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The Battle of Britain
Who: The RAF, The Luftwaffe.
What: Hitler launched operation sea lion and started an aerial invasion of Britain
When: 10th of July - 31st of October
Where: Britain
Why: To disable the British Airforce -
Operation Barbarossa
Who: Soviet Union, Axis Powers
What: Axis invasion of the Soviet Union
When: 22nd of June - 5th of December
Where: Soviet Union
Why: to destroy the Soviet Union because of the Soviet occupation of land near the Romanian oil fields that Germany relied upon -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Who: United States, Japan
What: Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor
When: 7th of December 1941
Where: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Why: The Japanese wanted full control over the pacific and in order to do so they needed to destroy the United States naval base Pearl Harbor -
Operation Torch
Who: Allies, Axis powers
What: the Allies invaded North Africa to contain the German expansion in Europe
When: 8th of November - 10th of November
Where: North Africa
Why The Allies wanted to use Africa as a launchpad to ultimately invade Tokyo -
The Battle of Midway
Who: United States, Japan
What: The US defended Midway from a Japanese assault dubbed Operation MI
When: 4th of June - 7th of June
Where: Midway, Pacific Ocean
Why: the Japanese wanted to destroy the US fleet in order to have complete domination over the Pacific Ocean -
Operation Overlord
Who: Allies, Germans
What: They stormed the Normandy
When: 6th of June - 30th of August
Where: Normandy Beach, France
Why: They Stormed Normandy in an attempt to break the German lines which would grant them the ability to fully invade Europe and inevitable win the war