APUSH World War II Operations/Battles

Battle of Britain

Hitler launched Blitzkrieg in an attempt to establish air supremacy but the Luftwaffe was forced to retreat because of the new British invention of RADAR

Doolittle's Raid

1st air raid by US to strike Japanese home island. Didn't actually do much damage but demonstrated that Japan wasn't invincible and raised US morale

Battle of the Coral Sea

Japan vs. Allied Forces. Japan damaged the Yorktown but decided to postpone invasion

Midway

Changed the tide of the war. While Nagumo was attempting to annihilate Midway, the USS Yorktown found the Japanese fleet and sunk 4 Japanese carriers. The last Japaneses attempt at offensive in WWII

Operation Torch

Br./US invasion of North Africa. Churchill advocated for a peripheral strategy. Germany loses Africa after Rohmel (Desert Fox) was finally defeated

Operation Husky

Allied forces take Sicily

Operation Avalanche

Allied forces invade the rest of Italy and try to establish a beach head. 442nd finally busts through and allows Allies to liberate Rome

Operation Fortitude

set up Operation Overlord. Designed to convince German's that the main invasion of France would occur somewhere other than Normandy. Successful Deception Operation

D-Day

June 6, 1944. British, French, canadians, and U.S. invade French beaches. Extremely bloody. Hitler thought this was a decoy because of Fortitude.

Operation Dragoon

Patton invades Marseilles-forces German troops to split in half. Opens 2nd front. Proved US industrial might

Battle of the Bulge

last gasp of Germans. Blizzard conditions. Allies able to defeat Germans with air supremacy. Patton comes from the South, Bradley comes from the North and they pincer the Germans. McAuliffe responded "Nuts" to German offer of surrender

The Turkey Shoot

naval battle. Japanese use inexperienced naval aircrafts and are decimated by the US.

Leyte Gulf

Largest naval battle in history. Japanese taunt Halsey, who goes on a goose chase for glory. Inexperienced US pilots are able to find Mogami and sink it.

Iwo Jima

Japanese hide out in underground tunnels and let Americans get onto the beach and then fire. Took 11 times as long as expected for US to secure. Overlooked by Mt. Suribachi

Okinawa

US attacks on Easter Sunday. Takes island 3 months later with many casualties

Operation Downfall

Operation Olympic and Operation Coronet-Fire bombing of Tokyo and Manhattan Project

Hiroshima

August 6, 1945. Uranium based "Little Boy" dropped by Enola Gay.

Nagasaki

August 9, 1945. Plutonium based "Fat Man" dropped