Battles and Events that were important in World War 2

Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

The Battle of Britain was a fight between the German Luftwaffe whcih was commanded by Hermaan Goring and the British Royal Air Force run by Sir Hugh Dowding's Fighter Command. This all took place on July 10, 1940 and didn't end until October. This was the first major military campaign in history to be fought in the air. Germans plan to win air superiority over Southern Britain and the English Channel was to destroy the British air force and aircraft industry. Hitler saw victory to invade Britain

Invasion of the Soviet Union

Jun 22, 1941

The Nazi Germany, codenamed "Barbarossa" invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. The invasion had been planned for a long time, so the Germans prepared units of Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Latvian and Belorussion nationalist and oppositionist collaborators. Hitler considered the invasion of the USSR as part of his plan to provide the German nation with “living space” and he saw this as an opportunity to destroy Communism,

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

On December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fiter planes attacked an American Naval Base in Pearl Harbor. 20 American Naval vessels were destroyed, more than 2,000 soldiers and sailors were killed, 1,000 were wounded, 8 battles ships, and almost 200 airplanes were destroyed. After the attack, the United States declared war on Japan and Japan did the same. America was finally apart of World War 2.

Battle of Stalingrad

Jul 17, 1942

The Battle of Stalingrad was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R. during World War II. It was consider to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict, but was one of the bloodiest in history. This battle was considered a turning point in the war on the Eastern Front and one of the most crucial engagements of World War II.

Battle of Anzio

Jan 22, 1944

The Battle of Anzio occured on January 22, 1944. The battle started do to the Allied attempt to draw German troops off the Gustav Line during Operation Shingle. After four-months during which British and American lost a total of seven thousand killed, thirty-six thousand wounded or missing, and forty-four thousand hospitalized from nonbattle injuries and sickness, the Batlleof Anzio finally ended on May 23, 1944,

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

During the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans suffered more than 100,000 casualties and Americans suffered about 81,000. The Germans tried to split British and U.S forces in northern France. They attacked through the Ardennes Forest in eastern Belgium, with hundreds of German tanks and thousands of German troops broke through the American lines. American soldiers fighting in small groups in the cold and snow that stopped the German advance. On Jan. 8, 1945 Germans began to withdraw from the Bulge