World War II Battles By: Cooper Redding Subject: History Grade Level: 9-10 Click to Play.

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World War II BattlesBy: Cooper ReddingSubject: HistoryGrade Level: 9-10

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Battle of the BulgeOne of the most famous battles of World War IIHitler believed that the Britain, French, and American alliance was not strong, and a major victory would brake them up.It was a major German offensive attack on U.S forcesThe Germans first experienced great success.The Germans may of won if they could keep their tanks fueled.They ran out of fuelAllies ended up pushing the Germans back, and many see it as a miracle. German casualties were 15,652 deadU.S casualties were 19,276

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Iwo JimaThe battle lasted for a monthIt was the first American invasion on Japanese home landWas the only battle in which US Marine casualties was actually higher then the JapaneseOf the 22,000 Japanese defenders only 216 were known to be alive

Click for main pageBattle of MidwayWidely seen as the most important navel battle everThe Japanese attacked the U.S naval base at Midway atoll.Prior to the battle, the Japanese navy was stronger.After the battle U.S and Japanese navy's were equalThe U.S navy was ready for the attack due to fantastic military intelligence.Japan lost four irreplaceable fleet carries, and the U.S lost only one.

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Operation NorwindThe German army attacked the very thin line of the U.S 7th ArmyThree Corps of the 3rd Army as well as the XXXIX Panzer CorpsThe Germans almost erased the whole U.S 7th ArmyIn the end the U.S 7th Army prevailed and defeated the GermansCasualties for the U.S 7th was 773 KIA, and 4,838 WIACausalities for the Germans in the end was much more with 23,000 KIA, WIA, and MIA combinedClick for main pageBattle of AnzioIt was a surprise attack against the German soldiers flank.A great success until General Lucas decided to entrench instead of push on.Germans saw this and set up defensive positionsGeneral Lucas was relieved, and U.S forces finely broke through.U.S forces lost many men with casualties up to 23,173.German casualties were 27,500The battle is largely considered a failure, for the loss of the initial surprise, and lack of resources.

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Battle of Saipan8,000 Marines landed on Saipan from Pearl Harbor.The Japanese were very ready and destroyed 20 tanks in minutes.To indicate the severity of the battle, U.S Marines called the land Death Valley.In a last stand 5,000 Japanese soldiers charged the U.S forces.Killed 650 U.S soldiers, but lost 4,300In total 13,313 U.S soldiers were killed or wounded, and Japanese forces lost more then 30,000 soldiers.

Click for main pageBattle of LuzonThe battle took place on January 9, 1945.Japanese forces saw more then 70 Allied Warships off the cost.This battle was very important if the US were to attack Japan.Allied forces dominated this battle with Japanese casualties reaching 205,535 dead and 9,050 captured. Allied casualties were far less with 8,130Click for main page