Search results
5 hours ago · Chicago Municipal Airport, important to the war effort in World War II, was renamed Chicago Midway International Airport (or simply Midway Airport) in 1949 in honor of the battle. Henderson Field in Guadalcanal was named in honor of United States Marine Corps Major Lofton Henderson, who was the first Marine aviator to perish during the battle.
- 4–7 June 1942
- American victory
People also ask
What happened in the First World War?
When did World War II start?
What happened to France after WW2?
1 day ago · Hirohito [a] (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa, [b] was the 124th emperor of Japan, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989. He was one of the longest-reigning monarchs in the world, with his reign of 62 years being the longest of any Japanese emperor. Hirohito was born in Aoyama, Tokyo, during the ...
- 25 December 1926 – 7 January 1989
- Emperor Taishō
- 24 February 1989, Musashi Imperial Graveyard, Hachiōji, Tokyo
- Sadako Kujō
5 hours ago · t. e. The Indonesian National Revolution ( Indonesian: Revolusi Nasional Indonesia, Dutch: Indonesische Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog) also known as the Indonesian War of Independence, was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between the Republic of Indonesia and the Dutch Empire and an internal social revolution during postwar and postcolonial ...
- 17 August 1945 – 27 December 1949, (4 years, 4 months, 1 week and 3 days)
5 hours ago · Recorded 1971. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi [a] (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), commonly referred to in the Western world as Mohammad Reza Shah, [b] or just simply The Shah, was the last monarch of Iran. He began ruling the Imperial State of Iran after succeeding his father Reza Shah in 1941 and remained in power until he was overthrown by the ...
- 16 September 1941 – 11 February 1979
- Tadj ol-Molouk
1 day ago · French–Vietnamese relations started during the early 17th century with the arrival of the Jesuit missionary Alexandre de Rhodes.Around this time, Vietnam had only just begun its "Push to the South"—"Nam Tiến", the occupation of the Mekong Delta, a territory being part of the Khmer Empire and to a lesser extent, the kingdom of Champa which they had defeated in 1471.
1 day ago · The national flag of Italy (Italian: bandiera d'Italia, pronounced [banˈdjɛːra diˈtaːlja]), often referred to in Italian as il Tricolore (pronounced [il trikoˈloːre]; English: "the Tricolour"), is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical panels of green, white and red, with the green at the hoist side, as defined by article 12 of the Constitution of the Italian Republic.
1 day ago · Poland is a parliamentary republic, with its bicameral legislature comprising the Sejm and the Senate. It is a developed market and a high-income economy. Considered a middle power, Poland has the sixth-largest economy in the European Union by GDP (nominal) and the fifth-largest by GDP (PPP).
