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Battle of the Atlantic
Won- Allied victory
Casualties-36,200 sailors killed 36,000 merchant seamen killed 3,500 merchant vessels 175 warships 741 RAF Coastal
purpose- to control the seas
important terms- wolf pack- U boats that hunted in groups and often attacked at night
description- defeating axis powers depended on who had the seas. Allies had learned to protect ships useing convoy systems. After Germany declared war on US U boat attacks increaded. Americas entry into the war would turn the tide of the battle -
Battle of Britain
won- Britsh victory
Casualties-Around 90,000 civilian casualties, 40,000 of them fatal.
description-a struggle between the German Luftwaffe (commanded by Hermaan Göring) and the British Royal Air force (headed by Sir Hugh Dowding’s Fighter Command) which raged over Britain to swing the odds in Britain’s favour, the tactical advantage that German fighters had developed in earlier conflicts was negated once fighter aircraft were ordered to provide close escort to the German bomber formations. -
Battle of El Alamein, Egypt
description-battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought in Egypt between Axis forces (Germany and Italy) of the Panzer Army
13,250 casualties
won- was a stalemate, but it had halted the Axis advance on Alexandria -
Battle of Stalingrad
won- soviet victory
casualties-2 million of hitlers men 12 million soviets 800,000 civilans
decriptiion- German failed gto capture but they also exposed themselfes to a Soviet counterattack. -
Operation Torch
description-was the British-American invasion of French North Africa The Soviet Union had pressed the United States and United Kingdom to start operations in Europe and open a second front to reduce the pressure of German forces on the Soviet troops. While the American commanders favored Operation Sledgehammer, landing in Occupied Europe as soon as possible, the British commanders believed that such a course would end in disaster.[1]
won-Allied victory
casulties-1,346+ dead
1,997 wounded -
Invasion of Sicily/Italy
desciption-codenamed Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II, in which the Allies took the island of Sicily from the Axis powers (Italy and Nazi Germany). It was a large amphibious and airborne operation, followed by a six-week land campaign and was the beginning of the Italian Campaign.
won- allied victory
causlities-24,850 casualties -
Operation Overlord
description-name for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II. Tith the Normandy landingscommonly known as D-Day). A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an assault involving more than 5,000 vessels. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channelmore than two million Allied troops ike
won- allied victory
causilties- 400,000 casualties[14] to 530,000+ killed or captured -
Battle of the Bulge
The Germans attacked a weakly defended section of the Allied line, taking advantage of heavily overcast weather conditions, which grounded the Allies' overwhelmingly superior air forces. Fierce resistance on the northern shoulder of the offensive around Elsenborn Ridge and in the south around Bastogne blocked German access to key roads to the northwest and west that they counted on for success.
won-alliled victory
67,459– 125,000 casualties -
Hitler Commits Suicide
he wanted to be burned and he didnt want anyone to mess with my bosy and he as well as his wife they killed themselfes. Shot themselfes in the head -
VE Day!!
Germanys surender in the WWII and this daty marks the end to the war.
