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The Battle of the Atlantic
It was the world war 2's longest military campaign. The "Wolf Pact" tactic was used during this time. German U-Boats where searching for an Atlantic convoy. when one U-Baot spotted the convoy, it would state there postition and and converged on the kill. More than 100 convoy battles took place. 30,000 men where killed and 3,000 ships sank. German lost 28,000 sailors and 783 U-Baots. It all statred when Germany started to invade Great Britain. -
Battle of Britain
German and Britian Air Forces clashed in the skies of the United Kingdom in wich is still known as the largest substained bombing to this date. It was also know as the turning point. The battle ended when Germany's Luftwaffe failed to gain supirority over the Royal air force. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This battle stoped the advancement of Germans into Russia. Russia considered it to be the greatest battle in th econflict. Was considered the bloodiest in history with over 2 million casuilties. The Russian army surrounded Germans and destroyed there army. -
Battle of El Alamein
The highest point in the war in Africa between the German-Italy army and the British Empire. It took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. With the Allies victorious, it marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War. -
Invation of Sicily
The Allies’ Italian Campaign began with the invasion of Sicily in July 1943. After 38 days of fighting, the U.S. and Great Britain successfully drove German and Italian troops from Sicily and prepared to assault the Italian mainland. As Patton and Montgomery closed in on the northeastern port of Messina, the German and Italian armies managed (over several nights) to evacuate 100,000 men, along with vehicles, supplies and ammunition, across the Strait of Messina to the Italian mainland. -
Operation Overlord
Overlord itself required the involvement of many men – both in Britain and in France via the Resistance. Security for the plan had to be total. The fact that the Germans were taken by surprise at Normandy indicates that the Allies were successful in this.For the actual invasion, 6,000 ships were needed for D-Day and for future cross-Channel trips carrying troops and equipment. In the first three days of the attack, Overlord planned to move over 100,000 men and nearly 13,000 vehicles. -
Battle og the Bulg
Caught off-guard, American units fought desperate battles to stem the German advance at St.-Vith, Elsenborn Ridge, Houffalize and Bastogne. As the Germans drove deeper into the Ardennes in an attempt to secure vital bridgeheads, the Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge, giving rise to the battle’s name. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Hitler had repaired to his bunker on January 16, after deciding to remain in Berlin for the last great siege of the war. Fifty-five feet under the chancellery, the shelter contained 18 small rooms and was fully self-sufficient, with its own water and electrical supply. He left only rarely and spent most of his time micromanaging what was left of German defenses and entertaining such guests as Hermann Goering, Heinrich Himmler, and Joachim von Ribbentrop. At his side were Eva Braun, and his dog. -
Victory in Euroepe day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 (7 May in Commonwealth realms) to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.