Did you know that during World War II, the United States produced over 297,000 aircraft, more than any other country? Another interesting fact is that the Battle of Stalingrad, which took place from 1942 to 1943, was the bloodiest battle in history with over 2 million casualties. In 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to Japan's surrender and the end of World War II. The codebreakers at Bletchley Park, England, played a crucial role in deciphering the German Enigma code, providing valuable intelligence to the Allies throughout the war. The D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the end for Hitler's Nazi regime, as Allied forces pushed towards Germany. The Holocaust, in which six million Jews were systematically exterminated by the Nazis, remains one of the darkest chapters in human history. General Douglas MacArthur famously declared I shall return as he evacuated the Philippines in 1942, and later fulfilled his promise by liberating the islands in 1944. World War II reshaped the geopolitical landscape of the world, leading to the formation of the United Nations and the beginning of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.