Key battles/events

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    The Battle of Britain, was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa
    Operation Barbarossa, original name Operation Fritz, during World War II, code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It was the largest land offensive in human history, with over 10 million combatants taking part.
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch
    Torch was a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa while allowing American armed forces the opportunity to engage in the fight against Nazi Germany on a limited scale.
  • Operation Overload

    Operation Overload
    Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    The Yalta Conference, also known as the Crimea Conference, held 4–11 February 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.