World War II
16 battles
Battle of Stalingrad
The bloodiest battle in history with nearly 2 million casualties. Street-by-street fighting reduced ...
Battle of Midway
A decisive naval battle just 6 months after Pearl Harbor. American codebreakers had cracked Japanese...
D-Day (Normandy)
The largest amphibious invasion in history, involving 156,000 troops on the first day. Omaha Beach s...
Battle of the Bulge
Hitlers last major offensive in the West, a surprise attack through the Ardennes in brutal winter. T...
Battle of Britain
The first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces. The RAF defeated the Luftwaffe, pre...
Battle of Iwo Jima
One of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific. The iconic flag-raising photo became one of the most re...
Battle of Kursk
The largest tank battle in history, with over 6,000 tanks and 2 million troops. The Soviets knew the...
Battle of Leyte Gulf
The largest naval battle in history by area covered. Japan first used organized kamikaze attacks. Th...
Battle of El Alamein
Montgomerys victory over Rommel marked the turning point in North Africa. Churchill said before Alam...
Fall of Singapore
The largest surrender in British history, 85,000 troops captured. The Japanese had only 30,000 men. ...
Battle of Monte Cassino
Four months and four assaults were needed to break the German Gustav Line blocking the road to Rome....
Battle of the Coral Sea
The first naval battle in history fought entirely by carrier aircraft, with opposing ships never sig...
Battle of Guadalcanal
The first major American ground offensive of the Pacific war, six months after Pearl Harbor. A six-m...
Battle of Berlin
The final battle of the European war, with over 2 million Soviet troops attacking from three sides. ...
Battle of Okinawa
The largest and bloodiest Pacific land battle of the war. Kamikaze attacks sank or damaged hundreds ...
Battle of the Atlantic
The longest continuous military campaign of the war, lasting the entire duration. German U-boat wolf...