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Battle of France/Miracle of Dunkirk
Signifigance: 338,000 allied troops were saved and evacuated
-German invasion of France
-The allied powers were able to escape through the coast
-The soldiers were able to escape in over 850 small private boats
-Attacked by air and infantry
-total of 338,226 allied troops were saved that day
May 10, 1940-June 25, 1940 -
Battle of Britan
Signifigance: Saved Britan from ground invasion and being occupied by German forces.
-Started after France fell in WW2
-Largest sustained bombing to that date
-Germanys objective was to get Britan to agree to a negotiated peace treaty.
-There was a planned attack than never went through and they continued thier bombing
-Hitler named the attack Operation sea lion to attack ambphibiously and airborne.
Jul 10, 1940 – Oct 31, 1940 -
Battle of Liningrad
Signifigance: Showed the power and resiliance that Russia had
-Nicknamed the 900 day seige for its length
-Germans came from the South/West and the Finish troops came from the north to box them in
-650,000 Russians died, most from desise and starvation
-In 1944, the soviet offensive troops drove them back and ended the siege
-Germany and Finnland attempted to obtain St. Peter, a major Russian City
Sep 8, 1941 – Jan 27, 1944 -
Battle of Stalingrad
Signifigance:Stopped the German advances into the Soviet Union and marked the war being in favor of the Allies.
-A sucsessful soviet defence of the city Stalingrad
-Combined military and civilian casualties of almost 2 million
-Considered one of the most crucial engagments of WW2
-Deadliest battle of all time
-Hitler ordered the Greman armies to hold thier ground when they could have fought thier way out
August 23, 1942 – February 2, 1943 -
Operation Torch
Signifigance: The first time the British and Americans had jointly worked on an invasion plan together.
-Invasion of French North Africa
-The Allies planned to invade Morocco and Algeria.
-18,500 troops were in their central task force
-Western task force was 35,000
-Eastern task force was 20,000
Nov 8-Nov 10 1942 -
D-day
Signifigance:Largest amphibious attack in history.
-Allies invaded Normandy, Frances coast
-they invaded durring a full moon and it gave them high tides to go further on the shore
-loosened Germanys grip on western Europe
-Nicknamed Project Neptune after the Roman god of water.
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Battle of the Bulge
Signifigance:It was Germanys attempt to split the Allied armies using a blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp.
-three German armies over a quarter-million troops attacked Ardennes to Antwerp.
-Objective was to split the allied armies
-Most costly battle the US ever had suffered 100,000 casualties
-George Patton manuvered the third army to Bastogne and it proved vital to the allies sucsess
-Neutrilized the German counteroffensive despite large casualties
Dec 16, 1944 – Jan 25, 1945 -
Battle of Berlin
Signifigance: The Battle for Berlin marked the end of World War Two in Europe.
-Everyone in Berlin was forced to fight to fend of the Red army
-Over 2 million artillery shells were fired into Berlin and the area around it in three weeks
-1 million Russian infantry troops took part in the assult.
-150,000 Germans were killed during the battle.
-This is when Berlin surrendered to the Russians
Apr 16, 1945 – May 2, 1945
