What famous battles were there during World War II?

Flying like lightning-Normandy landing 1944 June 6-August19.

Normandy landing was a large-scale offensive launched by the allied forces on the western front of Europe in World War II. The fighting took place at 6: 30am on June 6th. 1944. The code name of this operation is Operation Overlord. After crossing the Seine, the fighting ended on August 19. The Battle of Normandy is by far the largest maritime landing operation in the world, with nearly 3 million soldiers crossing the English Channel to Normandy, France.

Caught off guard-the Polish campaign lasted from September 1939 to1October 6 19.

The Polish campaign, also known as the Bode War or the German-Polish War, was the starting point of the European theater of the Second World War and a famous "blitzkrieg" in the history of world wars. This war is called Wojna Obronna1939 Roku in Poland (1939 Polish Defence War), Polenfeldzug in Germany (Polish Campaign) and the action code is Fall Weiss (White Plan). 1, 1939 At 04: 40 on September, the German army invaded Poland together with the army of Slovakia, its client country. Britain and France gave Nazi Germany 48 hours to withdraw from Polish territory. 1939 because Germany did not listen to the warnings of Britain and France, Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3. None of the participating countries estimated that the war would surpass the scale of the First World War. On September 1939, the Soviet Union recovered the western Ukraine and the western Belarus from the East in accordance with the secret provisions of the Soviet-German Non-aggression Treaty and its dissatisfaction with the humiliating Riga Peace Treaty signed by 192 1. The German army and the Red Army joined forces at the Buge River on September 28th. Poland's war of aggression generally ended on June 6th, 10, but Poland did not surrender to Germany or the Soviet Union. Moreover, the Polish government in exile organized a powerful underground organization in the Allies.

Make great efforts-Pingxingguan Campaign 1937 Mid-September to 10 June.

The Battle of Pingxingguan took place in mid-September. 1937. After the Japanese invaders marched along Pingsui Road to occupy Datong, they divided their forces to attack Yanmenguan and Pingxingguan in an attempt to advance on Taiyuan. The Eighth Route Army 1 15 Division, under the command of Lin Biao, the division commander, and Nie, the deputy division commander, was ordered to assemble in Pingxingguan area for standby. In the end, the Eighth Route Army won. This campaign broke the invincible myth of the Japanese army, dealt a devastating blow to the 2nd1Brigade of the 5th Division of Banyuan, the most elite unit of the Japanese army, strengthened the anti-aggression ambition of the people of China, and dealt a blow to the arrogance of Japanese aggression.

It is impossible to prevent-attack Pearl Harbor194165438+February 7 to 65438+February 7.

The attack on Pearl Harbor refers to the attack on American military bases planned by the Japanese government. On the morning of February 7, the Japanese Navy's aircraft carrier and mini-submarine suddenly attacked the US Navy's Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and the US Army and Naval Airport in Oahu. The Pacific War broke out. The attack finally involved the United States in World War II. This is the first time that another country attacked American territory after the Sino-Mexican War in the19th century. This incident is also known as the Pearl Harbor incident or the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Earth-shattering-Kursk Tank Battle1943 July 5 to August 23.

The Battle of Kursk was one of the decisive battles in the Soviet-German battlefield during World War II. It is called the biggest tank battle in the world, with more than 5,000 tanks in the armored forces and 2,000 aircraft in the air force. Together with the Ardennes counterattack, it is called the battle of the bulge.

Defending the country and defending the country-Battle of Stalingrad1July 942 to1February 7 1943.

The Battle of Stalingrad, also known as the Battle of Stalingrad, is a major turning point in the Second World War and one of the bloodiest and largest battles in human history. The main armies participating in the war were the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. This battle has become a famous battle in the history of human war, with heavy casualties on both sides and indifference to civilian sacrifice. It is generally believed that the campaign includes the following parts: the large-scale bombing of Stalingrad (now called "Volgograd") by German troops; The Germans invaded the city; Street fighting in urban areas; Soviet red army camp; Finally, the Germans and the Axis allies were completely annihilated. The total number of casualties in the war is estimated to be over 2 million.

Dawn of Victory-Entering Berlin1945 April 16 to May 8.

1945 April 16 —— May 8, the last strategic offensive campaign carried out by the Soviet Union in the Soviet-German War in World War II. The Soviet army concentrated 162 divisions and cavalry divisions of three army groups, including 1 2 army groups of Belarus and/kloc-0 army groups of Ukraine, 2 tank and mechanized army groups and 4 air force army groups, with a total strength of 2.5 million, in addition to 7,500 aircraft, 42,000 artillery pieces, 6,250 tanks and self-propelled artillery pieces. The face-to-face enemy is the German army Visva. A total of 1 10,000 people,10,400 guns and mortars,10,500 tanks and assault guns, and 3,300 combat aircraft. The campaign was launched on April 6, 1945, which broke through the defense lines of Oder River and Nice River successively. On the 25th, Berlin was surrounded again. During the Berlin storm, Soviet troops made multiple raids on the center. After fierce street fighting, it broke into the central area of Berlin on April 27 and began to attack the parliament building on April 29. On the 30th, Hitler committed suicide in the basement of the Chancellery. On May 2nd, General H. Weiderling, commander of Berlin garrison, led his troops to surrender. On the 8th, Marshal W. keitel, the representative of German High Command, signed an unconditional surrender letter to the Soviet Union and Allied Expeditionary Force in Berlin. In the whole campaign, the Soviet army wiped out 70 infantry divisions, 23 armored divisions and motorized divisions, wiped out nearly 6.5438+million German troops, including about 480,000 officers and men, and seized 8,600 artillery pieces, 1.500 tanks and self-propelled artillery pieces and 4,500 aircraft. Soviet troops killed 330,000 people, tanks and self-propelled artillery 2 156, artillery 1220, and aircraft 527. The end of the battle of Berlin marked the end of fascist Germany, the Soviet-German war and the European war. (The Soviet flag bearer Abdul Hakim ismailov planted the Soviet red flag on the roof of the German parliament building)

Never give up-the battle of Leningrad from September 8 to1October 27, 194 1.

1 941In late August, frustrated Hitler mobilized 32 infantry divisions, 4 tank divisions, 4 motorized divisions and1cavalry brigade in the north wing, equipped with 6,000 cannons, 4,500 mortars and 1000 planes, and threatened to attack Leningrad in September. Leningrad is the cradle of the October Revolution, the second largest city in the Soviet Union, an important seaport, an important industrial town and a cultural center. There are about 3 million people. In the face of the German attack, Marshal voroshilov, commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army of the Soviet Union, appealed to the local soldiers and civilians: "At the gates of Leningrad, use our chests to block the enemy's way forward."

The Battle of Counter-offensive-Okinawa Campaign1March 9451August to June 22.

At the end of the Pacific War, the US military launched a landing campaign against the Japanese in Okinawa. Okinawa is the largest island in the Ryukyu Islands, located between the Japanese mainland and Taiwan Province Province of China, 630 kilometers north of Kyushu Island. It is mountainous in the north, mainly hilly in the south, and has many airports and ports, which is the southern barrier of Japan. At the beginning of 1945, after the US military occupied Luzon Island and Nagano Island, it decided to capture Okinawa Island in order to master the sea and air rights of the entire Ryukyu Islands and establish a base for attacking Japan. Okinawa is called Japan's "national gate" because of its important strategic position in Japan's domestic defense, so the landing war on Okinawa is called "the battle to break the door"

Going is the best policy-Dunkirk retreats 1940 May19 to1940 June 8.

Dunkirk Retreat (code name: Generator Plan) is the largest military retreat in Dunkirk in the history of World War II. Dunkirk is a port city in the northeast of France near the Belgian border. After the rapid attack of German mechanized troops in May 1940, the British-French allied defense line collapsed. In the end, Britain can still use various ships to withdraw a large number of troops. Although this large-scale evacuation operation successfully saved a lot of manpower, all the heavy equipment of the British expeditionary force stationed in France was abandoned on the European continent, which led to serious problems in British ground defense.

Race against Time-The Battle for Guadao from1early July 1942 to1February 1943

The Battle of Guadalcanal is an important battle in the Pacific War. Around the battle for Guadalcanal, Japan and the United States fought more than 30 naval battles, including six large-scale naval battles, namely, the battles of Savo Island, East Solomon, Espa Enes Point, Santa Cruz, Guadalcanal and Tasa Falungo. The two sides lost 24 ships above destroyers, 2 aircraft carriers sunk by the US Navy, 8 cruisers and 65,438+destroyers 04, killing about 3,300 people and injuring about 2,500 people. The Japanese navy sank 1 aircraft carrier, 2 battleships, 5 cruisers,1/destroyer and 6 submarines. There were 25,000 casualties.

Blood Spilled in the Sky —— The Battle of Britain from1early July of 940 to1June of 0.

During World War II, the British and German air forces staged the largest air battle in the world over Britain. 1June, 940, fascist German troops swept through western Europe. The British Expeditionary Force in Europe was defeated by Dunkirk. Although the British army withdrew its troops to the mainland with the "generator plan", it lost all its heavy equipment. In the battle with the German Air Force over France, the Royal Air Force also lost more than 1 000 aircraft. In July of the same year, Hitler made a "sea lion" plan to invade Britain from the sea. The German Air Force invested about 2,400 aircraft in the Battle of Britain, including 65,438 +0.285 bombers, and its main bases were located in the northeast and northwest of France, the Netherlands and Norway. This battle forced Hitler to abandon the Soviet Union and embark on the old road of fighting on two fronts before completely expelling Britain from the war.