Battles of WWII by Matthew Stauffer https://padlet.com/matthew_stauffer1_2/1x8ofas4k3m6 Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2020-01-30 21:40:52 UTC 2025-10-16 00:12:33 UTC hello@padlet.com Great Britain matthew_stauffer1_2 https://padlet.com/matthew_stauffer1_2/1x8ofas4k3m6/wish/438489520 Battle of Britain

Took place during World War II between Britain's Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe, Nazi Germany’s air force. It was the first battle in history fought solely in the air. ]]> 2020-01-30 21:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_stauffer1_2/1x8ofas4k3m6/wish/438489520 Morocco matthew_stauffer1_2 https://padlet.com/matthew_stauffer1_2/1x8ofas4k3m6/wish/438493997 Operation Torch

It was the allied landings on the western coast  of North Africa. The strategy was for the US to land on Morocco's Atlantic coast and Anglo-Americans to land on Algeria's Mediterranean coast.
The outcome was that around 480 Allies were killed and 720 wounded. French losses totaled around 1,346 killed and 1,997 wounded. As a result, Hitler ordered Operation Anton, which was the occupation of German troops of Vichy France.
It was the first major operation carried out jointly between the US and Britain during WWII..]]> 2020-01-30 21:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_stauffer1_2/1x8ofas4k3m6/wish/438493997 Normandy, France matthew_stauffer1_2 https://padlet.com/matthew_stauffer1_2/1x8ofas4k3m6/wish/438494869 Operation overlord
Little video: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day#section_4

The plan was to drop paratroopers into France during the late evening and early morning. They wanted to take over bridges and roads that the Germans used. The outcome was success and it helped Britain, the US, Canada, Poland, and France liberate Western Europe from German occupation. The impact was that it was the turning point of WWII. The Germans could not handle war on both sides of them. 
23 infantry divisions (13 US. 8 British, 2 Canadian.
12 armored divisions (5 US, 4 British, 1 Canadian, 1 French, 1 Polish).
4 Airborne divisions (2 US, 2 British)
156,000 troops or paratroopers came ashore - 73,000 fro US, 83,000 from Britain and Canada.
US casualties - 2,499 dead, 3,184 wounded, 1,928 missing, 26 captured.

]]> 2020-01-30 21:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_stauffer1_2/1x8ofas4k3m6/wish/438494869 Mariveles, Bataan, Philippines matthew_stauffer1_2 https://padlet.com/matthew_stauffer1_2/1x8ofas4k3m6/wish/438496462 Bataan Death March

After the US surrender of the Bataan Peninsula to the Japanese, about 75,000 Filipino and US troops on Bataan were forced to march 65 miles to prison camps. They were treated harshly by Japanese guards. Thousands of troops died because of starvation, beatings, and bayonetings. Survivors were taken by rail from San Fernando to prisoners-of-war camps. Thousands more died from disease, mistreatment and starvation. This was an important symbol of Japanese brutality during WWII.
10,000 men (1,000 American and 9,000 Filipino) died ruing the Bataan Death March.
Survivors spent 40 months in POW camps.
11,500 American soldiers died during the 3+ years in confinement.
POWs set free in summer 1945.]]> 2020-01-30 22:04:11 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_stauffer1_2/1x8ofas4k3m6/wish/438496462 Midway Atoll, United States matthew_stauffer1_2 https://padlet.com/matthew_stauffer1_2/1x8ofas4k3m6/wish/438499048 Battle of Midway

The Battle of Midway was an epic clash between the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy that played out six months. Japan’s efforts to establish clear naval and air superiority in the western Pacific first hit a snag in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942, when the U.S. fleet turned back a Japanese invasion force headed for New Guinea. The damaged carrier was repaired in only two days at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, and left on May 30 to regroup with other U.S. ships near Midway in preparation for Japan’s attack.
Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser, and 292 aircraft, and suffered 2,500 casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown, the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft, and suffered 307 casualties.

]]> 2020-01-30 22:11:34 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_stauffer1_2/1x8ofas4k3m6/wish/438499048 Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands matthew_stauffer1_2 https://padlet.com/matthew_stauffer1_2/1x8ofas4k3m6/wish/438499964 Battle of Guadalcanal

The US Marines launched a surprise attack on the Japanese troops stationed on the Solomon Islands. They took control of an air base under construction.
The attach was successful.
The Japanese were forced to evacuate their troops from Guadalcanal. This was a turning point in favor of the Allies in the war.
Allies lost 7,100 men, 29 ships, and 615 aircraft.
Japanese casualties were about 31,000 killed, 1,000 captured, 38 ships, and 683-880 aircraft.]]> 2020-01-30 22:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_stauffer1_2/1x8ofas4k3m6/wish/438499964