BattlefortheHague

Nic
holasMartinson
ThisbattlehappenedonMay10th,1940
Carriedoutbyparatroopersandairlandingtroops

MissionwastokidnapQueenWilhelminaoftheDutchgovernment
CombatplanesweretoflyovertheNetherlandstoseemliketheyweregoingfora
massiveattackonEngland.TheplaneswouldturnbacktotheNetherlandstobomb
them.
Thebombingofthebarrackspreventedanyreinforcementsfrombeingdeployed
AlldefensemechanismsthattheNetherlandshadweretobedecimated
Afterallbombsweredropped,theplaneslandintheairfieldtodropofftroopstoreturn
backtoGermanytopickupmoretroops

 Thisimagedepictswheretheparatroopersweredropped.

MapsoftheHagueweregiventothecommanderswiththeentrypointsmarked
FewDutchaircraftvehicleswereabletogetintotheairwithsomevictories,butthey
wereeventuallyshotdown
SomeGermanaircraftcarryingparatrooperswereeitherforcedtoflee,shotdown,or
forcedtolandelsewhere
GermantroopsblockedtheNewWaterway,whichistheentrancefromtheseainto
Rotterdam
TheGermansblockadepreventedanyforeignhelpfromgettingintotheNetherlands
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BattleofGuadalcanal
JapantroopsarivedonJune8,1942
TooktwomonthstotakebackfromJapan
PossionofGuadicanalairbasewasimportantbecauseitcontroledsealines
communacationbetweenU.Sand
Australia.
endedonFeburary9,1943
Japanhadlostofthere31,400soilders

 U.SmarinesandArmylostlestthen2,000soildersofthe60,000thatwere
deployed.

video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQKJY43LmE

http://www.history.com/topics/worldwarii/battleofguadalcanal

BattleofLeyteGulf
KeeganLynch
AmericansbreachedJapansinnerdefensivering
AmericanstookcontrolofbasesthattheycouldbeusedbyB29superfortresses
tobombJapan
NorthernForcesucceededtodiverttheU.S3rdfleetunderthecommandof
AdmiralWilliamHalsey
TheSouthernForcealongwiththeCentralForcelaterattackedthelandingarea

 U.SthenplannedtocutoffJapanesesupplylinesbyinvadingthePhilippinesor
Formosa(Taiwan)
JapaneseSouthernForcewasinterceptedanddestroyedbythe7thFleet
SupportForce
BattleofLeyteGulfisnowknowntobeoneofthelargestnavalbattlesinhistory
WhichalsoledtothedestructionoftheImperialJapaneseNavy
ItleftJapantorelyonlandforcesandKamikazirockets
Japan'soilsupplyandimportantwarmaterialshadbeencutfromSoutheastAsia
Japanwithdrewafterlosing4carriers,3battleships,8cruisers,and12
destroyers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP3LKla583g
Shorterclip(about9mins)
www.dailymotion.com/.../x1o7fv1_battlefieldtheb
Longerclip(around2hours)

BattleofMoscow
AlexDischler
beganinDecember51941

causedbygermany'smainattackandinvasionintoRussia
firsttimeGermanyretreatedonalargescale
Germanysustained400,000casualties
Temperaturedroppedaslowas50belowzero
Hitlertookchargeofthemilitaryangeringhisseniorofficers
losingGermany'sleadershipadvantage
sovietslaunchedanoffenciveattackthefollowingspring
WantedtoinvadeBritainbutcouldnotairliftthem
SotheymovedthemthroughRussiatowardsBritain
nazismoved1,300mileseast

 Russiatrainedtroopsinsabriasotheywerereadyforthecold
Hitlerbecamebroken
ThiswasHitler'sattemptedconquestofRussia

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OperationBarbarossaLukeJacobson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RePOWFtsInw
NaziGermanysinvasionoftheSovietUnion
BeganonJune22,1941
About4millionsoldiersinvadedforminga1,800milefront,the
largestinvasionforceinthehistoryofwarfare
Alsodeployed600,000motorvehicles
600700,000horses

 TheGermanswerestoppedontheoutskirtsofMoscowandwere
forcedtoretreatbytheSovietcounteroffensive
TheRedArmyforcedGermanyintoawarofattritionandtheywere
unprepared
OperationBarbarossawasafailureandforcedHitlertodemand
furtheroperationsinsidetheSovietUnion
About800,000Germanswerekilledandover4,000,000Sovietswere
killed

Operation

Overlord

BrandtHarrison
GeneralDwightD.EisenhowerlaunchesOperationOverlordin1944
KnownasDDay
EisenhowergavethegoaheadformassiveinvasionofEurope
InAmericapresidentRooseveltwaitedtohearsuccess
BythefirstweekinJune1944,NaziGermanycontrolledmostof
WesternEurope
OnJune6,1944,morethan160,000Alliedtroopslandedalonga
50milestretchofheavilyfortifiedFrenchcoastline,tofightNazi
GermanyonthebeachesofNormandy
Morethan9,000AlliedSoldierwerekilledorinjured
156,000Americans,Canadians,andBritishforceslandedon5
beaches
ThebattlewassupposedtotakeplaceonJune4thbutbadweather
delayeditfor24hours
Lessthanaweeklater,onJune11,thebeacheswerefullysecuredand
over326,000troops,morethan50,000vehiclesandsome100,000tons
ofequipmenthadlandedatNormandy

 EndedAugust1944
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BattleofMidwayJordanMartin
http://listverse.com/2012/08/26/top10battlesofworldwarii/
http://www.history.com/topics/worldwarii/battleofmidway
BeganJune3rd,1942andendedJune7th,1942
ThelocationwasMidwayAtoll1,300milesnorthwestofOahu
TheJapanesedecidedtooccupyMidwayAtolltoextendtheir
defensiveperimeter
TheCombatantsweretheUnitedStatesandtheEmpireofJapan
TheUSSYorktownwasrepairedin72hoursafterbeingdamagedin
theBattleoftheCoralSea
America'sthreeshipsfacedfourJapanesecarriersbuthadanairfield
onMidwaysoitwasbasiclyeven
FourJapanesecarriersweresunkandmostoftheirveteranpilots
werekilled
BythetimeJapangottheircarriersfixedtheU.S.hadtwodozen
commissioned
AnAmericantorpedopilotwasshotdownbytheJapaneseairpatrol
butopenedthedoorfortheSBDdivebombers
Japanlost2,500casualties
http://www.history.com/thisdayinhistory/battleofmidwaybegins

BattleofStalingradTaylorWiller

happenedinJuly17,1942February2,1943
leaderofGermanyHitler
leaderofthesovietunionjosephstalin
russiansconsideritthegreatestbattleof
theirGreatPatrioticPeriod
manyhistoriansconsiderittobethe
greatestbattleoftheentireconflict
stoppedthegermanadvancementinto
thesovietunion
thesovietsweresuccessfulindefending
it
oneofthebloodiestbattlesinhistory
combinedmilitaryandciviliandeathsof2
million
couldsmellthedeadcorpsethatwere
justleftinthestreet

 thegermansraisedtheirflagin
Univermagdepartmentstorewhichwaslocated
atthecenterofthecity
bymidnovembergermanywasrunningshortonmenandartillery
sovietforcessurroundedanddemolishedawholegermanarmy
turningpointinwarontheeasternfront
Hitlerpreventedthemfromleavingorderthemtoholdtheirgroundatallcost
generalPaulussurrendered91,000men
bighumiliationtoHitlerstartedtodistrusthismenandcommanders
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BattleofBerlinSkylerNielsen
http://www.enkivillage.com/battlesofwwii.html
tookplace1945fromApril16thtoMay2nd
TheSovietUnionandPolandagainstGermany
TheSovietswon
TheSovietswereknownastheredarmyandtheywerecontrolledbyJoseph
Stalin
ThesovietunionmarchedforwardbeforesteppingjustmileseastofBerlin.They
thenattackedtheGermanCapitalfromtheEastandSouth
TheSovietUniontookoverReichstag.SergeantShcherbinaraisedtheRedFlag
ontopoftheReichstagwhichsignalledthe
effectiveendofthebattle.
Therewere1,000,000germansfighting
2,500,000russianswerefighting
Thegermansused3300aircrafts
TheRussiansused7500aircrafts
TheRussianslost80,000men
TheGermanslost150,00men
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=592ZXOuG7yE

BattleoftheBulge
RinoaLundandMarkasiaMcCuddin
TookplaceonDec.16,1944untilJan.251945
Adolfhitlerattemptedtosplitthealliedforcesapart
Dec.16

threegermanarmieslaunchedthedeadliestmostdesperatebattle
CrucialGermanshortageoffuel,andgallantryofAmericantroopsfightingin
FrozenForestsoftheArdennesprovedfataltoHitlerandhistroops.
Gallantryiscourageousbehavior,especiallyinbattle
costlybattleforAmericasufferedof100,000deaths
BattleofBulgeVideo
LargestbattlefoughtbytheUnitedStates
WinstonChurchillcalledit,UndoubtedlythegreatestAmericanBattle.