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Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the wars longest continous military campaign. This war was fought between Germany and the ally group of Great Britian and the Soviet Union. The cause of the war was Germany trying to stop the transportation of supplies and equipment from Great Britian to the Soviet Union. Great Britian won the battle against Germany in 1945. -
Battle of Britian
In the summer of 1940 British and German air forces clashed in the sky and was the world's largest sustained bombing campaign. The Battle of Britian was over when Germanys Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force although they bombed multiple British air force bases, and military posts. Britians victory saved it from a decisive ground attack by German forces. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a succeful Soviet defense against Germany. This battle marked the turning point in the war for the allies because the Red Army stopped German forces from advancing into Russia. This battle was the wars bloodiest battle containing nearly 2 million deaths and casualties in both the German and Soviet Union. -
Battle of El Alamein, Egypt
This war marked the culmination in North Africa between the British Army and the German-Italian forces. The British Army had by far more men and supplies over the German-Italian forces. The reason for this war was for the German-Italian forces to take control of the British Navl Base in Alexandria. The Battle of El Alamein was another turning point in the war to help the allies. Benito Mussolini saw this war was his opputunity to partake in the victor spoils. -
Operation Torch
In Operation Torch the allies invaded the axis powers in North Africa. From North Africa the allies prepared to attack sicily and then onto the main-land Italy. Victory in this region would help out the trade in the Mediterranean Sea between Great Britian and Soviet Union. The Afrika Corps. surrendered to the French Army on May 7th, 1943. -
Invasion of Sicily/Italy
The Allies decided to move next against Italy, hoping an Allied invasion would remove that fascist regime from the war, secure the central Mediterranean and divert German divisions from the northwest coast of France where the Allies planned to attack in the near future. The Allies’ Italian Campaign began with the invasion of Sicily in July 1943. After 38 days of fighting, the U.S. and Great Britain successfully drove German and Italian troops from Sicily and prepared to assault the Italian main. -
Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the code-name given to the Allied invasion of France scheduled for June 1944. The overall commander of Operation Overlord was General Dwight Eisenhower. Other senior commanders for Overlord included Air Marshall Leigh-Mallory, Air Marshall Tedder, Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery and Admiral Bertram Ramsey. Operation Overlord required the type of logistical issues that no army had ever had to cope with before. -
Battle of the Bulge
n December 1944, Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. Caught off-guard, American units fought desperate battles to stem the German advance at St.-Vith, Elsenborn Ridge, Houffalize and Bastogne. As the Germans drove deeper into the Ardennes in an attempt to secure vital bridgeheads, the Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge, giving rise to the battle’s name. -
Hitler commits suicide
Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany, burrowed away in a refurbished air-raid shelter, consumes a cyanide capsule, then shoots himself with a pistol, on this day in 1945, as his “1,000-year” Reich collapses above him. -
VE Day
On this day in 1945, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine.
