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Philip: Stalingrad and Britain

Henry: Berlin and France

Brandon: D-Day and

Daniel: Bulge and Torch

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Dates: August 22nd, 1942 - February 2, 1943

Nations Involved: Soviet Union, Nazi Germany

Victor: Soviet Union

German Casualties (Deaths + Injuries + Captured): about 800,000

Soviet Casualties (Deaths + Injuries): estimated 1,100,000 military and 40,000 civilians

Important military equipment used: Tanks, namely the soviet T-34 and T-60 tanks

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American infantrymen advance to the front during the Battle of the Bulge. PHOTO: BRIDGEMAN IMAGES

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Battle of The Bulge:

The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. The battle lasted for five weeks from 16 December 1944 to 28 January 1945, towards the end of the war.

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Allied Armies:

Dwight D. Eisenhower
(Supreme Allied Commander)

Omar Bradley
(12th Army Group)

Bernard Montgomery
(21st Army Group)

Courtney Hodges
(First Army)

George S. Patton
(Third Army)

Lewis H. Brereton
(1st Allied Airborne Army)

Axis Armies:

Adolf Hitler
(Führer und Reichskanzler)

Gerd von Rundstedt
(OB West)

Walter Model
(Army Group B)

Hasso von Manteuffel
(5th Panzer Army)

Sepp Dietrich
(6th Panzer Army)

Erich Brandenberger
(7th Army)

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Allied Loses:

American:

81,000[6] casualties

800 tanks destroyed[7]

c. 1,000 aircraft lost, over 647 in December[8] and 353 during Operation Bodenplatte[9]

British:

1,408[10]–1,462+[11][d]

Axis Losses:

German:

67,675[12] casualties

(U.S. Estimate: 103,900[13][e] casualties)

527–554[14]tanks, tank destroyers and assault guns lost

c. 800 aircraft lost, at least 500 in December and 280 during Operation Bodenplatte[9]

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Soviet troops taking the city of berlin in April of 1945.

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The Battle of Berlin was one of the last major offenses of WWII. The battle occurred between April 16, 1945, and May 2, 1945. The battle was between the USSR and Germany. Soviet troops attacked Berlin with the intent of taking the city. And after two weeks of battle, they successfully took the city. In the process of taking the city, the Soviet army lost 80,000 troops. Germany lost at least 92,000 troops, and over 300,000 civilians died. One major tactic used to take the city was that the Soviet army surrounded the city and all troops attacked simultaneously. This allowed them to win the battle and put an end to WWII.

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Image taken of soldiers exiting their transport boats and running to the beach on D-Day.

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One of the beaches that was invaded on June 6, 1944, as part of the Invasion of Normandy ("D-Day").

The U.S., Britain, Canada, and free French Troops took part in D-Day.

During D-Day specifically, about 4,500 Allied soldiers died, about 2,500 of these soldiers were Americans over the 48-hour period.

In order to increase the odds of success and decrease casualties the Allies used radio signals to mislead Germany into thinking there was an Allied army based in England led by American general George S. Patton. On the night of the invasion itself, the Allies used airborne radar deception the trick Germany into thinking there was an invasion force sailing through the Channel Narrows.

The Allies won D-Day and later the Invasion of Normandy as well.

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Date: July, 1940 - September, 1940

Participants: Nazi Germany, United Kingdom

Victor: United Kingdom

Germany Casualties (Deaths + Injuries + Captured): around 4200

British Casualties (Deaths + Injuries): close to 2000 military, around 50,000 civilian

Important Military Equipment Used: Combat Aircraft, namely the British Hurricane and Spitfire and the German Bf 109

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Torch troops hit the beaches near Algiers

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Operation Torch

Operation Torch was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. Torch was a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa. This would also lead to a southern innovation of Italy witch lead the Italy's surrender to the Allied powers. Put Germen forces would enter into Northern Italy disarming Italian forces and until Allied advance e for the winter.

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Allied Armies:

United States
United Kingdom

India

Free France[1]
Naval only:

Canada

Netherlands

Australia

Axis Armies:

Vichy France

French Algeria

French Morocco

Germany

Italy

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Allied Commanders:

U.S.A

Dwight D. Eisenhower

George S. Patton

Henry Kent Hewitt

Lloyd Fredendall

U.K

Andrew Cunningham

Kenneth Anderson

Axis Commanders:

French

François Darlan

Alphonse Juin

Charles Noguès

Germen

Ernst Kals

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Allied Losses:

United States:
526 dead

United Kingdom:
574 dead

All Other Allies:
756 total wounded[3]
1 escort carrier (HMS Avenger) sunk with loss of 516 men
4 destroyers lost
2 sloops lost
6 troopships lost
1 minesweeper lost
1 auxiliary anti-aircraft ship lost

Axis Losses:

Vichy France

1,346+ dead

1,997 wounded

several shore batteries destroyed

all artillery pieces captured

1 light cruiser lost

5 destroyers lost

6 submarines lost

2 flotilla leaders lost

Germany

8 submarines lost by 17 November

Italy

2 submarines lost by 17 November[4]

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German forces taking the city of Paris, France.

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The Battle of France was one of the first major battles of WWII and allowed Germany to invade the rest of France. The battle took place from May 10, 1940, to June 25, 1940 in Paris, France. The battle was between France and Germany, and Germany won, allowing them to completely control all French land. To win, Germany prepared 3 million men and 2,439 tanks. But even after winning, Germany lost 360,000 men. All of the tanks and other vehicles Germany used allowed them to easily take Paris.