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History and facts of the biggest battlefields of world war 2

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Discover the battles of WW2

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Discover the battles of WW2

The epic battles of WWII

Most epic and decisive battles explained

What was the biggest battle of WW2? Where did D-Day take place? Where was the Battle for the Bulge? What battles took place in the pacific? Why was it called Stalingrad? This section of my website which will feature the most decisive battles and epic clashes of the war. I decided to keep it to merely a short summary in order to give you an overview on things.

Still a lot of battles have to be added to this list and they will be featured in the time to come.

Battle of Normandy

Battle of Normandy

Date of the battle: June 6 1944

Keyfactors behind the D-Day success The success of the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944, was shaped by a critical combination of factors, with weather conditions playing a central role. Military planners required both a full moon to guide aircraft and a spring tide to aid the landings. Originally, June 5 had been chosen for the invasion, but high winds, heavy seas, and thick cloud cover forced a l…

Battle of Texel

Battle of Texel

Date of the battle: April 5, 1945

It was the last battlefield in The Netherlands, the uprising of Georgian forces during the last days of the Second World War on the island of Texel in the "waddengebied" in Holland. The Georgian Revolt is also known as the Russian War on Texel. It was a large scale mutiny at the end of WW2 of Georgian troops that were part of the German Wehrmacht. The uprising on the island was directed against t…

Battle of Iwo Jima

Battle of Iwo Jima

Date of the battle: February 19 - March 26, 1945

The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February- 26 March 1945), or Operation Detachment, was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. The American invasion had the goal of capturing the entire island, including its three airfields (including South Field and Central Field), to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japa…

Battle of Stalingrad

Battle of Stalingrad

Date of the battle: 23 August 1942 - 2 February 1943

The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 - 2 February 1943) is one of the turning points of World War 2 in which German troops of the 6th Army and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the southwestern Soviet Union. Marked by constant close quarters combat and disregard for military and civilian casualties, it is among the bloodiest battles in…

Battle of Kursk

Battle of Kursk

Date of the battle: 5 July 1943

The Battle of Kursk or Operation Citadel was a large and decisive tank battle on the Eastern Front in World War II. It marked the end of the German offensive capability on the Eastern Front and cleared the way for the great Soviet offensives of 1944–45. This battle also saw the day with the greatest losses in the history of the air war. The battle took place in July and August 1943 between Nazi G…

Battle of Berlin

Battle of Berlin

Date of the battle: 16 April - 2 May 1945

The Battle of Berlin was the fierce battle for the German capital at the end of the Second World War from the end of April to the beginning of May 1945. The total number of casualties (military and civilian) is difficult to determine precisely, but is probably well above 200.000 . Several Nazi leaders, including Adolf Hitler himself, committed suicide. On May 2, 1945, the last defenders of Berlin…

Battle of the Ardennes

Battle of the Ardennes

Date of the battle: 16 december 1944

The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Battle of the Bulge, was the last major offensive by the German Wehrmacht on the Western Front in World War II. The battle took place in the Ardennes, from December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945, and was won by the Allies. In the English-speaking world, this battle is known as the Battle of the Bulge, because the front line was shaped like a bulge or pock…

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Date of the battle: December 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on Sunday, December 7, 1941 brought the United States into World War II. The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise…

Operation Market Garden

Operation Market Garden

Date of the battle: 17 September 1944

By September 1944, Allied forces had successfully broken out of their Normandy beachhead and pursued shattered German forces across Northern France and Belgium. Although Allied American commanders generally favoured a broad front policy to continue the advance into Germany and the Netherlands, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery proposed a bold plan to head north through the Dutch Gelderland, bypass…

The Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain

Date of the battle: 10 July October 1940

The Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. The name is derived from a famous speech delivered by Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the House of Commons: " The Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin." The Battle of…