I need help chosing the major turning points in WWI?

Question

What were the major European battles
Pacific battles
allied confrence

Answer 1

WWI or WWII?

Judging by the sub topics I'm guess WWII, so in the European battle I'd say the Battle of Britain for Europe. If hitler gained air supremacy over Britain the invasion could have occurred. Also you could say Hitler's invasion of the USSR could have been the turning point. At the point the invasion Britain was at the limit and shifting his focus gave the Brits breathing room, and created the allies as it drove Stalin into Britain and the US Camp.

Beyond that seminal events would be El Almien , Invasion of Sicily, D-Day landings, and the Battle of the Bulge. At each of the events an axis victory could have changed the tide of the war.

In the pacific the key turning point would probably be the Battle of Midway. This was the first naval battle in history where the ships did not see each other. It marked the ascendency of the aircraft carrier as the primary striking force in naval conflict (as oppossed to battleships). More importantly the victory cost the Japanese 3 aircraft carriers, and the US 1 carrier. The 3 carriers the Japs lost were a key in their ability to maintain force projection in the Pacific. After Midway Japan's defeat was inevitable, unlike conflicts in the European theater.

Answer 2

By March 1918 with the Treaty of Brest-Livotsk, the Russians had exited WW1 and the Central Powers were freed up from fighting on a large portion of the Eastern Front. The entry of the U.S. was important, but not decisive, same as the naval operations. The real turning point in the stalemate that had existed on the Western Front for nearly four years was probably the Battle of Amiens. In this, the Entente used for arguably the first time, or at least first very effective time, a combined arms assault including armor, aircraft, and infantry with artillery support in order to break through the German line and make a further advance than at any other time in the war. This important tactic was pioneered by Sir Henry Rawlinson, and is still used today by modern military forces. Amiens was the start of what is known today as the Hundred Day Offensive, which led directly to the armistice and end of WW1. It was fought primarily by French, Australian, Canadian, and British forces. One American division (out of 25 Entente) was involved in the battle.

Answer 3

D-Day/Normandy,
Hitler didn't let Rommel take the Panzers and meet the allies at Normandy cause he thought the invasion was going to happen somewhere else, even though it really was Normandy

Battle of the Bulge
Last Axis attempt to break through Allied lines, failed

Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Atom bombs dropped on Japan

Really you could say when hitler invaded Russia his plan was doomed too, because he was trying to fight the war on 2 fronts, the russians and the british/americans. Pretty much impossible. Oh another turning point
Look up German 6th Army or Battle of Stalingrad, hitler lost one of his armies when they were surrounded by the russians

Answer 4

This link has several links to resources on wwi, I would look at the ones that are from the schools for more accurate information:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook38.html

Although this link will be more from the British point-of-view, it looks to be very good as well:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/

I would start with these and see if you can get most of your information from those, then if you need more look at the resources they used for more detail.

Answer 5

I think its called the battle of bunker hill or sumthin like that
it was a major turning point.
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i forgot!

Answer 6

go to www.sparknotes.com and look up history WWI

Answer 7

it sounds like ur in sixth grade