Every battle is both a victory and a defeat. It depends which flag you fly. In every theater of the second world war. Battles won and lost determined possesion of territory, of resources and of the strength to go on fighting. For some of the battles it was the victory that most influenced the future course of the war. For others it was the defeat. This is the story of the battles won and lost that decided the outcome of the greatest conflict in history.

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The battles of the WWI were battles of attrition, opposing armies hardly moving between lines of trenches. The battles of WWII were much more dynamic: The Battle Of France, Kursk, Iwo Jima, the Siege of Tobruk and Operation Crusader.

Blitzkrieg, Commando Raids, Landings, Desert War

The first battle at sea, in which enemy ships never sighted each other and the largest army ever to march when Germany launched its invasion of the Soviet Union. As well as the largest seaborne invasion in history: Operation Barbarossa, The D-Day Landings, The Battle of The Coral Sea, Arakon, Rommel; The Desert Fox, The Invasion of Sicily and Italy.

Air Battles At Sea, Great Battles on Land

A war that reached every continent and touched every sort of terrain demanded a wide variety of strategies and tactics: Dunkirk, Malaya, The River Plate, Operation Market Garden, Syria and The Battle Of Berlin.

Jungle & City fighting, Sea Battles, Invasions, Advances & Retreats

Battles are almost always about territory, with the objectives of advancing the front line, seizing the port, the city, the oil field, and more: The Battle of Stalingrad, The Battle Of Britain, Singapore,The Anzio Landings, The Gustav line and Monte Cassino, Battle of The Philippine Sea.

Territory, Ports, Cities & Oil

Every war sees new tactics, some inspired, some desperate that try to influence the course of battles: Guadalcanal, Allied Bombing, Dakar, Leningrad, Leyte Gulf, Crete.

The Tactics

A world war is a patchwork of actions: Land, sea, air, massive or small scale. And these stories of these actions are just as varied: Battle of The Bulge, Battle of Midway, Case Blue, Operation Longcloth, Bagration, Battle of The Scheldt.

Land, Sea & Air

Through history, armies marched to face each other on favored ground and clashed to decide a campaign, a war, an empire. During WWII that changed: Kokoda Australian Campaign, Soviet Finnish war, Kasserine Pass, Burma, Convoy PQ17, Battle of Moscow.

Campaigns, Wars & Empires

Some words transcend their origins as humble place names. Even as the names given to battles won and lost: Battle Of The Atlantic, Pearl Harbor, The Russian Offensive, El Alamein, Deippe Raid, Battle of Okinawa.

World War II: Battles Won & Lost

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