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Who - Britain, Germany What - Germany needed to destroy Great Britain's Royal Air Force When - Jul 10, 1940 - Oct 31, 1940 Where - United Kingdom Why - Hitler wanted to invade Britain Description : Battle of Britain was when Germany bombed Great Britain in order to try and destroy their air force and prepare for invasion. -
Who - Germany (Adolf Hitler) and Soviet Union (Joseph Stalin) What - Hitler wanted a “living space” for his people (which he wanted to expand) When - Jun 22, 1941 - Dec 5, 1941 Where - Soviet Union, Ukrainian, Poland, (Eastern Europe) Why - Hitler wanted to invade Soviet Union and take over there territory Description : Operation Barbarossa, originally named Operation Fritz, which was during World War II, and was for the German invasion of the Soviet Union. -
Who - United States, United Kingdom, France Germany, Italy etc What - Compromise between Western Allies When - Nov 8, 1942 - Nov 16, 1942 Where - Morocco, Algeria, French protectorate in Morocco Why - To win North Africa by defeating Germany Description : Operation Torch was the Anglo-American invasion of French Morocco and Algeria during the North African Campaign of World War II -
Who - United States, Canada, Britain, Normandy, France etc What - Battle of Normandy When - Jun 6, 1944 - Aug 30, 1944 Where - Normandy, France Why - To engage German forces Description : Operation Overlord ( D-Day) was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German occupied Western Europe during World War II. -
Who - Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American President Franklin D. Roosevelt
What - Discussing important decisions regarding the future of postwar
When - Fed 4, 1945 - Feb 11, 1945
Where - Yalta, Livadia Palace
Why - To shape a postwar peace that represented a collective security order but also a plan to give self-determination to the liberated peoples of Europe.
Description : The Yalta Conference was a meeting of three World War II allies. -
Who - Soviet Union, Germany (Nazi) What - The complete destruction of the Nazi When - Apr 16, 1945 - May 2, 1945 Where - Berlin Why - Soviet prestige and mistrust of the west. Description : Was fought between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany in the German capital of Berlin. On April 16th, the Soviet forces pushed into Berlin from the east and south and quickly overran the German defences in the north.