raid- 1st Attack on Japanese mainland

April 17, 1944 WW2: the Royal Navy & RAF D-Day preparations by laying mines in the English Channel

April 14, 1944 WW2: Operation Overlord: RAF & US Eighth & Ninth Air Forces General Dwight Eisenhower

April 13th, 1861 Civil War Surrender Fort Sumter In History Today: Quick Bites Of Historical Events

P-51 Mustang Vintage Footage WW2 & History Tidbits

Battle of Okinawa: Hacksaw Ridge battleground Desmond Doss medic who refused to carry a gun

April 9, 1940, in history: WW2 Germany launched Operation Weserübung invading Denmark and Norway.

WW2 USS Lexington (CV-2) "Lady Lex" commissioned 1927 sunk during Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942

WW2 Battle of Okinawa Japanese Resistance: Japanese forces determined to hold the island at any cost

Operation Iceberg: The Allied invasion of Okinawa was codename Operation Iceberg Battle of Okinawa:

The Battle of Okinawa: The dates: The battle took place between April 1st to June 22nd, 1945

April 1, 1945, in history: WW2 Battle of Okinawa aka Operation Iceberg began US Tenth Army

April 3, 1945 WW2 General MacArthur command land forces & Admiral Nimitz sea forces invasion Japan

April 3, 1945 WW2 Ninth United States Army captured Münster Germany Quick Bites Of History

April 1, 1945: WW2: THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA: US forces Tenth Army began the invasion of Okinawa

March 29, 1945: WW2: US Third Army General George S. Patton captured Frankfurt Germany

March 27, 1945 in history WW2 German submarine U-722, a Type VIIC U-boat, was sunk by depth charges

March 23rd, 1945, WW2 Allies launched Operation Plunder & Operation Varsity parachute & glider

March 22, 1945 WW2: Third Army General George Patton crossed the Rhine catching German troops

March 18th, 1945, WW2: US Eighth Air Force launched bombing raid Berlin dropping 3,000 tons of bombs

THE BATTLE OF MOSCOW: A Brief Look Nazi Germany Invades Soviet Union 1941-1942