Europe

  • Invasion of Poland

    The invasion of Poland otherwise called the September Campaign, Poland Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany
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    Rescue at Dunkirk

    800+ fishing boats and other little ships including some piloted by civilians rescued approximately 338,000 soldiers over nine days
  • Fall of France to Nazi Forces

    A swift, decisive campaign using Blitzkrieg tactic through the Ardennes forest to bypass the maginot line
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    London Blitz

    British civilians endured both day and night attacks the reflected prewar air power theories
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    Victory at Stalingrad

    This is a decisive turning point in WW2 , crushing Germany advances into the USSR, and stoping the Axis of vital resources
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    Italian Campaign

    This was a prolonged, difficult allied invasion of Italy during WW2, starting the Sicily (Operation Husky) and the moving to the mainland, aiming to knock Italy out of the war and divert German troops
  • D-Day (Invasion of Normandy)

    Allied forces launched the massive D-Day invasion of Normandy, France; in the largest seaborne invasion in history
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    Operation Market Garden

    A failed allied plan by British Field Marshal Montgomery to seize key bridges in the German- occupied Netherlands with airborne drops
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    Battle of the Bulge

    A surprise attack through the Ardennes forest to split allied forces and reached the port of antwerp
  • Victory in Europe Day

    This is the formal acceptance of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender