what are the best 2 battles in WW2? one in the pacific and one in europe.
2007-02-01 11:15:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Europe: 3rd Battle of Kharkov 1943, where the II SS Panzer Corp under Paul Hauuser defeated a Red Army group seven times its size, stabilizing a crumbling eastern front after the debacle at Stalingrad.
Pacific: Battle of Midway, won by sheer luck, as the American planes spotted the Japanese navy with its 'pants down'....ie, the carrier planes were caught on deck with their torpedoes. The result was the end of the war for the Imperial Navy.
2007-02-01 11:34:20 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think it is difficult to understand this question. Obviously it means the significance of the battles, because duh no one would want to know if the battle had the most casualties to be the best battle...
If you ask me, D-Day on 6 June was the most spectacular in terms of planning and carrying out and in the difficulty since it was the largest naval operation in history, even where the defences were terribly difficult to get past.
On the other hand, the other battle would be the attack on Pearl Habour for two reasons. Firstly cuz it showed the general attitude towards the Japanese by the Westerners who probably believed they were not able to do such things.They looked down on the ability of the Japanese. Secondly on a less positive note to the Japanese, because it marks the entry of the Americans and drew them out from another attempt at isolationism.
2007-02-01 19:35:28 · answer #2 · answered by kurt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Battle of Midway in the Pacific because it turned the tide in the war and D-Day in Europe because it started the crumbling of the Atlantic wall of the Nazis(goes along with Stalingrad in the East)
2007-02-01 19:20:58 · answer #3 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The two most famous in the European theater of operations were the Battle of the Bulge and the battle of Stalingrad.
In the Pacific, it would be the battle for Iwo Jima.
2007-02-01 20:03:20 · answer #4 · answered by Derek Wildstar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In this context what do you mean by" best" ? Most successful. most casualties, most significant to the continued conduct of the war? Whose battles and from whose point of view? Withdraw this and figure what you really want to know. Lots of people here who seem to have a clue about WW2, and are willing to dispel the appalling ignorance about it; here displayed.
2007-02-01 19:24:41 · answer #5 · answered by colinchief 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stalingrad or Kursk, by far. In the Pacific, Midway.
2007-02-01 20:55:19 · answer #6 · answered by nameis_nobody 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋