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
