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Battle of the Atlantic
1939-1943 The longest battle of WWII and Germany lost. The outcome of the battle was a strategic victory for the Allies—the German blockade failed—but at great cost: 3,500 merchant ships and 175 warships were sunk for the loss of 783 U-boats. -
Battle of Belgium
Formed part of the greater Battle of France, an offensive campaign by Germany. ended with the German occupation of Belgium following the surrender of the Belgian Army. -
Battle of Britain
The objective of the campaign was to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force (RAF), especially Fighter Command. The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces,[15] and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date. -
Barbarossa
Operation Barbarosse was the act of Hitler breaking a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union by invading Russia. Using Blitzkrieg and Hitler's plans of conquering the Soviet Union failed. The Russians used their scorched earth policy. caused a high rate of fatalities: 95% of all German Army casualties that occurred from 1941 to 1944 -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7th 1941 Japan launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Fleet in Pearl Harbor. This surprise attack brought the US into World War II. Around 2000 servicemen were killed. -
Midway
The Battle of Midway was the first major naval battle that blunted the Japanese advances in the Pacific. The Japanese were left unable to replace the naval equipment lost in this battle. -
El Alamein
During the first battle of El Alamein that took place in June of 1942 the Axis power's advances were stopped by the Allied. The second battle of El Alamein commenced in October and broke the German lines which forced the German retreat back to Tunisia. -
Stalingrad
A major and decisive battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. It was marked by constant close-quarters combat and lack of regard for military and civilian casualties. It is among the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare, with the higher estimates of combined casualties amounting to nearly two million -
Guadalcanal (Naval Battle)
The action consisted of combined air and sea engagements over four days, most near Guadalcanal and all related to a Japanese effort to reinforce land forces on the island. The only two U.S. Navy admirals to be killed in a surface engagement in the war were lost in this battle -
Normandy (D-Day)
The battle of Normandy is the beginning of the Allied invasion of Northern Europe. Around 10,000 people died. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge is the last major German offensive to halt the Allied advance into Germany. It held the largest amount of casualties for the US in WWII. -
Iwo Jima
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, to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands. Around 7000 dead for the U.S. -
Battle Of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin was the final major offensive in the European theatre. It led to the collapse of Berlin and to the final surrender of Germany. Soviet forces sustained 81,116 dead -
Victory in Europe
The date when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, thus ending the war in Europe -
Victory over Japan
The day on which Japan surrendered, effectively ending World War II, and subsequent anniversaries of that event