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​Allied Battles Colleen Warmerdam Jamie Cogdell Kylie Wood

was between the Allies and the Axis. The Allies included: The United Sates, Great Britain, France, Australia, The Soviot Union and Greece. The Axis powers included: Japan, Germany and Italy. there were more then sevendy million casualties The cause of this war was one man named Adolf Hitler. He wanted to take over Europe. During his concoring he tried to eliminate all of the Jews by sending them into consentation camps. There were many battles fought over these ten years. Some more meaningful and more monmentus then others. In the end the Allied powers ended the war with a victory. It took many years for Europe to recover finacualy and economicly from the war. ||
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The Battle of the Bulge was thictures e last major war that Hitler and the Nazis attempted in order to destroy the Allies. Hitler's plan was to send three armies to fight the Allies,and he also believed that they could take the port of Antwerp, which was the way the Allies recieved almost all of their supplies. The Allies were surprised by the attack, and the weather was also on Germany's side. But after two days, the Allies got their act together. One of the main reasons why Hitler failed was because of Germany's lack of fuel. The Allies also bombed Germany's fuel plants, causing them to have an even lower amount of fuel. Overall, this battle was extremely unsuccessful for Hitler and Germany. Instead, it encourage all the people to ban together with one thought in mind: to defeat the Nazi Army. ||  ||< ** Battle of Britain (1940-1941) **  This battle lasted about a year. To this day it remains one of the most famous battles of WW2. This battle was mainly between Great Britain and Germany. The battle was completely fought in the air. In that day in age a battle fought in air was unheard of. i was one of the fist ever battles entirley fought in the air. Britain had something that Germany didn’t. The RAF it allowed the planes to stay in the air longer. They German planes could only stay in the air for about 30 minutes. It also had an early radar system. Many bombs were dropped into streets and ships, killing many civilians. In the end Hitler decided to call off his attacks, so he could focus more on Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean. The Allies learned an inportant lesson; Hitlers advances could be blocked. The Battle of Britain ended. However if this battle would had continued and the Germany had won, Hitler would have most likley lanched an invasion in Great Britain. ||
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Admiral Yamamoto of Japan had two goals: to seize the Midway, and also to completely defeat the U.S. Pacific fleet. However, Admiral Chester Nimitz was in on Yamamoto’s plan, using decrypted Japanese radio intercepts to find out. Yamamoto’s plan was to invade the island of Midway, in order to bring the U.S. Pacific fleet into a battle where they would be destroyed. He also assumed that the Americans would also send their warcraft carriers to protect the island, so he readied four of his since he thought that the Americans only had two. Since the Americans had completely broken the Japanese code, they couldn’t be taken by surprise no matter what. Lt. Commander Joseph Rochefort was the man who used the code to find out how the Japanese were going to attack and when. They especially needed this advantage because they were outnumbered 4 to 1 in planes and ships. They came up with a plan. On July 4, Japanese planes aimed for Midway Island to attack. But as they did that, American carrier planes attacked the Japanese ships. The reason this was so successful was because many Japanese fighter planes were still on the ship decks and they were destroyed too. The Battle of Midway was a turning point because it was the last time that the Japanese were on the offensive. Now the Americans had the upper hand for the first time. It also “turned the tide of war against the Japanese. ” ||>  On August 23, 1942 Hitler and his army met their match from the Soviet Union when they attempted to capture and take over Stalingrad, the city named after Stalin himself. Over 500,000 citizens lived in Stalingrad, making it a major industrial center for Russia. The battle is considered a turning point in World War Two with over two million casualties. The Soviet Union was finally involved, one of the main reasons for Germany's surrender less then three years later. In late summer the Luftwaffe (which is a German term for air force) began performing night bombing raids that put most of the city to rubble. For the Russians the situation looked hopeless but Stalin commanded his people to defend the city at all costs. Besides the millions of soldiers killed many civilians also perished from the brutality of the German. By the time November rolled around the Germans controlled more then ninety percent of the city. But once winter set in the Russian troops realized the Nazis were not prepared for the brutal cold and set up a counterattack by closing around Stalingrad capturing the Nazis inside, cutting off all of their supplies. Still Hitler refused to surrender until finally on February 2 more then five thousand half-dead German troops surrendered to the Union, but not until more then half the city was destroyed and millions killed. After Stalingrad, Germany was on the defensive with the Soviets fighting back. Before Stalingrad the world did not see the loss of life and brutalism the Nazis brought along with them. After wards, the world fought back looking to prevent another tragedy that was a tip away from disaster and the loss of a major city that was part of the Soviets Unions way of life.
 * **Battle of Midway (1942) ** ||> **Battle of Stalingrad (1942)** ||
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The disaster of Stalingrad profoundly shocked the German people and armed forces alike...Never before in Germany's history had so large a body of troops come to so dreadful an end."
 * General Siegfried von Westphal** - 1943 ||~  ||

“D-day” or the invasion of Normandy took place on June 6, 1944. Normandy is in northwestern France and at the time was controlled by the Germans who knew the attack was coming but the allies kept the details a secret in order to keep Hitler unprepared. The allies even set up a fake army to strike at the French seaport of Calais. The invasion of Normandy is to this day considered one of the greatest sea and land attacks in the history of the world. On June 6, 1944 or “D-day” French, Canadian, British and American troops fought the Germans and Nazis on the beaches of Normandy. The Germans used stonewalls to protect themselves and machine guns, cannons and rockets as weapons. More then three thousand American soldiers died and there were many more casualties. But the allies held there ground and on the July 25 more then one million additional troops joined them. Soon after wards the Nazis retreated allowing the allies to enter Paris. And by September the allies liberated Belgium, France, the Netherlands and even Luxembourg. It was the first domino to the Germans surrender. Without dooms day the war would have ended very differantly. || Works Cited "Battle of Britain." //History Learning Site//. Web. 31 Mar. 2010. <http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battleofbritain.htm>. "Battle of Midway - World War II Battle of Midway - Turning Point at the Battle of Midway." //Military History - Warfare through the Ages - Battles and Conflicts - Weapons of War - Military Leaders in History//. Web. 30 Mar. 2010. <http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwari1/p/Midway.htm>. "The Battle Of Stalingrad." //World War 2 Insightful Essays//. Web. 30 Mar. 2010. <http://www.2worldwar2.com/stalingrad.htm>. "Battle of the Bulge." //World War II History Info//. Web. 31 Mar. 2010. <http://www.worldwar2history.info/Bulge/>. Beck, Roger B. //Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction//. Evanston, Ill.: McDougal Littell, 2001. Print. "Doomsday -." //Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia//. Web. 30 Mar. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday>. "Doomsday -." //Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia//. Web. 30 Mar. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday>. "World War II -." //Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia//. Web. 30 Mar. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II>.
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