-
German Invasion of Poland
The German Invasion of Poland marked the beginning of World War II. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union. The Soviets invaded Poland on 17 September. The campaign ended on 6 October with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland under the terms of the German–Soviet Frontier Treaty. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland -
Battle of Crete
The Battle of Crete was fought on the Greek island of Crete. It began when Nazi Germany began an airborne invasion of Greek.Other Allied forces, along with Cretan civilians,defended the island.After one day of fighting,the Germans had suffered heavy casualties and the Allied troops were confident that they would defeat the invasion.The next day Crete fell due to communication errors and German reinforcements and resulted in an Axis victory. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crete -
Battle of Moscow
The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km sector of the Eastern Front (Moscow, Russia ) during World War II. Moscow was one of the primary military and political objectives for Axis forces in their invasion of the Soviet Union. This resulted in a Soviet victory, the end of Operation Barbarossa, and the Beginning of Soviet counter-offensives. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941 Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. Most people knew what the attack meant for the U.S. even before Roosevelt's official announcement the next day. The U.S. would declare war on Japan and enter WW2. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_pearlhar_1.html -
Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. This was fought in Stalingrad, Russian SFSR (The Soviet Union) which resulted in Soviet victory and the destruction of the German 6th Army https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad -
Monte Cassino
The Battle of Monte Cassino (a Monastery) in Italy was a costly series of four assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by Axis forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The intention was a breakthrough to Rome that resulted in a victory for the allies. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino -
Battle of Anzio
The Battle of Anzio was a battle of the Italian Campaign of World War II. The operation was opposed by German forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno. The operation was initially commanded by Major General John P. Lucas, of the U.S. Army, commanding U.S. VI Corps with the intention being to outflank German forces at the Winter Line and enable an attack on Rome. This lasted 136 days and resulted in a victory for the allied powers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio -
Operation ‘Bagration’
Operation ‘Bagration’ was the codename for the Soviet 1944 Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation, a military campaign fought in Soviet Byelorussia in the Eastern Front of World War II. The Soviet Union inflicted the biggest defeat in German military history by destroying 28 out of 34 divisions of Army Group Centre and completely shattered the German front line which resulted in Soviet victory. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bagration -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. It was launched through eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg,towards where the offense intended to stop Allied use of the Belgian port of Antwerp and to split the Allied lines,allowing the Germans to encircle and destroy four Allied armies and force the Western Allies to negotiate a peace treaty in the Axis powers' favor. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge -
Battle of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin in Germany designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War II. This resulted in the suicide of Adolf Hitler, the surrender of German forces, and the end of WW2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin
