https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki highlights of the events/battles of WW2 en-us 2020-01-30 21:41:36 UTC 2020-02-11 21:41:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3dd.png ruby_ruzauskas2 https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/438497269 A military campaign that was during WW2 and the Royal Air Force (RAF) defended the United Kingdom. War was declared July 10th- October 31st of 1940. Germany's primary object was to compel Britain to sign a peace agreement. Britain was later successful through not signing the agreement and eventually defeated the Nazi German.]]> 2020-01-30 22:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/438497269 ruby_ruzauskas2 https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/439961668 November 8-16, 1942: Anglo-American invasion of the French North African during WW2. The USA lost 526 men, the UK lost 574 men and their other alliances had 756 wounded and 516 men lost their lives. Operation Torch was a success with many different people coming together to participate in an American campaign. ]]> 2020-02-03 21:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/439961668 ruby_ruzauskas2 https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/439965495 Operation Overlord was the codename for "The Battle of Normandy". This occurred June 6- August 25, 1944. It occurred in Normandy, France. This was an issue for allied nations coming together to later advance to take down Hitler since he was destroying everything. So yes this was a success for France, which later led the take down of Germany and France. 

]]> 2020-02-03 21:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/439965495 ruby_ruzauskas2 https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/440616837 August 2nd, 1942- February 2nd,1943. Largest confrontational of WW2. Germany and it's allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. Germany advanced into eastern Europe and Russia. It was the first major Germany loss during WW2.]]> 2020-02-04 21:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/440616837 ruby_ruzauskas2 https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/440618979 December 16, 1944- January 25th, 1945 major . This war was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western front during WW2. Eight days earlier than they originally intended the allies (USA & UK) won the war.]]> 2020-02-04 21:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/440618979 ruby_ruzauskas2 https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/440620798 April 9th, 1942. The Bataan Death march took place in Mariveles, Philippines. This march was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000-80,000 american and Filipino prisoners of the WW. April 9th, 2020 marks the 78th Anniversary of the Bataan Death March.]]> 2020-02-04 21:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/440620798 ruby_ruzauskas2 https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/440624401 June 4th- June 7th, 1942. The battle of the Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific ocean. The attack on pearl harbor. It resulted in the American victory over the Japanese. ]]> 2020-02-04 22:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/440624401 ruby_ruzauskas2 https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/440756135 August 7th, 1942- February 9th, 1943. The Guadalcanal Campaign, aka Battle of Guadalcanal which was a codename for the American military forces. Japan lost a total of 24,000 men, Americans sustained 1,600 killed and 4,200 were wounded. It was an allied victory (beginning of allied offensive operations in the Pacific).]]> 2020-02-05 06:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/440756135 ruby_ruzauskas2 https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/440757303 February 19th- March 26th, 1945. A major battle of Iwo Jima in which the US Marine corps and Navy landed on and later captured the island of the Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during WW2. 26,000 American casualties occurred and that included 6,800 dead. This was also the bloodiest battle in the Marine Corps history. This war resulted in an American Victory over the Empire of Japan & Japan (itself).]]> 2020-02-05 06:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/440757303 ruby_ruzauskas2 https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/440758086 October 23rd-October 26th, 1944. The battle of Leyte Gulf is considered to have been one of the largest naval battles of WW2 (with over 200,000 naval personnel involved). This battle crippled the Japanese combined fleets, permitted by the U.S. invasion of the Philippines and reinforced the Allies'control of the Pacific. Therefore, the Allied had yet another victory.]]> 2020-02-05 06:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/440758086 ruby_ruzauskas2 https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/440758740 April 1st- June 22nd, 1945. The battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, which was a major battle in the Pacific fought on the island of Okinawa by the US Marines and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. There were over 100,000 casualties for the Japanese while there were 50,000 for the Allied nations. This war also resulted in a Allied Victory.]]> 2020-02-05 06:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ruby_ruzauskas2/ebbrsmk12cki/wish/440758740