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Anzio, Jan-May 1944
U.S. forces landed near Rome behind German lines -
Battle of the Bulge, Dec. 1944- Jan 1945
Last large German counter-attack against American and British troops was halted. -
Leingrad, Sept. 1941- Jan 1944
Beg. of the 900 days where the soviet held off Germans who were besieging the city. Ended Jan 1944. -
El Alamein, Nov 1942
British forces defeated German forces commanded by Rommel, preventing German control of North Africa. -
May 1942
Adolf H. ordered his army to capture oil fields, factories, anf farmlands in Southern Russia and Ukraine. -
Stalingrad, Feb. 1943
A large German force was defeated at the city of Stalingrad, ending German hopes of defeating the Soviet Union. -
Kenserine Pass, Feb- Mar. 1943
American troops fought German forces for the first time, and americans got beat horribly. -
Sicily July- Aug 1943
Allies landed in Sicily; began the liberation of Italy. -
D-Day, June 1944
Allies landed at Normandy; began liberation of France. -
Operation Market Garden, Sept. 1944.
Allied troops parachuted into the Netherlands to seize bridges across the Rhine, but the attack failed.