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Battle of France/Miracle of Dunkirk
- It took place from May 27, 1940 – Jun 4, 1940
- Its code name was Operation Dynamo
- It was the evacuation of allied soldiers from the beaches and harbours in Dunkirk
- It was a success for the allied forces and they were able to evacuate 338,226 soldiers
- They used naval vessels and civilian boats to get the soldiers out
- There was a movie made about it. -It saved many soldiers from dying or being captured
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Battle of Britain
- It took place from Jul 10, 1940 – Oct 31, 1940
- It was when the Germans attack Britain and the British air force held them off
- It was a British air force
- The German air force was called the Luftwaffe
- The British air force was called the Royal Air Force
- It destroyed lots of the German air force
- It was important because it stopped Britain from being taken over by the Germans
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Battle of Leningrad
- It is also called the Siege of Leningrad
- It took place from Sep 8, 1941 – Jan 27, 1944
- It resulted in Soviet victory and the Siege was ended.
- It was when the Germans forces had a blockade around Leningrad, stopping all food from getting into the city
- It also called the 900 day siege because it lasted around 900 days
- It freed Leningrad from the blockade.
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Battle of Stalingrad
- It took place from Aug. 23, 1942 – February 2, 1943
- It was the largest confrontation of World War II
- The Germans and their allies fought against the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad
- It turned the tides of the war for the allies
- It kept the Germans out of the Soviet Union
- It was a Soviet Victory
- It was important because it saw the destruction of the Germans 6th army
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Operation Torch
- It took place on November 8, 1942-November 10, 1942
- First time British and Americans had worked together on an invasion plan
- It took place in French Morocco and French Algeria
- It was an Algo- American invasion
- It is the called the Operation Torch because of the constant arguing between the allied forces.
- It showed to the other forces that the AMericans could fight in the war.
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D-Day
- It took place of June 6, 1944
- 156,000 soldiers were part of the attack
- 4,000 Allie soldiers lost their lives
- It allowed for Paris to be freed from the Nazis
- It allowed for 850,000 soldiers to arrive in France and 150,000 vehicles
- It was supposed to take place on June 5, but due to bad weather, it had to be moved to June 6.
- It allowed for France to be freed from the Germans
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Battle of the Bulge
- It took place from Dec 16, 1944 – Jan 25, 1945
- It took place in Belgium and Luxembourg, Germany
- It was the last major German offensive drive on the western front
- The Germans tried to push the allied forces from northern France to northwestern Belgium
- The Germans lost many experience troops and were never able to launch another attack on the allied forces.
- It weakened the German army and it allowed for them never to launch another attack again
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Battle of Berlin
- It happened from Apr 16, 1945 – May 2, 1945
- It took place in Berlin, Germany
- It was between the Nazis and the Soviet Union
- It was when the Soviet Union invaded Germany
- It is also known as the Fall of Berlin
- It was a Soviet vitcory
- It was important because it was the end of the fighting in Europe
