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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain in WW2 was between British’s Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe, Nazi Germany’s Air Force, and was the first battle in history fought solely in the air. Which began in September 1940.Germany wanted to invade Great Britain but first they needed to destroy Britain’s Air Force. Germany bombed Great Britain in order to destroy their Air Force and prepare for invasion. Although the Germans had more planes and pilots, the British were able to fight them off and won the battle. -
Operation Barbarossa
On June 22, 1941, Hitler broke the German-Soviet non-aggression pact to capture vast agricultural land, seize numerous oil fields, and break the military threat of Stalin’s Soviet Union. It was the largest land invasion in history and Germany officials hoped to break Russia before winter. The German military easily conquered enormous parts of land and netted hundreds of thousands of prisoners. Eventually winter arrived, Germany had won massive gains but the winter found Germany exhausted -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the name given to the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November 1942. Operation Torch was the first time the British and Americans jointly worked on an invasion plan together. Stalin’s Russia has been pressing the allies to start a new front against the Germans. The British did not feel strong enough to attack Germany via France. But British victory at El Alamein was a great stimulus to the allies to attack the Axis forces in North Africa. -
Operation Overload
Operation Overload was the code name of what is known known today as D-day, The Western Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assaulted Normandy, located on the northern coast of France, on June 6, 1944. By 1944, Nazi Germany was controlling France and most of Western Europe, making it very hard for the allies to launch attacks. Allied land forces came from the United States, Britain, Canada, and Free France. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference sometimes called the Crimea Conference and code named the Argonaut Conference, was held from February 4 to 11, 1945. At Yalta, The Big Three agreed that after Germany’s unconditional surrender, it would be divided into four post-war occupation zones controlled by U.S., British, French, and Soviet military forces. The city of Berlin would also be divided into similar occupation zones.
