World War II Battles
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was conducted by the Japanese Navy on December 7, 1941. This is actually the event that made the United States enter World War II. The attack was intended to prevent US ships from interfering with Japan's takeover of East Asia, and ended up killing 2,403 American soldiers.
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The attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was conducted by the Japanese Navy on December 7, 1941. This is actually the event that made the United States enter World War II. The attack was intended to prevent US ships from interfering with Japan's takeover of East Asia, and ended up killing 2,403 American soldiers.
"Attack on Pearl Harbor." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Apr. 2014. Web.
26 Apr. 2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor
Battle of the Coral Sea
-The Battle of the Coral Sea, fought during 4–8 May 1942, was a major
naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the
Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and
Australia.
"Battle of the Coral Sea." Wikipedia.
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-The Battle of the Coral Sea, fought during 4–8 May 1942, was a major
naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the
Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and
Australia.
"Battle of the Coral Sea." Wikipedia.
Wikimedia Foundation, 23 Apr. 2014. Web. 26 Apr. 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
Battle of Wake Island
The Battle of Wake Island began at the same time as the attack on Pearl Harbor and ended on 23 December 1941.
This way was fought near the island of Wake.
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Normandy Invasion
As the tension between Germany and the United States grew, a French invasion was crucial to liberate Europe. By doing that they gained ground towards defeating Hitler
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As the tension between Germany and the United States grew, a French invasion was crucial to liberate Europe. By doing that they gained ground towards defeating Hitler
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http://armedforcesmuseum.com/top-five-wwii-battles-in-the-european-theater/
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad destroyed the defenses of both the German and
Russian army. There was a lot of heavy fighting that was loss for the Germans and triumph for Russia. Once the Soviets reached Berlin, it took them 10 more days for Berlin to
finally surrender.
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http://armedforcesmuseum.com/top-five-wwii-battles-in-the-european-theater/
The Battle of Stalingrad destroyed the defenses of both the German and
Russian army. There was a lot of heavy fighting that was loss for the Germans and triumph for Russia. Once the Soviets reached Berlin, it took them 10 more days for Berlin to
finally surrender.
N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2014
http://armedforcesmuseum.com/top-five-wwii-battles-in-the-european-theater/
MILITARY LEADERS
Germany
Heinrich Himmler- head of the SS and the Nazi secret police
Joseph Goebbels- Hitler's propaganda minister
Erwin Rommel- commander in the North African theater of WWII (failed to stop invasion of Normandy)
Rudolph Hess- Deputy Fuhrer, third in command behind Hitler
Hermann Goering- Commander of the Luftwaffe (German air force), second in command behind Hitler
Japan
Emperor Michinomiya Hirohito
Hideki Tojo- prime minister and general of Imperial Japanese Army
Tomoyuki Tamashita- General; defended the Philippines against Gen. MacArthur
Osami Nagano- Chief of Navy General Staff, 1941-1944
Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu- Chief of Navy Staff, 1932-1941
Isoroku Yamamoto- Commander-in-Chief of Imperial Japanese Navy, 1939-1943; Commanded the attack on Pearl Harbor
Mineichi Koga- Commander-in-Chief of Imperial Japanese Navy, 1943-1944
Soemu Toyoda- Commander-in-Chief of Imperial Japanese Navy 1944-1945, as well as the Chief of Staff of the Navy 1945
Chuichi Nagumo- Torpedo Specialist; commander of Carrier Striking Task Force, which attacked Pearl Harbor
Jisaburo Ozawa- Commander-in-Chief of Japanese Combined Fleet, 1945
Italy
Victor Emmanuel III- king of Italy and supreme head, along with Mussolini, of the Royal Italian Army
Ugo Cavallero- head of Italian Royal Army
Italo Gariboldi- Commander of Italian forces at the Battle of Stalingrad
Arturo Riccardi- head of Italian Royal Navy
Italo Balbo- head of Italian Air Force
Galeazzo Ciano- minister of foreign affairs
Rodolfo Graziani- commander of Italian North Africa and Governor-General of Libya
Giovanni Messe- commander of Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia
Great Britain
Winston Churchill- Prime minister of United Kingdom (1940-1945)
Clement Attlee- Deputy Prime minister; Prime Minister (1945-1951)
Dudley Pound- First Sea Lord; head of Royal Navy (1939-1943)
Alan Brooke- Chief of the Imperial General Staff; head of Britain's army (1941-1942), Churchill's field marshal promoted (1944)
Andrew Cunningham- succeeded Dudley as First Sea Lord; remained for the rest of the war
Charles Portal- head of the Royal Air Force (1940-1944); promoted to Marshal of the Royal Air Force in 1944
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl of Tunis- Commander-in-Chief of Allied Force Headquarters
Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding- Air Chief Marshal, commanded RAF Fighter Command during Battle of Britain
-developed the "Dowding System" an air defense system using radar and plotting control over aircraft
Keith Park- Air Chief Marshal, commanded 11 group RAF, helped defend Britain with fighter jets during the Battle of Britain
Arthur Harris- Air Officer Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command; later Marshal of RAF
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma- Admiral of the fleet; Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in SE Asia (1943-1945)
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim- General of the British Fourteenth Army during the Burma Campaign (1942-1945)
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin- General Secretary of Communist Party (1941- )
Georgy Zhukov- Soviet Field Marshal
Nikolay Gersimovich Kuznetsov
Vyacheslav Molotov- Foreign Minister of USSR (1939-1949)
Mikail Kalinin- Chairman of Praesidium of Supreme Soviet of the USSR
Vasily Chuikov commander of 64th army; later commander of 62nd army
Leonid Govorov- Soviet commander of Leningrad (1942); Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944)
Ivan Konev- Commander of 19th army
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt- President (1933-1945)
Harry S. Truman- President (1945-1953)
George Marshall- General of the Army; Chief of Staff
Henry H. Arnold- Commanding General of the Army Air Forces
Ernest King- Commander in Chief of U.S. Fleet (1941-1945), Chief of Naval Operations (1942-1945), Fleet Admiral (1944)
Henry L. Stimson- Secretary of War (1940-1945)
Cordell Hull- Secretary of State (1933-1944)
William J. Donovan- Director of the Office of Strategic Services (1942-1945)
J. Edgar Hoover- Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1935-1972)