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German Advance
German troops crossed the Russian border and stalin asked for american aid. Significance of action is Germany takes control of Russia. -
Battle Of Midway
The Japanese had created a code in plans to capture a strategic island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, home to an American military base. Americans had broken the Japanese code though, so Admiral Chester Nimitz planned an effective defense and destroyed 4 Japanese aircraft carriers, winning a great victory. -
Battle of Stalingrad
German forces were defeated in their attempt to capture an industrial port city on the Volga River in the Soviet Union; one of the most deadly battles of wwii; crushing defeat for Germany -
Battle of El Alamein
Britain, under General Bernard Montgomery, wins a decisive victory over Germany and the Afrika Korps, under Erwin Rommel (Desert Fox), in Egypt, securing the Suez Canal. -
D-Day
Turning point in the war and day of invasion of Normandy in which over 9,000 soldiers died -
Battle Of The Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major battle in the European theater of WWII fought in the winter of 1944-1945 in which the Nazi armies launched an offensive against the Allies in Belgium but lost.
