Normandy landing war
-Time
65438+June 0944
-Location
Normandy in northwest France
-Strength of all parties involved
Allied forces 2876000 (July 25th)
380,000 Germans (July 23)
-Number of casualties
United States: 29,000 people died, 1.0 1.600 people were injured or missing.
Britain: 1 1000 people were killed and 54,000 people were injured or missing.
Canada: 5000 people died, 13000 people were injured or missing.
France: 12200 civilians are dead or missing.
Germany: 23,065,438+09 dead, 67,060 injured, 65,438+09,866,5438+06 missing or captured.
Normandy landing was a large-scale offensive launched by allied forces on the western front of Europe in World War II. The fighting took place at 6: 30 am on June 6, 1944. The code name of this combat operation is Operation Overlord. The battle ended on August 19 after crossing the Seine-Marne River. The Battle of Normandy is by far the largest maritime landing operation in the world, involving nearly 3 million soldiers crossing the English Channel to Normandy, France.
meaning
The victory of the Normandy landing announced the opening of the second battlefield of the Allied Forces in the European continent, which meant that Nazi Germany was caught in a double battle, relieved the pressure of the Soviet Union, cooperated with the Soviet Union to effectively conquer Berlin, and forced fascist Germany to surrender unconditionally in advance. As a result, the US military put its main force into the Pacific Ocean to fight against Japan, which accelerated the end of the Second World War.
Battle of the bulge
-Time
1944 65438+February16 ~1945 65438+1October 25th.
-Location
Ardennis region
-Power
Allied forces:
600,000
(65438+February 16)
German army:
275,000
(65438+February 16)
-Number of casualties
U.s. military:
89,500 people
(65,438+09,000 people died, 47,500 people were injured, and 23,000 people were captured or missing)
British army:
1408 people
(200 dead, 1200 injured or missing)
The Battle of Light Bulbs (at that time, the allied media originally called it Ardennes Battle or Ardin Battle according to the location where the battle broke out, but the allied soldiers called it the Battle of Light Bulbs according to the progress of the battle, while the German Army Group B called it the Battle of Watching the Rhine), which took place from February 1944 16 to1945 65438+/kloc-.
The prominent part of the battle includes many supporting secondary operations, such as BodenPlatt Operation and Grave Operation. The goal of these battle plans is to tear the Anglo-American allied front, occupy Antwerp, surround and destroy the four allied armies, and force the allies to hold peace talks under favorable conditions for the Axis countries.
meaning
After the battle of Ardennes, Hitler had no reserve forces to supplement, and the Germans could no longer stop the allied forces from advancing on the western front. Therefore, it is well-deserved that the Battle of Ardennes was called a turning point in history by later generations.
The fall of Berlin
-Time
1945 April 6 to May 8
-Location
Berlin, Germany
-Strength of all parties involved
Soviet army:
2.62 million
The First Army of Belarus, the Second Army of Belarus and the First Army of Ukraine totaled 2.5 million people, including 2.06 million combat troops.
(including 156000 polish army), 6250 tanks and assault guns, 4 1600 guns and 7500 aircraft.
German army:
About 800 thousand
The Vistula Army Group and a large number of independent armies, * * * about 550,000 people, while the fourth tank army of the Central Army Group is about 6,543.8+0.5 million people, and the defenders of Berlin are about 6,543.8+0.2 million people, totaling about 800,000 people.
-Number of casualties
Soviet army: 80,000 people died and 270,000 people were injured.
Germans: 480 thousand.
The Battle of Berlin was the last strategic offensive campaign of the Soviet Union in the Soviet-German War of World War II.
The campaign was launched on April 6th 1945, and successively broke through the defense lines of Oder River and Nice River. On the 25th, Berlin was surrounded. During the Berlin storm, the Soviets attacked the center in many ways. After fierce street fighting, they broke into the central area of Berlin on April 27, and the Soviet army began to storm the parliament building on April 29. On the 30th, Hitler committed suicide in the basement of the Chancellery. 1945 garrison commander H. Wei Deling led the troops to surrender. 1945 The Battle of Berlin ended on May 2nd.
During the whole campaign, Soviet troops annihilated 480,000 Germans and seized 600 artillery pieces, more than 400 tanks and self-propelled artillery pieces and 500 aircraft.
meaning
The victory of this campaign shattered the attempt of the German high command to delay the war by consuming a large number of Soviet effective forces near Berlin, marking the demise of German fascism and the end of the European war.
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In the European battlefield of World War II, the war began with Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland and ended with Nazi Germany's defeat.
War is mainly a battle between the Allies and the Axis Powers. Nazi Germany, the Kingdom of Italy, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovakia belong to the Axis camp, while Britain, Free France, the Soviet Union, Belgium and the United States (not in Europe, but providing support) belong to the Allied camp (only the main participating countries are listed).
The battlefield is mainly divided into three parts: the western front, that is, the war between Nazi Germany and France, Britain and Belgium; the eastern front, that is, the war between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union and Poland; and the southern front, that is, the war between the Kingdom of Italy, Nazi Germany and southern Europe and the Mediterranean. Of the three fronts, the west is the fiercest and the east is the longest. The attack was mainly launched by Nazi Germany.
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This war is one of the most destructive wars in European history. About 50 million people took part in the war, about 20 million people died and about 30 million people were injured. The war caused serious economic losses.