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Battle of Midway
battle between Japanesse Navy ansd the United States and australia. first Naval battle which neither sides of the batle fired directly upon the other. Japan won because the US lost fleet carier. the engagement ended with no clear winner but both sides were injured majorly -
Battle of the Atlantic
This battle was a fight for Bitains survival. The British Liner Athenia was torpedoed by a German U-Boat. -
Battle of France
German Invasion of France and the low countries, which ended the Phoney War. German armored units pushed through the Ardennes to cut off and surround the allied units that had advanced into Belgium. -
Battle of Britain
This began the German air attacks against the UK during the year of 1940. This battle ran for 3 1/2 weeks. This showed Germany they would have to fight hard to win this war. -
Barbarossa
Operation Barbarosse was the act of Hitler breaking a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union by invading Russia. -
Pearl Harbor
the japanesse attack against pearl habor, hawii called "the day of infamy" with the intentions of bringing the US to ww2 -
Battle of the Coral Sea
World War II naval and air engagement in which a U.S. fleet turned back a Japanese invasion force. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major and decisive battle where Nazi Germany and it's allies fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad. Germany suffered great losses, and never recovered it's strength and had no further victories in the East. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
Allied forces fought on and around the Guadalcanal in the Pacific theatre of WWII. It was the first major offensive move by allied forces against the Empire of Japan. -
Battle of Monte Cassino
This is the hardest fought battle with major losses on all sides. The Allies main goal was to fight from Southern Italy up though German's Gustav's line. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
AKA the second Battle of the Philippine Sea, generally considered to be the largest naval battle of WWII. Was fought in waters near the Philippine islands of Leyte. It deprived its forces and industry of vital oil supplies. The Japanese Navy mobilized all of its remaining major naval vessels in an attempt to defeat the allied invasion. -
battle of the Bulge
This battle ran from Dec 1944 though Jan 1945. Hitler planned to spilt the American and British allied line in half by capturing Antwerp and Britain. The allied forces pushed forward and forced Hitler to remove his troops. The German looses included the loss of his reserves, The air force was broken. -
Battle of Berlin
the war of berlin marked the end of ww2 in europe, the Russian victory saw the end of Hitler's Third Reich and the occupation of the city by the Red Army before it was divided into four as a result of the wartime meetings between the Allies. -
D-Day Invasion of Normandy
Over 1 million persons were involved in this battle to liberate mainland Eroupe from the Nazi Army. This battle turned the tide in the favor of the Allied -
Battle of Hiroshima
the battle was against the Us and Japan empire. our Us president Harry S. Truman ordered atomic bomb against Japan the bombs killed more then 140,000 people