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Battle of Atlantic
The Royal Canadian Air Force also plays a role in protecting coastal areas and air patrols become more frequent. The first convoy, sails from Halifax on September 16th, 1939, and reaches Great Britain safely.. Canadian escort ships accompany tankers and freighters up to a point off the coast of Newfoundland, where the Royal Navy takes over..i would give this battle a 2. -
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World War II Battles
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Battle of Dunkirk
The Battle of Dunkirk was an important battle in the Second World War between the Allies and Germany. As part of the Battle of France on the Western Front, the Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation of British and allied forces in Europe. It is one of the best known battles of WWII. -
Battle of Britian
is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. The name is derived from a famous speech delivered by Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the House of Commons: "... the Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin." -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl harbor. By Tojo's order, Japanese planes bombed and attacked with machine gun fire the naval fleet and the air fields nearby. In less than two hours over 2,400 Americans were killed an dnearly 1,200 were wounded. nearly 200 American warplanes were either damaged or destroyed, 18 warships were either sunk or heavily damaged, including 8 of the 9 fleet's battleships. Japan only lost 29 planes. -
Battle of Hong Kong
As the Second Sino-Japanese War raged between China and Japan during the late 1930s, Great Britain was forced to examine its plans for the defense of Hong Kong. In studying the situation, it was quickly found that the colony would be difficult to hold in the face of a determined Japanese attack. Despite this conclusion, work continued on a new defensive line extending from Gin Drinkers Bay to Port Shelter. -
Battle of Dieppe
The Dieppe Raid, also known as the Battle of Dieppe, Operation Rutter and, later, Operation Jubilee, was a Second World War Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe. The raid took place on the northern coast of France on 19 August 1942. The assault began at 5:00 a.m. and by 10:50 a.m. the Allied commanders were forced to call a retreat. Over 6,000 infantrymen, predominantly Canadian, were supported by a Canadian Armoured regiment and a strong force of Royal Navy and smaller Royal Air -
Sandwich of North Africa
American General Dwight D. Eisenhower and a large American force went eastward in Morocco and Algeria. British troops chased after German troops heading westward from Egypt. Hitler sent 20,000 troops from Italy to Rommel's army in Tunisia. In February 1943, the American soldiers suffered a major defeat but returned in May of 1943. Allied forces had the Axis forces trapped in Nort Africa. About 240,000 Germans and Italians gave up. General George S. Patton invaded Sicily with British forces -
D-Day
Allied warships in the English Channel began a massive shelling of the coast of Western Europe. Hitler had hesitated and feared a second, larger invasion. Hitler's force resisted at Omaha beach at Normandy. Inspite of heavy casualities of D-Day, within a week a half million men had come a shore. By late July, the Allied force in France numbered some 2 million troops. -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler reinforced his army with thousands of new draftees, some as young as 15. Germany launched a counterattack in Belgium and Luxemburg. The German attack smashed into the U.S First Army and pushed it back, forming a bulge in the Allied line. General Patton rapidly moved his U.S Third Army north to stop the German advance. It was the largest battle in Western Europe during WWII. German losses totaled about 100,000. Most Nazi leaders recognized that the war was lost. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
This was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. The American invasion had the goal of capturing the entire island, including its three airfields, to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands. This five-week battle comprised some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the War in the Pacific of World War II.
