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Siege of Leningrad
This 900-day-long siege counts as the most tragic period of the city’s history, where an estimated 700,000 people in a population of about 2.5 million died. -
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Battle of Midway
The battle instigated by Japan intended to defeat the US Pacific Fleet, and capture Midway to use as a base to attack Pearl Harbor. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
The turning point of World War II in Europe. -
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Battle of the Bulge
This was the single bloodiest and biggest battle Americans had fought, as almost 80,000 troops were either killed, maimed, or captured. -
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Battle of Okinawa
The largest sea-land-and-air battle in history, also the last major battle of the Pacific Campaign in the war. -
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Battle of Berlin
Soviet leader Josef Stalin unleashed 6300 tanks, 8500 aircraft, and 20 armies to capture Berlin and crush the German resistance.