BREAK OUT FROM NORMANDY 1944

During late July and August 1944, the Western Allies successfully
broke the stalemate that had emerged in the Battle for Normandy and
subsequently translated this into a decisive strategic victory that saw the
German forces expelled from the region.

MONTE CASSINO 1944

The Battles of Monte Cassino between January and May 1944
represented something of an anomaly in the conduct of the war in
Europe. In an unusually static period of warfare, the Allies took five
months and four separate battles to break through the German Gustav
Line, anchored around the position at Monte Cassino.

BATTLE OF IMPHAL AND KOHIMA 1944

The Battle of Imhal and the action at Kohima represented the high
water mark of Japanese aspirations in Burma and India. However,
after some initial successes, the defeated Japanese fell back into Burma and were subsequently driven back the way they had come.

THIRD BATTLE OF KHARKORV 1943

The Third Battle of Kharkov is generally considered to be the last
German victory on the Eastern Front. It stands as a classic example of
armored man-oeuvre tactics executed under difficult conditions against
a well-prepared and numerically superior enemy.

STALINGRAD 1942-43

Stalingrad changed the face of World War II. In a cataclysmic strunggle,
the wehrmacht experienced its first major army-sized defeat and the strategic advantage on the Eastern Front began to shift to the Red army.
As the crushing Russian winter of run its course, Adolf Hitler was faced
with a critical strategic decision.

BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL 1942-3

After defeating the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway in
June 1942 the Allies set about clearing Japanese bases from the
Solomon Islands. This required amphibious operations against several
islands-including Tulagi, where a seaplane base needed removing, and
Guadalcanal, where a major airbase was being constructed.

PEARL HARBOR 1941

When Japanese warplanes swept in to attack the US naval base at

Pearl Harbor and other installations on the Hawaiian island of  Oahu on

7 December 1941 , the act was the culmination of years of growing

tension between the two countries. Japan,  seeking preeminence in Asia

and the Pacific, required land and other natural resources ti sustain its

growing population and fuel its formidable military machine.