Transcript Major Battles of WWII

Major Battles of WWII
Battle of Britain
•July – Sept. 1940
•The first major WWII battle fought entirely by air force
•Fought over the British skies (southern and central Britain)
•Won by the Allies
•1,547 Allied planes destroyed vs. 1,887 Axis planes
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Battle of the Bulge
•Dec. 1944 – Jan. 1945
•Last German offensive of the war
•Germans pushed through the Ardennes (Belgium)
•Germany wanted to split Allies in two and force
surrender
•U.S. lost a lot of lives and Germany supplies were
depleted
•Germany lost and led to their surrender a few
months later
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Bombing of Dresden
•Bombing of a German city in Feb. 1945
•four air raids that killed roughly 22,000 people in the city
•Germany surrenders shortly after
•controversial because of the civilians killed in the city
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Battle of Stalingrad
•Aug. 1942 – Feb. 1943
•Turning point of the war
•Fought in present day Volgograd(Russia)
•one of the bloodiest battles in history
•over 2 million dead from both sides
•Soviet victory that forced Germany back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YsC824lk4E
D-Day
•June 6, 1944
•Allies land on Normandy beaches of France to gain a
foothold in France to push the Germans out of France
•one of the largest military operations in history
•Allies lost at least 12,000 soldiers that day
•Allies gain beaches and entry point to France
•Germans pushed back
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