Can someone tell me 20 significant places that events back in World War II took place?? for example like,
London ( Battle of Britain)
Honolulu (Pearl Harbor)
ect... ect... thanksss!!
2007-04-01 16:54:14 · 5 answers · asked by ©u³ ¦ 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Berlin (Battle of Berlin)
Kursk (Operation Zittadelle)
Guadelcanal (Invasion)
Attu and Kiska (Only portions of N. American invaded)
Taranto (First all carrier airstrike)
Crete (First massive Parachute assualt)
Versailles (Signing of French Surrender)
Leningrad( Longest siege of WWII, 900 days)
Stalingrad (First major Reversal of German Army)
Midway Island (First major reversal of Japanese Navy)
Tokyo (Doolittle raid 1942)
Tokyo (Firebombing 1945)
New Mexico (1st Atom Bomb)
Hiroshima (1st Atom Bomb used in war)
Nagasaki (2nd Atom bomb used in war)
Nanking (Massacre by Japanese troops)
London (London Blitz)
Dunkirk (Evacuation of British Army)
Normandy (Invasion of France)
Anzio (Invasion of Italy)
2007-04-01 17:13:22 · answer #1 · answered by Brooklyn_SS 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Normandy, France
Iwo Jima
Guadacanal (sp?)
St. Petersburg, Russia
Stalingrad, Russia
Midway
Anzio, Italy
Bastogne, Belguim (sp?)
Berlin, Germany
Bridge of Remagen
Sicily, Italy
Okanowa
El Alamain (sp?)
St. Lo, France
Tunis Tunisia
Cebu,Philippine
Hurtgen (sp?)(its in the woods of france or germany)
Pearl Harbor, Honalulu, Hawaii
Rostov, Russia
Leningrad, Russia (sp?)
2007-04-02 15:46:04 · answer #2 · answered by lilkiz95 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's the Chronology of Battles for you:
War breaks out in Asia (July 1937 – September 1939)
War breaks out in Europe (September 1939 – May 1940)
The Western Front (May 1940 – September 1940)
The Mediterranean (April 1940 – May 1943)
Sub-Saharan Africa (July 1940 – September 1943)
The Eastern Front (April 1941 – January 1942)
The Pacific (April 1941 – June 1943)
China and South-East Asia (Sep 1941–March1944)
The Atlantic (September 1939 - May 1945)
The Eastern Front (January 1942 - February 1943)
The Western Front (September 1940 – June 1944)
The Mediterranean (May 1943 – March 1945)
The Eastern Front (February 1943 – January 1945)
The Pacific (June 1943 – July 1945)
China and South-East Asia (March 1944 – June 1945)
The Western Front (June 1944 – January 1945)
The Eastern Front (January 1945 – April 1945)
War ends in Europe
War ends in Asia
If you like further info on each of the battles..see below:
2007-04-02 00:09:22 · answer #3 · answered by Khit 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
London --Battle of Britain
Honolulu- Pearl Harbor
Warsaw- Invasion of Poland beginning WW 2
Stalingrad- Operation Barbarossa and afterwards
Tobruk-North Africa campaign
Midway Islands - Battle of Midway turning point in war in the Pacific
Normandy-D-Day invasion
Paris- French surrender in 1940 ; liberated in 1944
Ardennes Forest- Battle of the Bulge
Guadalcanal-Battle in the Pacific
Guam- ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Solomon Islands''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Formosa''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Iwo Jima''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Philippines''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''--Mac Arthur returns as he promised he would 3 years earlier
Hiroshima Atomic bomb dropped on August 6, 1945
Nagasaki ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''August 9, 1945
Salerno Beginning of the Italian campaign eventually leading to their surrender in 1943
Anzio-one of the bloodiest battles of the war between the two sides
Berlin Battle of Berlin which ended with the unconditional surrender of Germany on May 7, 1945
Pearl Harbor On USS Missouri Japan officially surrendered on September 2, 1945
2007-04-02 04:40:45 · answer #4 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
British Army defeated in France (Dunkirk)
Yalta. (mtg. Roosevelt, churchill, stallin)
McArthur returns (Philipines)
Dieppe (Canadians launch failed raid in France)
Russia (operation Barbarosa, Hitler invades Russia)
Stalingrad (major german surrender to russians)
Kursk (largest tank battle ever)
El Alamein (Brits defeat Rommel in Africa)
Nagasaki (atom bomb)
France (allies invade normandy beaches)
Iwo Jima (major victory for marines over Japs)
Dresden (allied bombs create firestorm)
Midway (US carriers destroy jap carrier force)
Singapore (Japs invade and defeat the British Army)
Burma (the Burma death march where allied pows are force marched to their death)
Germany ( the RAF Dambusters destroy 3 dams)
Germany (Hitler commits suicide)
That 18 plus your 2 should do it
2007-04-02 00:23:28 · answer #5 · answered by robbie 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋