When? Oct. 23 - Nov. 4, 1942 (10 days)

Where? El Alamein, Egypt

Result? Allied Victory

PS. Erwin Rommel was ill and General Georg Stumme( transfered from Russian front) too his place while Erwin was on leave.

When- May 26- June 4th 1940

who- General von Rundstedt (German) General Maurice Gamelin (France)

Result- Germans regrouped before operation "Fall Rot"; France forced to sign armistice of compiegne

Where? In the skies over the United kingdom

When? In the summer and fall of 1940

Result? Germany's Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force

Where? The French seaport of Dieppe

When? August 19, 1942

Result? During nine hours of fighting, the Allies failed to destroy more than a handful of their targets and suffered the death of 3,600 men. More than 100 aircraft, a destroyer, 33 landing craft, and 30 tanks were also lost.

Where? Guadalcanal.

When? August 1942-February 9, 1943.

Result? By on February 9, 1943, the Japanese had lost 2/3 of the 31,400 army troops committed to the island, whereas the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Army had lost less than 2,000 soldiers of about 60,000 deployed.

USA and Japan

Where? Midway Atoll

When? June 4-7 1942

Result? American Victory

Where? Stalingrad, RSFSR

When? 23 August 1942 - 2 February 1943

Result? USSR Victory

Where? Tarawa

When? November 20-23, 1943

Result? Despite heavy resistance from the 4,500 Japanese troops dug in on Betio, the Marines finally took the island after a bloody, 76 hour battle in which both sides suffered heavy casualties.

Where-Rome

When-January 22, 1944

Results- America lost

Where? Iwo Jima

When? February 1945

Result? The U.S. marines experienced initial success but then got bogged down in costly attritional warfare.

Where? Okinawa

When? April 1-June 22, 1945

Result? By the end of the 82-day campaign, Japan had lost more than 77,000 soldiers and the Allies had suffered more than 65,000 casualties-including 14,000 dead

Northern

Who? Sixth Division (General Sepp Dietrich, )

Middle

Who? Fifth Division (General Hasso von Manteuffel) 

Southern

Who? Seventh Army (General Erich BrandenBerger)