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The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was between Britain's royal air force and the Luftwaffe nazi German air force. It was the first battle fought in the air. The Luftwaffe hoped to win easily but Raf proved a " formidable enemy." -
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was a navy base in Honolulu, Hawaii. There was a surprise attack by the Japanese on the day of 12/7, right before 8 am on a Sunday, with hundreds of Japanese fighter planes. Went off the base, where they took out 20 American naval vessels and battleships and over 300 airplanes over 2,400 Americans died in the attack and so were civilians and another the day after FDR asked congress to start war on japan -
The Battle of Stalingradthe
The Battle of Stalingrad was a "brutal" military campaign between Russia and Germany. This battle is infamous and is one of the largest and longest "engagements in modern warfare". More than two million troops and almost 2 million people died or were injured. -
The Battle of Midway
The battle of Midway was a a clash between the U.S. Navy and the Japanese and it played out for 6 M after the attack on Pearl Harbor the us had victory in the air base battle -
Operation Torch
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The Battle of Kursk
The battle of Kursk in 1943 in Russia was a World War II battle between German and soviet forces. In it was fought from July 5 till August 23 1943 -
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was “the greatest American battle of the war.” This was also Hitler's last major offensive in WWII; the victory was to the Allies; this battle was also called the Battle of the " Ardennes." the weather conditions were "rigid" -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a military campaign between us and the imperial army of Japan in 1945. American forces invaded the inland on 2/19, and the battle lasted for five weeks it was some of the biggest fighting of the world war it is said that all but 200 out of the 21.000 were killed once the fighting was over the strategic value of low was called in to question -
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was the last major battle in the war and was one of the bloodiest on Easter Sunday. the navy fifth fleet of over 180000 us marine went to the pacific island it was a final push to "japan rainy weather and fierce fighting on land, sea and air led to a large death toll on both sides"