WW2 battles

Okinawa

1 April 1945. Captured 20 June 1945

Battle of Tenaru river

August 21 1942. First land battle in PTO. Marines had been left alone at Guadalcanal.

Battle of Java Sea

February 1942. First sea battle of PTO. Was an attempt to slow down Japanese occupation after they took over Singapore

Battle Kasserine Pass

February 1943. First land battle between U.S. And Germans. U.S. Loses badly

Battle of Stalingrad

February 1943. German general Fredrich von Paulus is crushed and surrenders with 300k troops to the Russians.

Battle of the Sibuyan Sea

Halsey vs Kurita. 1st stage of Leyte gulf.

Battle of Coral Sea

May 1942. Over island of New Guinea. First sea battle where ships never see each other. Fought entirely with planes.

Battle of Guadalcanal

November 11, 1942. Japanese finally withdraw from Guadalcanal. Turning point on land for PTO. 5 Sullivan brothers are lost and sole survivor policy is created.

Battle of Henderson field

October 23, 1942. Mitchell Paige and John Basilone win Medal of Honor for their efforts.

Battle of Santa Cruz

October 26, 1942. Japanese sink USS Hornet. Only enterprise remains as a sole US carrier.

Battle of Bloody Ridge

September 12, 1942. Marines defend ridge south of Henderson field.

Battle of Midway

Turning point of the PTO. USS Yorktown is sunk

Battle of the Atlantic

Undeclared naval war between U.S. and Germany

Battle of the Bulge

16 dec 1944. Ardennes offensive. Last German offensive of the war. Codenamed operation autumn mist.

Iwo Jima

19 February 1945. Would create an advance base for assault on Okinawa and safe haven for wounded planes and soldiers.

Battle of the Philippine Sea

19-20 June 1944. US. Unleash a crushing defeat on the Japanese. Nicknamed "great Mariana's turkey shoot"

Battle of Leyte Gulf

23-26 Oct 1944. Largest naval battle ever.

Battle of Surigao Straights

25 Oct 1944. Jesse Oldendorf has old ships from Pearl Harbor that want revenge. Oldendorf "crosses the 't'"

Battle Off Samar

25 Oct 1944. Massive mismatch. Zigga Sprague led Taffy 3 against Kurita's large fleet. Fools Kurita into thinking he is facing U.S. main fleet.

Battle of Cape Engano

26 Oct 1944. Halsey vs. Ozawa. Zuikaku is sunk.

Battle of Britain

Air bombardment of Great Britain from August 1940 through April 1941