Lesson 2.3: World War II

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    The Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940
  • Invasion of the Soviet Union

    Invasion of the Soviet Union
    The destruction of the Soviet Union by military force, the permanent elimination of the perceived Communist threat to Germany, and the seizure of prime land within Soviet borders for long-term German settlement had been a core policy of the Nazi movement since the 1920s.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    The U.S. government first obtained exclusive use of the inlet and the right to maintain a repair and coaling station for ships here in 1887.[1] The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    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
  • Battle of the Bulge

    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 in Europe.
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima
    a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces landed and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.