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Battle of Atlantic
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The Battle of River Plate
The Battle of the River Plate was the first naval battle in WWII and the only episode of the war to take place in South America. -
Battle of Britain
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Battle of Moscow
The Soviet defensive effort frustrated Hitler's attack on Moscow, capital of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the largest Soviet city. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on Sunday, December 7, 1941 brought the United States into World War II -
The Attack on Malaya by Japan
It was the first major battle of the Pacific War,[11] and was fought between ground forces of the British Indian Army and the Empire of Japan. -
Battle of Gazala
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The Battle of Coral Sea
he Battle of Coral Sea took place in May 1942. If the Japanese had succeeded at Coral Sea, the way would have been open for the Japanese to have captured New Guinea and leave Australia -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway, fought in June 1942, must be considered one of the most decisive battles of WWII -
Battle of El Alamein
Fought in African Deserts -
Battle of Stalingrad
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 (now Volgograd) in the southwestern Soviet Union. -
The Battle of Kursk
Kursk was to be the biggest tank battle of WWII and the battle resulted in a severe crisis for Nazi Germany’s war machine in Russia. -
The Battle of Imphal
Japanese armies attempted to destroy the Allied forces at Imphal and invade India -
The Battle of Kohima
he Battle of Kohima was one of the turning points in the war in the Far East. -
D-Day
June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. -
Battle of the Philippine Sea
this battle was said to be the last great carrier battle of WWII. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
when the north of the city was destroyed in less than a second, and an estimated 70,000 people were killed by the bomb codenamed "Fat Man. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in 1945.
