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Iwo Jima, Iōjima, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan

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date: February 19, 1945 – March 26, 1945

description: U.S. Marines invaded Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, after months of naval and air bombardment. The Japanese defenders of the island were dug into bunkers deep within the volcanic rocks. Approximately 70,000 U.S. Marines and 18,000 Japanese soldiers took part in the battle.

outcome: six days of fighting on the island, nearly 7,000 U.S. Marines were killed. Another 20,000 were wounded. Marines captured 216 Japanese soldiers; the rest were killed in action. The island was finally declared secured on March 26, 1945

significance: It was the first of about 2,200 landings to come, that would save an estimated 24,000 airmen's lives. The capture of Iwo Jima cleared the aerial approach to the Home Islands and paved the way to Okinawa, where soldiers and Marines would invade on April 1, 1945.

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Date:  (December 16, 1944- January 25, 1945)

description: The battle of the bulge was the last major German military offensive line Western Europe

outcome: The Allies won the Battle of the Bulge. The Germans suffered more than 100,000 casualties; the Americans approximately 81,000.

significance: The Battle of the Bulge was the US Army's greatest struggle to deny Adolf Hitler's last chance for victory

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Beaches of Normandy Tours, Rue de Thouays, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, France

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date: June 6, 1944 - August 30, 1944

description:  this operation brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest invasion force in human history. This operation delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France

outcome: france D-Day was the start of allied operations which would ultimately liberate Western Europe, defeat Nazi Germany and end the Second World War

significance: The D-day military invasion helped end world war @ was one of the most ambitious and consequential military campaigns in human history. Historians remember it as one of the greatest military achievements ever.

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Anzio, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy

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date: (January 22- June 5, 1944)

description: forty thousand Allied troops of the American Fifth Army, Sixth Corps and the British First Infantry Division were landed on Anzio beachhead on January 22, 1944. After initial success, the Allies were pinned down on the beachhead by a vastly superior German force.

outcome: after six weeks of fighting, the anzio campaign had reached a bloody stalemate. The germans had contained the allied invasion force, but lacked the strength to push it back into the sea.

significance: this battle in particular cost the Americans nearly 24,000 combat casualties and the British nearly 10,000. The allies also suffered 37,000 noncombat casualties, an unusually high number for an engagement in the European theatre

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date: November 1942-May 1943

description: this battle was fought between the allies and axis powers, both sides had colonial interests in Africa dating the late 19th century. It took place from June 10, 1940, to may 13, 1943, and included battles fought in the Libyan and egypation deserts in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia

Outcome: the allied victory in North Africa destroyed or neutralized nearly 900,000 German and Italian troops, opened a second front against the axis, permitted the invasion of Sicily and the Italian mainland in the summer of 1943, and removed the axis threat to the oilfields of the Middle East and to British supply lines

significance: the pressure on the axis perimeter around Tunis increased and on 7 may the allies entered the city. Five days later 250,000 German and Italian troops surrendered. The battle for North Africa was over

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date: October 23, 1944- October 26,1944

description: this battle consisted of a decisive air and sea battle of world war 2 that defeated the Japanese combined fleet, permitted the U.S. invasion of the Philippines, and helped the allies control the pacific

outcome: this battle ended the Japanese navy's capacity to fight as an organized force

significance: Leyte gulf was one of the largest naval battles in modern history, it was fought between 23-26 October 1944 in the Philippines, this battle destroyed the strategic threat posed by the imperial Japanese navy

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Date: August 7, 1942- February 9, 1943

Description: this battle took place during world war 2. It happened between the United States and Japan, the battle marked the first time since entering the war that the united states had gone on the offensive and attacked the Japanese. This battle lasted six months

outcome: Japanese troops were forced to evacuate Guadalcanal, leaving the island in allied possession after a prolonged campaign. The American victory paved way for other allied wins in the Solomon Islands.

Significance: this battle in particular ended all Japanese expansion attempts and placed the allies in a position of clear supremacy. It can be argued that this allied victory was the first step in a long string of successes that eventually led to the surrender of Japan and the occupation of the Japanese home islands .

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Midway Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands

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date : (June 3 1942- June 7 1942)

description:  the battle of midway was mainly fought with aircraft. In this battle the U.S. destroyed japan's first line-carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots.

outcome: the American success at midway was a major victory over the imperial Japanese navy. All four Japanese carriers, akagi, hiryu, kaga, and soryu, had participated in the attack on pearl harbor

significance: this critical victory stopped the growth of Japan in the pacific and put the United States in a posotion to begin shrinking the Japanese empire

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date of battle: May 4, 1942- May 8, 1942

description of event: this event was a series of naval engagements off the north-east coast of Australia between 4 and 8 may 1942. It was fought by allied (United States and Australian) and Japanese aircraft against four different major groups of warships.

outcome: the battle of the coral seas was a strategic victory for the allies. More important it had an outsized effect on the much more important upcoming operations aimed at midway

significance: it was the world's first carrier vs carrier battle, and the first naval battle in which neither side's ships sighted the others.

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date of battle : the Bataan march occurred on April 9, 1942 During world war 2

description: the Bataan death march an event were prisoners of war were forced to march through tropical conditions , enduring heat, humidity, and rain without proper medical care. The prisoners had to deal with problems like starvation and being forced to sleep in the harsh conditions of the philippines.

Outcome: the prisoners who had to go through the Bataan death march were beaten, killed , and at times beheaded. The bataan death march left a devastating legacy.

why is this event significant?
this event is important because the siege of bataan was the first major land battle for the Americans in world war 2. It is also considered one of the most devastating military defeats in American History.