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Battle of France/Miracle of Dunkirk
The end of May, early June 1940, 75 years ago in the early days of the Second World War, the most amazing rescue mission took place on the shores of Dunkirk. A large number of Allied soldiers were pushed toward the sea by the advancing German forces. Following are the 40 most amazing facts about the Dunkirk evacuation. -
Battle of Britain
Great Britain's air force was called the RAF or the Royal Air Force. Germany's air force was called the Luftwaffe. The code name for Hitler's invasion plans was Operation Sea Lion. It is estimated that around 1,000 British planes were shot down during the battle, while over 1,800 German planes were destroyed. -
Battle of Leningrad
Siege of Leningrad. Siege of Leningrad, also called 900-day siege, prolonged siege of the city of Leningrad in the Soviet Union by German and Finnish armed forces during World War II. -
Battle of Stalingrad
General Zhukov would lead the Soviet Union to many more victories by the end of World War II. He was one of the most decorated generals in the history of the Soviet Union. Around 91,000 German soldiers were captured at the end of the battle. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch. Operation Torch was the name given to the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November 1942. Operation Torch was the first time the British and Americans had jointly worked on an invasion plan together. -
D-Day
American troops storm the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in history. More than 160,000 Allied troops, about half of them American, invaded Western Europe, overwhelming German forces in an operation that proved to be a turning point in World War II. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the name given to the last desperate offensive mounted by Adolf Hitler during the snowy winter of 1944 in which 250,000 German troops were sent across an 85-mile stretch of the Allied front in the Ardennes, from southern Belgium into Luxembourg. -
Battle of Berlin
Around 150,000 Polish soldiers fought alongside the Soviet Union. Some historians believe that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was in a hurry to capture Berlin before the rest of the Allies so he could keep German nuclear research secrets for himself.
