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Battle of Britan
The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces. It was the largest sustained bombing campaign to that date. Britans victory against Germany saved them from a ground invasion and possible occupation by German forces. -
Battle of Moscow
the Germans code-named it 'Operation Typhoon'. Hitler believed that once the heart - Moscow - had been cut out of Russia, the whole nation would collapse. Field Marshall von Bock had been given overall command of the attack on Moscow. Hitler ordered that units in other parts of the Russian campaign be moved to Moscow. On November 13th, senior German commanders met at Orsha. A decision was taken to start a second assault on Moscow. by January 1942, the threat to the threat to Moscow had passed. -
Battle of Kursk
It was said to be the biggest tank battle of World War Two and the battle resulted in a severe crisis for Nazi Germany’s war machine in Russia. The Wehrmacht’s tanks had torn swathes through the masses of the Russia Army. all Germany’s military strength was concentrated in the area.Hitler ordered that “there must be no failure”. It was the last major offensive they launched in Russia. Now, their forces only faced retreat and attempting to stop the onslaught of the Red Army. -
Battle of the Philippine Sea
This battle was said to be the last great carrier battle of World War Two. The Northern Attack Force, Intelligence had informed Spruance that the Japanese would not reach the area where the Americans were until June 19th. The American planes intercepted the Japanese between 45 and 60 miles from the American fleet. Many Japanese planes. The second air strike by the Japanese was also a failure.The Battle of the Philippine Sea was an overwhelming victory for the America. -
Battle of Berlin
Joseph Stalin had effectively ordered his two leading generals - Zhukov and Konev - to race to the German capital. With such a huge advantage in manpower and equipment, getting to the actual capital was relatively easy. However, both Zhukov and Konev knew that the battle for the actual city would be very difficult. on May 2nd 1945, Berlin surrendered to the Russians and the war in Europe all but ended. Germany unconditionally surrendered on May 7th.
