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The surprise air attack on pearl harbour by the Japanese aimed to destroy the US naval fleet. This attack brought America into WW2 against Japan's expansion in the pacific. -
A battle that mostly utilised naval aircrafts over the course of 5 days on the US base Midway near Hawaii. The outcome of this battle was that America won destroying Japan's carrier and most of their best trained naval pilots. -
British, Canadian and US soldiers landed across the 5 beaches of Normandy, France. 156,000 Allied troops by sea and air on five beachheads. D-Day was the start of Allied operations which would ultimately liberate Western Europe, defeat Nazi Germany and end the Second World War. This battle was very successful for the allied nations attacking the Nazi's that outnumbered them and samwitched them leading to victory. -
An unsuccessful battle to gain control of the city from the Nazi's due to the extreme coldness of the Russian winter and the Russian's new developed T-11 tank at the time. This was a major battle that lasted over nearly a year and on both sides suffered huge deaths and casualties. -
Lasted over nearly three weeks and consisted of some of the worst kamikaze attacks of a war. This was the last battle of WW2, a bloody battle in the South Pacific Ocean. American forces beat the Japanese due to the American forces overwhelming the Japanese forces. -
One of the last battles of WW2 leading to the fall of Hitler and his army the Nazi's. This was fought by Russia who bring an end to the war and Hitler's rage. Hitler's committed suicide in his bunker after a big defeat.