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Battle Of The Coral Sea
The Japanese thought they had the upper hand they thought their operations were secrets but they had no idea America knew of all their plans thanks to our code breakers America now knew of Japan’s plans to attack New Guinea Admiral Nimitz then sent two carriers The Yorktown and The Lexington to intersept them at the Coral Sea The Lexington dank and The Yorktown was badly damaged but we prevailed and prevented the Japanese from invading New Guinea because it kept supply from Australia open -
The Battle of the Atlantic
German submarines sunk over 360 American ships so The U.S. Navy had to set up a convoy system this changed things dramatically making it hard for a submarine to torpedo a cargo ship without getting attacked The Battle of the Atlantic turned favor of the Allies -
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad included Soviets and Germans. Soviets won because Germans were not equipped to fight in the bitter cold. 250,000 Germans were trapped 91,000 were surrendered 5,000 survived Soviet prison camps each side lost over half a million soldiers. The Battle of Stalingrad put the Germans of the defense. -
The Battle of North Africa
Two reasons we invaded was the invasion would give the army some experience without a need for more troops it also helped the British troops fight Germans in Egypt after 12 days of battle at the Egyptian coastal city of El Alamein the British secured the Suez Canal forcing Rommel to retreat in November 1942 it was important because in 1943 the last German troops in South Africa surrendered -
The Battle of the Bulge
The attack began on December 16th 1944 six inches of snow was on the ground it was very cold. Moving quickly the Germans caught us off guard. The Germans moved west their line bulged outward and the attack became known as The Battle of the Bulge. General Patton was ordered to rescue. Three days later mid snowstorm General Patton’s men hit the German lines. The weather cleared, Allied aircrafts began hitting German fuel depots. We won the battle. Germans withdrew with 100,000 casualties. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
On November 24th 1944 bombs hit Tokyo. On February 19th 1945 60,000 Marines landed on Iwo Jima. Marines were up to their ankles in ash and were hit with Japanese artiliary. They headed inland hitting the Japanese bunkers with flamethrowers and explosives we lost 6,800 to trying to capture the island. Admiral Nimitz later wrote on Iwo Jima “uncommon valor was a common virtue”
