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Battle of the Atlantic
German and Italian navies fought against the Allied Nations. During six years of naval warfare, German U-boats and warships were pitted against Allied convoys transporting military equipment and supplies across the Atlantic to Great Britain and the Soviet Union. This battle took place from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Artic Ocean. The Wolf pack was a war tactic that called for the formation of a group of ships to sail together toward enemy ships under the protection of escort warships. -
Battle of the Atlantic
Within hours of the British declaration of war on Germany, German submarine U-30 attacked what the submarine captain thought was a British auxiliary cruiser; the ship was actually the passenger ship Athenia. The death of 112 civilians on Athenia started what Winston Churchill would christen the Battle of the Atlantic. This battle last unitl 1945. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain is the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. This battle included mainly United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States against Great Britain and Italy and took place in British airspace. The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force. -
Battle of El Alamein, Egypt
The Battle of El Alamein was a battle against the Axis Powers and the Allied Powers. This battle took place in El Alamein, Egypt. It marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. Rommel decided to strike the Allies while their build-up was incomplete. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. Marked by close quarters combat and assaults on civilians by air raids, it is often regarded as the single largest and bloodiest battle in the history of warfare. This battle took place in Stalingrad, Germany. -
Operation Torch
It was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. The Axis and Allied were against eachother yet again. Took place in French Morocco and French Algeria. The Soviet Union had pressed the United States and United Kingdom to start operations in Europe and open a second front to reduce the pressure of German forces on the Soviet troops. -
Invasion of Sicily/Italy
The Invasion of Sicily was a major World War II campaign, in which the Allies took Sicily from the Axis Powers. The invasion, of course, took place in Sicily, Italy. The Allies decided to attack Italy next, hoping that an Allied invasion would secure the central Mediterranean and divert German divisions from the northwest coast of France where the Allies planned to attack in the near future. -
Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord took place in Normandy, France with Aliies fighting against the Aixs. This was an Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of Germany. Eisenhower had been planning an invasion of France for more than a year. The Germans, anticipating such an invasion since 1942, had begun building the Atlantic Wall, -
Battle of the Bulge
The battle was located in the Ardennes: Belgium, Luxembourg, and Nazi Germany. Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II. This battle ws also the Allied against the Axis. The Battle of the Bulge in World War II happened because of Hitler's plan to launch a counter-offensive to thrust through the allied armies in the Ardennes. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Adolf Hitler killed himself by gunshot in his Führerbunker in Berlin. His wife Eva committed suicide with him by taking cyanide. -
VE Day
Also known as Victory in Europe Day, was a public holiday to mark the official end of World War II in Europe. The act of military surrender was signed on 7 May in Reims, France and on 8 May in Berlin, Germany.
