Battle of The Atlantic

Battle of the Atlantic

Sep 3, 1939

Allied powers- United Kingdom, United States, France
Axis Power- Germany, Italy
U-Boats were used in the war, used the wolf pack strategy
Allied struggle to supply Britain and the Axis attempt to ruin the merchant shipping which kept Britain to keep fighting. Germans also prevented the Allied supplies and equipment to the British.
The Allied powers won the war.
The Allied powers used Sonar detection to detect the German U-Boats under the water.

North Africa Campaign "Operation Torch"

Jun 10, 1940

Allied powers- United Kingdom, United States, France
Axis powers- Germany, Italy, Vinchy French
Italy aligned itself with Germany and declared war upon France and the United Kingdom. Allied victory

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Alliwed powers- United States
Axis Powers- Japan
surprise military strike by the Japanese Navy by planes.The attack was intended as a action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan.
188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed, 2,402 Americans were killed 1,282 wounded 8 boats were destroyed
Japanese major tactical victory
United States declaration of war on the Empire of Japan.
Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.

Island Hopping

Jun 4, 1942

Military tactic, island hopping is a series of battles taking one island and then moving to the next after establishing a base on the previous island.
Douglas MacArthur of the U.S. is the leader in the Pacific island hopping war. The Japenese were invading all of the islands and we were leapfrogging the islands hoping to one after another.

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

Allied powers- United States
Axis powers-Empire of Japan
The battle of midway lasted 3 day and was the most important battle of the pacific campaign.The Japanese operation, The Japanese hoped that another demoralizing defeat would force the U.S. to capitulate in the Pacific War. The Japanese plan was to lure the United States aircraft carriers into a trap.
U.S.defeated the imperial Japanese navy.

BAttle of Stalingrad

Aug 23, 1942

Allied powers: U.S.S.R
Axis powers:Germany,Italy. Marked by constant close-quarters combat and lack of regard for military and civilian casualties. It is among the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare, with the higher estimates of combined casualties amounting to nearly two million. With no end in sight, the Germans started transferring heavy artillery to the city.
The victor of this battle would end up being the Soviet Union.

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Allied powers- United States, United Kingdom,
Axis powers- Germany
Dwight Eisenhower led the troops the Normandy
The invasion required the transport of soldiers and materiel from the United Kingdom by aircraft and ships.
Higgins boat transported the American troops to the beaches of Normandy.The Germans put beach obsticles underneath the water so the boats wouldnt be able to go all the way to the beach and let the soldiers off, the soldiers were told to never jump in the water.
Allied won.

Battle of Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

Allied powers- United States
Axis powers- Japan
Major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. A weapon heavily used in the Pacific was the United States flamethrower.
American victory