Major Battles of World War II

Germany invades Poland, Great Britain and France declare war, WWII has begun

• Invasion of Poland

• Battle of Britain

Germans surround Great Britain and France, Near Dunkirk, 30,000 GB and France soldiers evacuate, Dunkirk operation dynamo

• Battle of Moscow

• Dunkirk

Most important battle in Britain history, RAF vs Luftwaffe, RAF defeated Luftwaffe

• Pearl Harbor

• Battle of Britain

Hitler declared war on USSR, Germany advanced, Germans caught in Russian winter

• Operation Barbarossa

• Battle of Moscow

Germany wanted the capital- Moscow, unsuccessful, Russian Winter

• documents which served as general search warrent, allowing British officials to enter any ship

• Battle of Moscow

Japanese surprise attack, 2,403 casualties ( deaths)

• secret society formed in the colonies to protest and fight taxation by the British

• Pearl Harbor

Japanese Squadron vs US Squad, 2 days later US wins, island happening

• Battle of Midway

• first time most of the colonies worked together

.50 miles West of Cairo, Germany want Suez Canal, Germans retreated and surrendered Africa

• remained loyal to Britian

• El Alamein

Casualties Russian and Axis 2mil, major variety for USSR & stopped German Advance , 199 day battle

• Stalingrad

• Virginian , patriot

Biggest bank battle of WW II, Spring thaw, Germany goal to wreck Soviet Army, Failed

• believed in complete independence

• Battle of Kursk