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Battle Of Britain
The Battle of Britain is a military campaign of the Second World War. The Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the U.K. against large scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force(Luftwaffe). In September 1940 the U.S. agreed to transfer of 50 old destroyers to the Britain fleet in exchange for naval bases in the Western Hemisphere. -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler broke the German-Soviet non-aggression pact of June 22, 1941. Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Operation Barbarossa took place in Russia. Hitler wanted a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union so that his armies could invade Poland Virtually unopposed by the major power. -
Operation Torch
Operation torch resulted from an uneasy compromise between the Western Allies and was intended to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union by imperiling Axis forces in the region and by enabling an invasion of Southern Europe. Torch was a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa while allowing American armed forces the opportunity to engage in the fight against Nazi Germany on a limited scale. -
Operation Overload
Operation Overload was the code name of what is known as today as D-Day. The invasion of Europe via Normandy in June 1944 which ended in success. Operation Overload during World War ll, the allied invasion of western Europe. Launched on June 6,1944. Landing U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France. -
Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference was a World War ll meeting compromised the heads of government of the United States, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, represented by president Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Premier Joseph Stalin, respectively to discuss Europe's post war reorganization. The conference convened in the Livadia Palace Near Yalta in Crimea.
