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Battle of France
-Ended June 25
-The troops were trapped in Dunkirk after being pushed back by Germans.
-called "the miracle of Dunkirk" because of a storm that grounded the German fighter planes giving the allies a chance to leave.
-about 860 ships ranging in size were used for the operation.
-around 360,000 allied troops were saved
-The German used a blitzkreig strategy to push the allied troops back to the ocean.
-significance is it was the biggest evacuation in history and saved many troops. -
Battle of Britain
-ended October 31 1940
-Britain won and stopped the German Ground attack
-First battle to be fought entirely in the air.
-Largest air bombing campaign to this day.
-The Germans bombed London for 57 consecutive nights.
-got its name from Winston Churchill's speech
-significance is it was fought all in the air and it saved Britain from a German ground attack -
Battle of Leningrad
-ended January 27, 1944
-German army surrounded the city of Leningrad
-the city was evacuated using water roads
-also known as the 900 day seige
-More than 1 million lives were lost during the battle
-Germany kept up the siege with only one army.
-significance was that the Germans were able to hold the siege with much fewer numbers than the soviets inside the city. -
Battle of Stalingrad
-Ended February 2nd 1943
-Stalin held Germans from gaining any territory
-First major loss of the German army.
-One of the bloodiest battles in history. More than 2,000,000 civilians died.
-After the war, the Germans were mostly defensive.
--soviet army kept Germans away from the city of Stalingrad
-Importance is it changed the tides of the war and the Allies were now in favor of winning. -
Operation Torch
-Ended November 11th
-invasion to capture Algeria and Morocco
-America and British planners argued argued about the drop location of the operation
-It was the first invasion where the U.S and the U.K supplied troops
-The invasion was successful and greatly helped allies supply future battles to come.
-called operation torch due to the extensive arguing of the allied planners.
-Significance is the location of that was captured greatly aided allies in future battles. -
D-day
-started at 6:30 am and ended just after dark
-was supposed to happen on June 5th but was cancelled for rain.
-4,000 allied troops died during the invasions and thousands more were injured or missing
-Hitler had hesitated to send in reinforcements to the invasion because he thought it was just a distraction
-Allies did not reach the Seine River until the end of august where Paris was liberated.
The importance of D-day is that it changed the tides of the war and gave the allied forces hope. -
Battle of the Bulge
-ended January 25
-Got its name because the German troops had the appearance of a bulge.
-The Germans launched more than 250,000 troops
-Last attack that the Germans performed.
-Most deadly battle of the war.
-The German objective was to split the allied troops with a blitzkrieg.
-The U.S. lost close to 70,000 troops and Germany lost 100,000
-significance is after the u.s.u troops had been pushed back, They regained all the land they lost and the defeat of Germany was only a matter of time -
Battle of Berlin
-ended the may 2nd 1945
-Russian attack on the city of Berlin.
-over 2 million artillery shells were fired into the city.
-the Russians greatly outnumbered German troops that were defending the city but Hitler kept sending more and more troops to help defend which led to lots of deaths.
-It is said the when Russians were fired at from a building they would just destroy the whole building.
-The battle ended the war.
-The significance is it was the last battle fought before Germany surrendered.
