Most Important Battles of WW2

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The deadliest battle in world history

The largest tank battle in history

The last major German offensive of the war

The first major engagements between American and Axis forces in the war

The battle during which the Japanese carrier fleet was wiped out

The naval battle in which both the battleship Bismarck and the battleship Hood were sunk

The naval engagement that prevented Japan from invading Australia

The second of two battles in the region surrounding this town that was decisive in deciding the fate of Egypt

The beachfront that the Canadians were responsible for taking on D-Day

The first beachfront that the Americans were responsible for taking on D-Day

The second beachfront that the Americans were responsible for taking on D-Day

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The first beachfront that the British were responsible for taking on D-Day

The second beachfront that the British were responsible for taking on D-Day

The final battle of the war which saw Germany's final major defeat in the war and resulted in mass-rape by Russian forces

The siege that saw over 4,000,000 total casualties and lasted for over two years

One of the last battles of the war, it was the only conflict during which American forces and German forces fought side-by-side

The German Luftwaffe's aerial dominance over the English channel was directly challenged and broken, preventing Operation Sea Lion

This battle saw the encirclement of over 400,000 Soviet soldiers near the beginning of Operation Barbarossa

This operation to regain the Netherlands by the Allies, which was notably made up of a majority paratrooper force, was a massive failure

This successful evacuation of the entire British army from a port in Northern France was praised by the Allies, and kept Britain in the war

This battle in Belgium and the Netherlands led to the Allies regaining the city of Antwerp, which greatly assisted in supply for Allied troops

A naval and ground battle that saw more Japanese deaths by starvation than actual combat; also saw the death of Yamamoto when his plane was shot done