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Battle of France/Miracle of Dunkirk
1: Evacuation of the British and allied troops from the french seaport of Dunkirk
2: approximately 1,000 ships and vessels participated in the evacuation and saved over 340,000 allied troops
3:ended on June 4th
4: Along with the British soldiers, 140,000 Polish, French and Belgian troops were also rescued.
5:A total of 700 small and mostly civilian boats were used to pick up the stranded soldiers from the shallow waters near the beach.
May 26-June 4 -
Battle of Britain
1:around 1,000 British planes were shot down during the battle
2: At one point London was bombed for 57 nights in a row.
3:Hitler finally stopped bombing London because he needed his bombers to invade Russia.
4:It was the first ever battle which was fought exclusively by air forces
5:The Battle of Britain was the first major defeat of Germany in World War II
July 10-October 31 1940
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Battle of lenningrad
1: This war was after Nazi Germany invaded the soviet union in 1941
2: German's finish approached the north side of lenningrad
3: Leningrad had a standing army of 200,000 people
4: The battle was also known as the 900 day seige
5: over 650,000 citizens lost their lives
Sep 8, 1941 – Jan 27, 1944
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Battle of Stalingrad
1: Adolf Hitler was very angry at General Paulus for losing the battle
2 Around 91,000 German soldiers were captured at the end of the battle.
3: The battle was so fierce that firefights took place at every ruin found in the city.
4: The air became hot and filled with stinking smell of dead and decaying corpses.
5: The close quarter combats took place on streets and buildings.
1942-Feb 2 1943
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Operation Torch
1: Operation torch was the name given to the allied invasion of French North Africa:It was the first time the British and Americans had jointly workout on a plan together:There were about 60,000 French troops in Morocco with a small naval fleet based at Casablanca 4: The key to torch was a successful amphibious land 5: On November 8, 1942, military forces of the United States & UK launched an amphibious operation against French North Africa.
The first major operation that US troops undertook5 -
D-Day
1: It is the largest amphibious invasion in history.
2: Code names for the five beaches where the Allies landed: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword.
3: D-Day was originally set for June 5 but had to be postponed for 24 hours because of bad weather.
4: 6,000,000 people were involved in the invasion from the Allied side
5: The D-Day landings were so massive that 4% of the sand on Normandy beaches is composed of metal particles.
It resulted in the freedom of France.
June 6- June 30 -
Battle of Berlin
1: was fought between the germany arm and the soviet Army
2: The soviets had 2.5 million soldiers, 7,500 aircraft, and 6,250 tanks
3: Germany was desperate for people so they turned to old men and young boys
4: The soviets bombed Berlin and eventually surrounded the city
5: The leaders of Nazi Germany signed a surrender to the allies and the war in Europe was over
the last major battle in Europe during World War II
Apr 16, 1945 – May 2, 1945 -
Battle of the bulge
1: It was called battle of the bulge because Ardennes lines bulged outwards
2: It took place in the Ardennes region of France
3: Was the last major Nazi offensive in WW2
4: It was the largest army fought by the United States Army
5: This battle ruined the German army and was a major reason the war
Importance: Helped the war end sooner
Dec 16, 1944 – Jan 25, 1945
