British victory in the Battle of Britain was decisive, but ultimately defensive in nature

over 338,000 British and French troops were safely evacuated from Dunkirk

marked the decisive end of the German offensive capability on the Eastern Front and cleared the way for the great Soviet offensives of 1944–45

massive supply interdiction efforts and Allied assaults from east and west led to the decisive defeat of the

The Axis army of Italy and Germany suffered a decisive defeat by the British Eighth Army.

well-coordinated combined arms teams defeated uncoordinated armored and infantry forces committed to an unrealistic plan

he Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily in July 1943 and took it from the Axis powers.

The fall of Berlin, the capital of the Third Reich, to the Soviet Red Army,

The invasion of Sicily in July 1943 led to the collapse of the Fascist Italian regime and the fall of Mussolini who was incarcerated on July 25^th, 194

Leningrad claimed the lives of 800,000 of the city's inhabitants, mainly through cold and hunger

The battle resulted in a U.S. and Filipino victory. The Allies had taken control of all strategically and economically important locations of Luzon by March 1945,

eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions

Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet

the U.S. Navy intercepted a Japanese invasion fleet heading for Midway Island, achieving an overwhelming victory and resulting in the turning point of the war in the Pacific.

a U.S. fleet turned back a Japanese invasion force that had been heading for strategic Port Moresby in New Guinea

the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively

The Battle of Okinawa was a victory for the US but resulted in massive casualties on both sides

or six long months US forces fought to hold the island

the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,