Major Battles World War II

Atlantic Campaign – Battle of Britain German’s air attacked England, trying to get them to surrender England fought back England used radar for first time Germany lost 2,300+ planes England lost 800

Atlantic Campaign – Dunkirk Evacuation British troops evacuated 200,000 British and 100,000 French troops from beaches of Dunkirk Troops had been trapped by Germans Took 9 days, civilians helped out

Atlantic Campaign – Battle of Stalingrad Germany fought Allies in Soviet Union Hitler forbad troops from surrendering, but the commanding officer ignored him Over 190,000 died from battle and starvation

Atlantic Campaign – D-Day June 6, 1944 Video ,000 Allied troops landed on 50 mile stretch of German controlled French beaches. General Eisenhower in charge 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft supported invasion 9,000 Allied soldiers died, but 100,000 started to march towards Germany and Hitler.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower Supreme commander of troops at D-Day invasion. President of the United States from

Atlantic Campaign – Battle of Bulge German troops surprised attacked US in Belgium. Tried to divide the Allies, did not work. Encircled troops, looked like a bulge. Germany lost battle. American’s lost 81,000+, Germany lost 100,000

Pacific Campaign – Battle of Midway Japanese planned to attack island, we knew, went to stop them. American’s won, losing 1 ship while Japanese lost 4. Turning point in the Pacific war!

Pacific Campaign – Battle of Guadalcanal America’s first counter attack in the Pacific. Fighting for control of island took a long time and was very difficult. American’s finally won!

Pacific Campaign – Battle of Iwo Jima Japanese fought to the death. Island encompasses 8 square miles. 24,000+ American Casualties, 6,800 deaths. Only 212 Japanese taken prisoner out of 22,000.

Pacific Campaign – Battle of Okinawa Japanese ordered to hold island at any cost Kamikaze – suicide pilots – used a lot American’s: 7,300+ died, 32,000+ wounded. Japanese: 107,000 died, 7,400 prisoner

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