battles of ww2

Evacuation of Dunkirk

May 26, 1940

D.O.B: 5/26/1940 - 6/4/1940
COMBATANTS: Allied Powers vs. Nazi Germany
CASUALTIES/DEATHS: Allied- 22,000 Nazis- 20,000
LEADERS: Allied- Lord John Gort, Germans- Adolf Hitler
RESULTS: Overall a defeat, Dunkirk was left in ruins and 235 vessels were lost

Battle of Moscow

Sep 30, 1941

D.O.B: 9/30/1941 - 1/7/1942
COMBATANTS: Germany vs. Soviet Union
CASUALTIES/DEATHS: Germans- around 300,000 Soviets-around 800,000
LEADERS: Germans- Adolf Hitler, Soviets- Joseph Stalin
RESULTS: Soviet victory, it ended the Germans' intention to capture Moscow, which ultimately doomed the Third Reich.

Pearl Harbor Attack

Dec 7, 1941

D.O.B: 12/7/1941
COMBATANTS: United States vs. Japan
CASUALTIES/DEATHS: 3,000
LEADERS: U.S.- General Douglas Macarthur, Japan- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
RESULTS: President FDR decided to declare war on Japan due to this surprise attack

Battle of Midway

Jun 3, 1942

D.O.B: 6/3/1942 - 6/6/1942
COMBATANTS: Japan vs. United States
CASUALTIES/DEATHS: Japan- 3,057 men, four carriers, one cruiser, and hundreds of aircraft U.S.- 362 men, one carrier, one destroyer, 144 aircraft
LEADERS: Japan- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, U.S.- Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank J. Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance
RESULTS: U.S. Victory, the U.S. crippled Japan's ability to launch further large-scale mobile strikes against Allied forces.

Battle of Stalingrad

Aug 22, 1942

D.O.B: 8/22/1942 - 2/2/1943
COMBATANTS: Germany vs. Soviet Union
CASUALTIES/DEATHS: the Modern War Institute puts the death toll at approximately 1.2 million people
LEADERS: Gregory Zhukov, Erich Von MAnstein
RESULTS: Soviet Union victory, It put Hitler and the Axis powers on the defensive, and boosted Russian confidence

Battle of Kursk

Jul 5, 1943

D.O.B: 7/5/1943 - 8/23/1943
COMBATANTS: Germany vs. Soviet union
CASUALTIES/DEATHS: Germans- 200,000 Soviets- 800,000
LEADERS: Germans- Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, Soviets- Joseph Stalin
RESULTS: Soviet victory, which ended Hitler's dream of conquering Russia

Normandy (Operation Overlord/D-Day)

Jun 6, 1944

D.O.B: 6/6/1944 - 7/9/1944
COMBATANTS: Allied Powers
CASUALTIES/DEATHS: Allied forces-73,000 French civilians- 20,000
LEADERS: General Dwight D Eisenhower
RESULTS: Hitler refused to let his generals conduct a withdrawal which overall led to a German Army defeat

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

D.O.B: 12/16/1944 - 1/16/1945
COMBATANTS: Germany vs. U.S./United Kingdom
CASUALTIES/DEATHS: U.S.- 75,000 UK- 1,700 Germans- 100,000
LEADERS: Germans- Adolf Hitler, U.S.- General Dwight D. Eisenhower British- Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
RESULTS: Allied victory, the US Army's greatest struggle to deny Adolf Hitler's last chance for victory

Battle of Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

D.O.B: 2/19/1945 - 3/26/1945
COMBATANTS: Japan vs. United States
CASUALTIES/DEATHS: around 30,000
LEADERS: Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, Rear Admiral Harry W. Hill
RESULTS: The island was finally declared secured on March 26, 1945.

Battle of Berlin

Apr 20, 1945

D.O.B: 4/20/1945 - 5/2/1945
COMBATANTS: Germany (Hitler Youth) vs. Soviet Union
CASUALTIES/DEATHS: Soviet- over 80,000 Germans- around 92,000
LEADERS: Soviets- Georgy Zhukov, Vasily Chuikov, Ivan Konev. Germany- Adolf Hitler, Gotthard Heinrici, Helmuth Reymann.
RESULTS: Soviet victory, Berlin was in ruins/ food was scarce & shelters were mostly rubble.