June 6: D-Day. The Allied forces land in northern France.[5]George McHale writes a letter for his girl Penelope, an updated letter to be delivered to her in the event of his death.[6]
June 19: Battle of the Phillipine Sea. US Navy aircraft carriers defeat Japanese.[1]
July
July 20: Bomb plot by German generals against Hitler fails.[1]
July 25-27: St. Lo breakout. US troops overcome the Normandy stalemate and break through German lines.[1]
August
August 15: Additional landings are made by Allied troops at Nice and Marseilles.[1]
October 25: Battle of Leyte Gulf. Japanese navy defeated. MacArthur begins reconquest of the Philippines.[1]
December 16: The Third Reich army launches a brutal surprise attack that caught most of the Allied generals off guard except George Smith Patton, Jr., starting the Battle of the Bulge.[10]
Adolf Hitler on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
Caves, Castles, and Tuna Factories: Inside the Locations of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny on Lucasfilm.com (backup link on Archive.org)
Defining Moments: “I Like to be Alone” on Lucasfilm.com (backup link on Archive.org)
