Question:
Greatest to least significant WW2 battles?
Nick S
2013-11-06 18:00:40 UTC
From greatest to least. What would you say is the most to least significant
Battle of Britian
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Atlantic
Battle of kursk
Italian Campaign?
INvasion of pearl harbour
Four answers:
WMD
2013-11-06 18:59:15 UTC
You seem a little ignorant of the events of the Second World War, Nick. There never was an invasion of Pearl Harbor, there was only an attack which the top level of the American leadership knew about and allowed to happen on December 7, 1941. It was significant as the American president used the attack to justify going to war with Germany and Japan. The Italian Campaign (1943-1945) did open a second front in Europe, but it did not seriously lead to the downfall of the Third Reich. The battles of Moscow (1941-1942), Stalingrad (1942-1943), and Kursk (1943) were significant as they gradually showed that the German war machine was not invincible against the Soviet Union. The Battle of the Atlantic ended the threat of the German kriegsmarine in European waters. The Battle of Britain (1941) was the first sign that German air superiority over France and Germany had weakened. So, obtaining superiority on the seas and in the air was highly significant to the Allies.
Laurence
2015-02-23 13:23:25 UTC
I think you can put them in chronological order, since it one determined what followed:

Japanese capture of Nanking aka Nanjing in 1937, which began Japan's Chinese campaign.

Russian defeat of Japan in Manchuria in 1939, which made Japan decide to attack the USA instead

The Battle of France in May-June 1940 which gave Hitler control of Western Europe

The sinking of the French fleet which finally convinced FDR that Churchill really meant to go on fighting.

The attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the USA into the war and gave Stalin the confidence to bring his Manchurian army westward and save Moscow at the eleventh hour.

The fall of Singapor whose psychological impact destroyed the British Empire

Stalingrad and the consequent German defeat at Kursk, from when on the Germans were in continual retreat.

British terror bombing because of the way it distracted Germany from concentration on the eastern front.

The battle of the Atlantic, which had Germany won it would have crippled the American campaign to liberate Europe..
2013-11-07 20:46:44 UTC
Least Significant Kasereen Pass Anzio Monty Casino thousands of allied Forces died Just to destroy an empty Monastery
2013-11-06 20:32:57 UTC
Invasion of Pearl Harbor...? Huh...when did that happen? I can't quite remember the date....


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