There were many battles during World War II. There were two theaters of the war. In the European Theater of War had a total of seven battles. The second theater, Pacific Theater of War, had a total of six battles. All thirteen battles played a significant role in World War II. The Battle of Britain took place in the skies over the United Kingdoms in the summer and fall of 1940. It was a significant turning point of World War II. The battle was a struggle between the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal Air force. The Germans Luftwaffe commander was Hermaan Goring. The British Royal Air force's commander was Sir Hugh Dowding's. The Battle of Britain ended when Germany's Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force. …show more content…
The Battle of Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II. The battle happened in December of 1944. Hitler was attempting to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe. He surprised them with blitzkrieg. The American forces were caught off guard. There was a crucial German shortage of fuel and the gallantry of American troops fighting in the frozen forests. This battle was the costliest action ever fought by the U.S. Army, which suffered over 100,000 casualties. The battle only lasted for five weeks. It officially ended January of 1945. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a battle in the Pacific Theater of the War. The attack on Pearl Harbor took place on December 7, 1941 just before 8 a.m. Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. It was near Honolulu, Hawaii. It was very devastating even though it lasted only about two hours. The Japanese destroyed nearly twenty American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost two-hundred airplanes. More than two-thousand American soldiers and sailors died in this attack. Around one-thousand were