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Battles of World War II

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    Battles of World War II

    The bloody hard faught battles of World War II least an impact on the world we live in today. Especially the Jappanese who deal with radiation sickness, & deformities at birth because of the bombings of Iwo Jima and Nagasaki. Many soldiers & civilians from all over the world died at a rapid rate. World War II was the bloodiest war we've had.
  • Battle Of The Atlantic

    Battle Of The Atlantic
    The Battle of The Atlantic was the longest military campaign in World War II. From 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945.
  • Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force against an onslaught by the German Air Force which began at the end of June 1940.
  • Pearl Habor

    The attack on Pearl Harbor, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, the Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, and Operation Z during planning, was a surprise.
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch
    Initally called Operation Gymnast, was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War which started on 8 November 1942.
  • Battle Of Sicily

    Battle Of Sicily
    The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II, in which the Allies took Sicily from the Axis Powers.
  • Monte Cassino

    Monte Cassino
    The Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Rome and the Battle for Cassino) was a costly series of four assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by Axis forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The intention was a breakthrough to Rome.
  • D day

    D day
    Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region.
  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima
    The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
  • Battle Of Okinawa

    Battle Of Okinawa
  • Nagasaki

    Nagasaki suffered the same fate as Hiroshima in August 1945. The bombing of Nagasaki on August 9th was the last major act of World War Two and within days the Japanese had surrendered.