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Battles of WWII-K.Artman
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Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forced transfer of 60-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war, by the Japanese Army, after the Battle of Bataan during WWII. The 80 mile march was known by the physical abuse and murder, which brought a staggering high amount of fatalities to prisoners and civilians. It was a Japanese war crime, as the allies said. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was the most important naval battle during WWII. Only 6 months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the U.S. Navy defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy attack against Midway Atoll. The U.S. Navy did major damage to the IJN. -
D-Day
During World War II, the Battle of Normandy, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Codenamed Operation Overlord, also known as D-Day, some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. -
Seige of Leningrad
The Siege of Leningrad was a prolonged military operation undertaken by the German Army Group North against Leningrad--historically known as St. Petersburg--in the Eastern Front theatre of WWII. It was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history and overwhelmingly the most costly in terms of casualties. -
Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle during WWII. The United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. The American invasion had the goal of capturing the entire island, including its three airfields. It was a month long battle which included the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of War in the Pacific of WWII. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive launched through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, and France and Luxembourg on the Western Front towards the end of World War II. The first was the description given to the way the Allied front line bulged inward on wartime news maps, which was reported in the contemporary press as the Battle of the Bulge.
