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Battle of France May 10th-June 25,1940
Facts:
1-The Germans won
2-AKA The fall of France
3-The Germans invaded through the Ardeenes
4-The British evacuated the BEF (British Expeditionary Force)
5-German tanks outflanked the maginot line
Statement of importance: The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. -
Battle of Britian July 10-October 31,1940
Facts:
1- Entirely fought by air force
2-Germany lost
3-Nazis defeated by the Royal Air Force
4-The British used a highly sophisticated air defense network
5-Not all of the British pilots had been British
Statement of importance: The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. -
Battle of Leningrad September 8, 1941- January 27,1944
Facts:
1-Soviet victory
2-Lasted 872 days
3-Nazi Germany invaded Soviet Russia
4-The siege claimed 650,000 Leningrad lives in 1942
5-Disease
Statement of importance:The Siege of Leningrad, also known as the Leningrad Blockade, was a prolonged military blockade undertaken from the south by the German Army Group North, Spanish Blue Division and the Finnish Army in the north, against Leningrad, historically and currently known as Saint Petersburg, in the Eastern Front theater of World War II. -
Battle of Stalingrad 1942- Febuary 2,1943
Facts:
1-Decisive soviet victory
2-Destruction of the Germans 6th army
3-Turned the tide of the war towards the allies
4-First major German loss during WW2
5-Originally known as Tsaritsyn, Joseph Stalin renamed it to Stalingrad
Statement of importance: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. -
Operation Torch November 8-November 10,1942
Facts:
1-Took place in the French Morocco and French Algeria
2-US and British forces, commanded by American General Dwight D. Eisenhower, carried out this campaign.
3-The people involved were the United states, United kingdom,Algeria, and Morocco
4-First time Americans and British had formed an invasion
5-Allies
Statement of importance:Operation Torch was the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War which started on 8 November 1942. -
DDay June 6,1944
Facts:
1-Decisive Allied Victory
2-DDay actually doesn't stand for anything
3-Code name was Operation Overlord
4-D-Day is the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated.
5-It was the invasion of Normandy
Statement of importance:The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
Battle Of the Bulge December 16,1944-January 25,1945
Facts:
1-Took place in the Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II.
2-Battle of the Bulge is the third-most lethal American battle by estimated number of americans killed (19,276 killed).
3-AKA Operation Mist
4-The last major offensive German campaign on the western front
5-The Germans lost smarts.
Statement of importance:he Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. -
Battle of Berlin April 16- May 2,1945
Facts:
1-Took place in Berlin
2-Soviets Won
3-Forced the Germans surrender
4-Adolf Hitler committed suicide after the surrender
5-The Soviets in invaded and took Berlin
Statement of importance:he Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was the final major offensive of the European theater of World War II
