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What were the ten most important events in World War 2 and when did they happen?
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∙ 10y ago
Important events in World War 2 were:
- 1939 - Invasions of Poland by USSR and Germany, beginning World War II. Most of Poland is taken in days.
- 1940 - British armored forces attack Italian forces in North Africa. This campaign escalates and continues for nearly three years.
- 1940 - Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg. All fall within weeks.
- 1940 - Battle of Britain. Germany suffers its first defeat in the skies over England, and abandons invasion plans.
- 1941 - June, Germany invades the USSR, opening what becomes known as the Eastern Front.
- 1941 - December 7, the Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the US Pacific Fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. US enters the war, opening the Pacific Theatre.
- 1942 - June 4-7, Battle of Midway. The US Navy sinks four Japanese aircraft carriers in the fight that proves to be the turning point in the Pacific war.
- 1942 - Battle of Stalingrad. Germany's entire Sixth Army is lost, and the war begins turning in favor of the Allies.
- 1943 to 1945 - Several failed assassination attempts on Hitler's life. Hitler has become too unstable to think rationally. Succession of major military losses follows.
- 1944 - June 6, the Allied Expeditionary Force under Dwight Eisenhower lands on the coast of northern France on what will later be called "D-Day". The "Second Front" that Stalin has been demanding for three years is now open.
- 1945 - April 30, Hitler commits suicide, shortly before the fall of Berlin and surrender of German forces in Europe.
- 1945 - USA develops the atomic bomb, and successfully uses it in August to force the surrender of Japan.
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∙ 13y agoIn Europe the Invasion of Poland since that effectively started the European conflict, Kursk because it halted Germanys Eastward advance, the Defense of Stalingrad because it destroyed much of Germanys manpower and weaponry, the Normandy Invasion because it operned a second front and the Battle of Berlin because it ends the European War. Those are all ground battles, many of which would never been possible without the prior success in a long running naval conflict called the Battle of the Atlantic, and an air duel called the Battle of Britain.
In the Pacific the list begins with the opening at Pearl Harbor and the fall of Singapore. Guadalcanal starts the long road back and Midway is the turning point. The final curtain comes down with the Battle of Okinawa. Again the long sea battle to keep the shipping lanes open and the extensive air war made the significant battles possible.
Another perspective:
1. The dropping of the Atomic Bombs. Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
2. Stalingrad. The limit of German penetration of the USSR.
3. Alamein. The limit of German penetration in Africa.
4. Midway. Proof that the US Carrier Fleet in the Pacific could dominate the Japanese maritime threat.
5. Lend/Lease. Britain had to be able to maintain the importation of food & war materiel.
6. The Battle of Britain. The first conclusive defeat of Axis power.
7. D Day. It remains the largest amphibious action in history.
8. Kursk. A massive armoured conflict.
9. The Battle of the Bulge. Hitlers final throw of the dice.
10. Pearl Harbor. The start of the Pacific war.
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Stalingrad should definitely be included. After that, Germany had no serious hope of winning the war, only of prolonging it.
Top Ten Battles And Occurrences In World war II:
1. Fall of France, May 10 - June 22, 1940 Germany defeats France and becomes dominating power in Europe.
2. Battle of Britain, July 10 - October 31, 1940 Great Britain wins air battle with Germany preventing invasion.
3. Battle for Moscow, Fall-Winter 1941. German army stopped and thrown back at the gates of Moscow.
4. Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
Japan attacks United States and becomes dominating power in Pacific.
5. Battle of Midway June 6, 1942
United States checks Japan advance in Pacific and goes from defensive to offensive.
6. Stalingrad, August 23, 1942 - Feb 2, 1943
Major defeat of Germans in Russia. Turning point of the war.
7. Battle of Kursk, Summer 1943.
The biggest land and tank battle of World War 2. Russians go on general offensive.
8. D-day, June 6, 1944
Americans and British open Second Front in Europe by invading Northern France.
9. Fall of Berlin, April 16-May 2, 1945
Russians take German capital, where on April 30 Hitler commits suicide and that ends war in Europe. Germans officially surrender on May 8
10. Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, August 6 and 9, 1945
Atomic bomb leaves Japan no chance and they officially surrender on September
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