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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. -
Siege of Tobruk
The Siege of Tobruk was important becuase it was used to supply troops for the Allies. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
In the early morning hours the Japanese attacked America at Pearl Harbor. The attack was intended to prevent America from interfearing with Japans plans of attack aginst UK and the Netherlands -
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 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 -
The 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. This is the bloodiest battle of WW2, an estimated loss of 1,250,000-1,798,619. -
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 the Bismark Sea
American and the Royal Australian Air Forces attacked a Japan convoy that was carrying troops to New Guinea. Allied forces won this battle which ran 2 days -
Battle of Krusk
The Battle of Krusk was between German and Soviet forces near Krusk. This was the largest series of armored clashes, and the costliest single day of aerial warfare in history. -
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. -
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 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. -
The end of WW2
This date marks the end of WW2. The German instrument of surrender was signed at Reims. -
VE Day
This marks the day of the unconditional surrender of the Nazi Germany forces to the WW2 allies. -
Atomic boming of Hiroshima
American airmen dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" -
Atomic boming of Nagasaki
American airmen dropped the attomic bomb "Fat Man". -
VJ Day
This marks the surrender of Japan to the allies
