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Battle of the Atlantic
The battle lasted six years until May 1945. German U-boats and later Italian submarines were pitted against Allied convoy ships transporting war equipment. The "Wold Pack" tactic was used where one U-boat would find a target and inform other u-boats so they could converge for the kill. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was the first major air force battle campaign fought by Germany against the United Kingdom in British air space. The German objective was to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force. However, the British came out with the victory. -
Battle of El Alamein, Egypt
Axis forces fought against Allied forces ont he northern coast of Egypt. The British prevented a second advance by the Axis forces into Egypt. The allied forces won both the first and second battle of El Alamein. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Soviet Union fought Germany and it's allies for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the British-American invasion of French North Africa and led to the Allied control of the Mediterranean sea and preparation for an invasion of southern Europe. -
Invasion of Sicily
Code named Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily by the Allied powers was an airborne operation with six weeks of land combat. As a result, Mussonlini was toppled from power in Italy. -
Operation Overlord
Also known as the Battle of Normandy, where the Allied powers launched the successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe. Allied forces became the victor when German forces retreated across the Seine on 30 August 1944. -
Battle of the Bulge
A major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg. It was a surprise attack that caught the allied forces off guard, however the allied froces came out with the victory. -
Hitler commits suicide
Adolf Hitler commited suicide by gunshot in his underground bunker along with his wife who commited suicide with cyanide after officers warned him that the Russisans were only a day away from taking over the chancellary. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe day is the day the Allied powers of world war two accepted Nazi Germany's surrender of its armed forces. It marks the end of World War two.
