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Battle of the Alantic
German U-boats and warships were pitted against allied convoys transporting military equipment and supplies across the Atlantic to Great Britian and the Soviet Union. This battle to control the Atlantic shipping lanes involved thousands of ships and strchted across thousands of perilous square miles of ocean. -
Battle of Britian
In the summer and fall of 1940, German and British air forces clashed in the skies over the United Kingdom, locked in the largest sustained bombing campaign to that date. A significant turning point of World War II, the Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force despite months of targeting Britain’s air bases, military posts and, ultimately, its civilian population. -
Batlle of Stalingrad
The Germans attacked Stalingrad causing some of the bloodiest fights in history of warfare, but Soviets refused to let Stalingrad fall. Germany failed to take Stalingrad but not only that they exposed themselves to a soviet countertracker. Stalingrad marked the beggining of Germany's collapse in the Soviet Union. Thereafter Soviet forces began to push German forces back toward Germany. -
Battle of El Alamein, Egypt
This battle was between Axis and Allied forces in Egypt. At stake was control of the Suez Canal and Germany gaining control of Middle Eastern Oilfields. This was significant because it was the first successful Allied offensive in Europe since the war began. -
Operation Torch
Allied forces invaded North Africa. Axis troops defended North Africa. Invasion led by Dwight D. Eisenhower. This was part of the Allied plan to invade Europe -
Invasion of Sicily/Italy
Allied forces fought for control on Siciliy and Italy. The Allies planned to use Italy as a staging base for a further invasion of Europe. As a result of this invasion, Mussolini was toppled from power. -
Operation Overload
The Western Allies fought for control of Normandy from German troops. Led by Dwight D. Eisenhower, after weks of intense fighting the Allies took control of Normandy. This invasion was intended to liberate France and create another staging point for the invasion of Germany. -
Battle of Bulge
Last major German offensive of the War. It was a major battle in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg. Led by Dwight D. Eisenhower, the battle was named for an Allied Bulge, that the Germans exploited. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
This was the death of Hitler and new wife, Eva Braun. Hitler shot himself and Eva poisoned herself. Hitler commited Suicide with Soviet troops closing in on his bunker. His body was burnt and destroyed by his troops. -
VE Day
The formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
