Introduction: Thunderbolt on a Sunny Day - Polish Blitzkrieg
In September 1939, Germany launched a war of aggression against Poland code-named "White". During the war, the German army successfully carried out "blitzkrieg" for the first time, showing the power of tank corps to carry out large-depth and rapid assaults in coordination with aviation. A country with a population of 34 million and an army of more than 1 million perished in just over a month. World War II thus broke out.
Eagle Strikes the Sky – Battle of Britain
In July 1940, the dilemma of the German army decided to fight against the United Kingdom mainly in the war of air supremacy by the air force, in order to cover the navy's seizure of sea supremacy, and finally implemented a three-step battle plan for the landing, in an attempt to completely eliminate Britain, an anti-German base, but under the stubborn resistance of the British armed forces, the German Air Force ended in defeat.
Ten-sided ambush – siege of Kiev
The Battle of Kiev was the largest encirclement in World War II and the largest encirclement and annihilation in the history of war. The entire campaign lasted more than two and a half months, taking place over a large area of territory 300 km in front and about 600 km in depth. The protracted and tenacious struggle of the Soviet front played an important role in breaking the German "blitzkrieg" plan. This hampered the German offensive in the direction of Moscow. The Germans won the greatest war of annihilation in the history of the war, but lost the victory of the greatest war in the history of the war in Moscow.
Siege of Kiev
Wolf Dawn – Sneak attack on Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, a Japanese airstrike on Pearl Harbor, the naval base of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, destroyed all U.S. battleships. The Battle of Pearl Harbor was very successful tactically, but made a fatal mistake strategically. Its undeclared war infuriated the Americans, bringing the world's largest military power into the war.
Short engagement – The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the largest battles of World War II, a defensive and counter-offensive campaign carried out by the Soviet army to defend Stalingrad and crush the German army group in the direction of Stalingrad. With 0.7 times more troops, 0.3 times more tanks and 1 times more aircraft, the Soviets won. The result of this victory in this campaign was that the Soviet Union seized the strategic initiative from the Germans and held it until the end of the war.
The Age of Submarines – The Battle of the Atlantic
During World War II, the Allies and Germany fought a life-and-death Battle of the Atlantic around defending and destroying sea lines of communication. In this battle, the British and Germans on both sides of the war invested all their sea power, using the entire Atlantic Fleet and part of the sea power of other countries. More than 3,000 combat ships and thousands of aircraft were used throughout the campaign. Lasting 5 and a half years, it was the longest and most complex naval battle in the history of war. The naval battle also made German submarines famous.
Naval Battle of the Atlantic
Carrier Horn – Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a famous example of a battle in the Pacific Theater in which the U.S. military defeated Japan with 8 carriers, 4 seaplane carriers, 13 heavy cruisers, and nearly 100 other boats (ships) of all levels with the strength of 2 aircraft carriers and 9 destroyers. The campaign changed the balance of power between the Japanese and U.S. navies in the Pacific. Since then, Japan has begun to lose its strategic initiative in the Pacific theater.
Tug-of-War - Battle for Guadalcanal
The Battle of Guadalcanal was an unprecedented brutal and fierce battle in the Pacific War, the largest encounter in World War II, and the first successful amphibious landing operation of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater since 1898. From the quiet landing of American troops on August 7, 1942, to the withdrawal of Japanese troops on January 4, 1943, the two sides left more than 20,000 corpses on the island.
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk was a strategic decisive battle fought between the Red Army and German fascists in 1943 in the area of the Kursk salient. It is also the largest tank battle in the history of human warfare. The two sides invested more than 8,000 tanks and more than 4,000 aircraft, and all of them participated in the battle with more than 3 million troops. The victory in this battle was the most important stage of the Soviet Union's victory over Germany.
The Normandy Landings
The Normandy landing was a strategic allied land, sea and air landing, which was completely different from the island landing war between the United States and Japan in the Pacific, and as long as the beachhead was landed, it meant victory. The Allies invested a total of 2.88 million troops, more than 15,700 aircraft of various types, and more than 6,000 ships of various types for the battle. Allied high-ranking figures conceived elaborate and difficult strategic deceptions for the landing, and finally won the victory. A second front was successfully opened in Europe.
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