Unit 8: WWII Battles Review

German invasion of Paris --> German occupation of France

• Battle of Britain

• Battle of the Bulge

• Battle of Dunkirk

• Battle of Paris

German "Blitz Bombing", bombed London for 57 nights, GB beats Germany

• Battle of Dunkirk

• Battle of Britian

• Battle of Normandy

• Battle of the Bulge

Hitlers 1st planned invasion of USSR; FAILS

• Operation Barbarossa

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of Britian

• Battle of Dunkirk

Japanese attack the United States at.....and brings US into the war

• Pearl Harbor

• Battle of Coral Sea

• Battle of Midway

• Long Island

First major US victory in the Pacific, stopped Japan from occupying Australia

• Battle of Coral Sea

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Dunkirk

• Island Hopping

Major US victory in the Pacific, defeated Japan's naval fleet

• Battle of Coral Sea

• Battle of Normandy

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of Midway

Major victory for USSR, forces Germany to surrender in Russia

• Battle of Britain

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of Dunkirk

• Battle of Normandy

Largest land-air-sea attack, Allies stormed the beaches in France to regain occupied France from Germany

• Battle of Dunkirk

• Battle of Normandy

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of Britain

_________ is known as the day the allies liberated France from German occupation

• D-Day

• V-J Day

• V-E Day

• V-F Day

Final battle in Europe, Allied surround Germany from East and West; forcing Germany to surrender

• Battle of Britain

• D-Day

• Battle of the Bulge

• Battle of Stalingrad