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Battle of France
Germany won the battle, On may 26 an operation to evacuate the allies took place, 860 ships helped evacuate the area, Took 9 days to evacuate, 338,226 troops were evacuated. The miracle of Dunkirk was important because even though the allies lost the battle they still managed to save more than 300,000 people. -
Battle of Britain
Hitler tried to make Britain surrender without war, the first battle where only planes were used, During that time Britain created the radar, Britain had used anti aircraft guns in the battle. The reason the battle of Britain was because it was the first battle fought by only aircrafts. -
Battle of Leningrad
The death toll was over one million, mass starvation, lasted for 900 days, daily ration was 125 grams of bread, stealing food would be punished by death. The battle of Leningrad was important because it showed how powerful the German army was. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Hitler Invaded Stalingrad without any declaration of war, Ended on February 2nd 1943, 270,000 German troops were involved in the battle while there were only 187,000 soviet troops involved in the operation, The battle was mostly known fr their snipers, Started with heavy bombing, Ended with a soviet victory. After the Germans lost the battle they no longer tried to advance any further in Eastern Territory. -
Operation Torch
There were 107,000 allied troops, Fought between the allies and Axis Powers, allied invasion of North West Africa, Operation torch was successful, Germany used 2 submarines. It was the first time Britain and the US worked together to plan an invasion -
D-Day
Created a second front against Germany, an international effort, Largest operation in history, Called Operation overlord, 24,000 aircraft, and 160,000 troops fought in D-day. Made the Germans fight a two front war and made it so the allies could finally beat Germany. -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle started by Hitler, Battle was meant to make the war in Hitlers favor, 200,000 German soldiers were used in the war, Allies only lost 90,000 troops while Germany lost 100,000, ended on January 16 1945. This was the last big offensive battle that the Germans started. -
Battle of Berlin
Known as the Berlin Offensive operation, ended on May 2nd, Before the battle ended Hitler Committed suicide, only 81,000 soviets died in the operation, 458,000 Germans were killed during the operation, The soviets had over 2,000,000 men in the operation. That's when Germany surrendered and Hitler committed suicide during the war.
