WWll

By 26wheelerl

  • Dunkirk

    Dunkirk
    It was an evacuation of the British expeditionary Force and other allied troops. Ended on June 4th, about 198,000 british and 140,000 French and Belgian troops had been saved. around 22,000 allied troops were killed in the Battle of Dunkirk and around 2,000 civilians lost their lives. The German military suffered around 20,000 casualties either wounded, killed or missing.

  • Moscow

    Moscow
    September 30 1941- January 7 1942
    It was the climax of Germany's operation BARBAROSSA. German troops managed to encircle the large Soviet forces at Viazma in october, but the soviets still fought on delaying the Nazi Advancement. The germans expanded the battlefront by bringing in a large air force. This was all happening in the middle of winter. Moscow: 250,000-400,000 dead or wounded. Red Army: 600,000-1,300,000 dead, wounded, or captured.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    It was a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into WWII.

  • Midway

    Midway
    June 3-6 1942 naval battle between the U.S. and Japan. Japan was under Yamamoto Isoroku and the U.S. Chester Nimitz and William "bull" Halsey . Approximately 3,000 Japanese sailors and airmen were killed. 317 sailors, airmen, and marines were killed on the U.S. side. U.S. WON

  • stalingrad

    stalingrad
    The Battle of Stalingrad is considered to be one of the greatest battles of World War II. It marked a turning point in the war and significantly weakened Germany’s military forces. German offensive that attempted to take the city of Stalingrad.Although German forces led a strong attack into Soviet territory, a strategic counteroffensive by Soviet forces flanked and surrounded a large body of German troops, eventually forcing them to surrender. July 17, 1942–Feb approximately 1.2 million people

  • Kursk

    Kursk
    In WWII a lot of fighting took place around Kursk and the city was severely damaged; the battle of kursk in July-August 1943 the largest tank battle in WWll, ended in the defeat of the Germans.800,000 Soviet casualties and 200,000 German casualties.

  • Normandy

    Normandy
    June 6, 1944- July 9, 1944 Participants: U.S., UK, Canada, Allied NAtions,German Nazi Forces. More than 200,000 dead, wounded, and missing from the Allied armies, more than 300,000 from the German. French civilian losses numbered more than 12,000.

  • Bulge

    Bulge
    The Battle of the Bulge marked the last German offense on the Western Front. The catastrophic losses on the German side prevented Germany from resisting the advance of Allied forces following the Normandy Invasion. Less than four months after the end of the Battle of the Bulge. The Allies won the Battle of the Bulge, resulting in significantly higher casualties on the German side.Losing 120,000 people and military supplies, while Allied forces suffered only 75,000 casualties.

  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima
    February 19, 1945 - March 26, 1945. PARTICIPANTS: JAPAN VS U.S. About 21,000 Japanese troops were killed and some 1,000 captured in the main battle and subsequent operations. U.S. casualties totaled about 28,000, including about 6,800 killed.

  • Berlin

    Berlin
    Battle of Berlin, one of the final battles of World War II. It took place from April 20 to May 2, 1945, and it ended with the fall of Berlin to the Soviet Red Army, which took revenge for the suffering of the Soviet people since 1941. Over 80,000 dead or missing soldiers. In addition, the Soviet military had over 280,000 sick or wounded. German deaths were at least 92,000 and possibly as high as 100,000.