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Battle of dunkrik
- May 26, 1940 – Jun 4, 1940 -France United Kingdom Belgium Canada Netherlands and germany were part of this war -around 22,000 allied troops were killed in the Battle of Dunkirk and around 2,000 civilians lost their lives -Charles Abrial Lord Gort for the allied powers and Gerd von Rundstedt Fedor von Bock Ewald von Kleist for the german forces -In the end the allied powers ended up surrendering to germany
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Battle of moscow
-Sep 30, 1941 – Apr 20, 1942
-between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union
-German losses during the Battle of Moscow totaled 250,000–400,000 dead or wounded, and the Red Army suffered 600,000–1,300,000 dead, wounded, or captured
-Franz Halder was the head of the german army and Franz Halder for the soviet union
-In the end to soviets ended up using strategic planning to win -
battle of Moscow
-Sep 30, 1941 – Apr 20, 1942
-Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were in it
-German losses during the Battle of Moscow totaled 250,000–400,000 dead or wounded, and the Red Army suffered 600,000–1,300,000 dead, wounded, or captured
-Fedor von Bock for nazi and Georgiy Zhukov for the soviets
-Strategic Soviet victory -
pearl harbor
-attack happened by japan on US
-2,403 U.S. personnel, including 68 civilians were killed
-Isoroku Yamamoto led the attack for japan
-President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president at the time for the US
-The united states got attacked and was left a mess but we eventually attacked back -
Battle of Madway
-Jun 4, 1942 – Jun 7, 1942
-US and Japanese naval forces
-Japanese lost approximately 3,057 men,while United States lost approximately 362 men
-Admirals Chester W for the US and Isoroku Yamamoto for the japanese
-The American success at Midway was a major victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy -
battle of stalingrad
-Aug 23, 1942 – Feb 2, 1943
-battle between soviet union and the Axis powers
-800,000 for the soviet union and 1,100,000 for the german nazi powers
-Marshal Semyon Timoshenko led the nazi powers and Benito Mussolini for the axis powers
-The soviet union ended up winning -
battle of kursk
-Jul 5, 1943 – Aug 23, 1943
-A battle between soviet union and nazi germany
-800,000 Soviet casualties and 200,000 German casualties
-one millitary leader for germany was Erich von Manstein -
battle of normandy
-Jun 6, 1944 – Aug 30, 1944
-Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland were in it
-73,000 Allied forces were killed and 153,000 wounded
-General Dwight D. Eisenhower was a military leader for the US
-In the end the german forces won -
Battle of bulge
-Dec 16, 1944 – Jan 25, 1945
-it was the german forces against the allied forces
-U.S. Army lost approximately 19,000 men and suffered some 75,000 total casualties and germany lost 80,000 to l00,000 men
-Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower led the allied powers and von Rundstedt for the germans
-In the end the allied powers ended up winning -
battle Iwo Jima
-Feb 19, 1945 – Mar 26, 1945
-This was a war between the US and the japanese
-6,140 men died for the US and 22,000 for the japanese
-Raymond A. Spruance for the US and Tadamichi Kuribayashi for the japanese
-In the end the americans took the victory -
Battle of berlin
-Apr 16, 1945 – May 2, 1945
-German and Soviet forces were the combatants in this war
-SS had had 80000 deaths while german forces had 100000
-Gotthard Heinrici and Helmuth Reymann were military leaders for germany
-the soviets ended up winning the war and taking over berlin