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Battle of Stalingrad
successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad. Russians consider it to be one of the greatest battles of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favour of the Allies. -
Battle of Dunkirk
During the Battle of Dunkirk some 338,000 British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and other Allied troops were evacuated from Dunkirk to England as German forces closed in on them. The massive operation, involving hundreds of naval and civilian vessels, became known as the “Miracle of Dunkirk” and served as a turning point for the Allied war effort. 22,000 allied troops were killed and around 2,000 civilians lost their lives. The German military suffered around 20,000 casualties -
Battle of Kursk
Major war fought on the eastern front by the Russian Soviet Union and Germany. it was the biggest tank battle in history and resulted in around 800,000 Soviet casualties and 200,000 German casualties. The battle ended in victory for Russia. -
Battle of Moscow
battle fought between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. It was the climax of Nazi Germany’s Operation Barbarossa, and it ended the Germans’ intention to capture Moscow, which ultimately doomed the Third Reich. Russia suffered over 600,000 casualties and the German troops suffered a smaller 250,000 casualties -
Pearl Harbor
Surprise attack on a American naval base in Honolulu Hawaii by Japan that brought the U.S. into WW2. The attack killed 2403 U.S. personnel and 68 civilians, also damaging and destroying 19 Navy ships. -
Battle of Midway
Naval battle, fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan’s first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots. Japanese lost approximately 3,057 men, four carriers, one cruiser, and hundreds of aircraft, while the United States lost approximately 362 men, one carrier, one destroyer, and 144 aircraft. -
Battle of Normandy
The allied forces stormed Normandy, currently occupied by nazis, in a desperate attempt for success. in the the allies got the victory and france had been liberated. 72,911 killed/missing and 153,475 wounded for the allies. German losses included over 240,000 casualties and 200,000 captured. -
Battle of Bulge
the last major German offensive on the Western Front during World War II—an unsuccessful attempt to push the Allies back from German home territory. Americans suffered some 75,000 casualties in the Battle of the Bulge, but the Germans lost 80,000 to l00,000. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
conflict between the United States and the Empire of Japan. The United States mounted an amphibious invasion of the island of Iwo Jima as part of its Pacific campaign against Japan. A costly victory for the United States, the battle was one of the bloodiest in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps and was cited as proof of the Japanese military’s willingness to fight to the last man. Nearly 7,000 U.S. Marines were killed. Another 20,000 were wounded. 216 japanese captured the rest were killed. -
Battle of Berlin
One of the last battles of WW2, and it ended with the fall of Berlin to the Soviet Red Army, which took revenge for the suffering of the Soviet people since 1941. Soviet military was left with heavy casualties of over 80,000 dead and German deaths were at least 92,000 and possibly as high as 100,000.