The-Famous-Battles-of-World-War-Two二战中的重要战役

The Battle of Dunkirk
• Date: 19 May 1940 —4 June 1940
• Location: Dunkirk, France
• Result: The coalition forces successfully retreated to the United Kingdom
Germany; Italy
• Main commanders and leaders: Winston Churchill (温斯顿·丘吉尔—英); Hugh Dowding (休·丁); Adolf Hitler(阿道夫·希特勒—德); Hermann Goering (赫尔 曼·戈林—德) • Strength: 1,963 serviceable aircraft
—By Zi Mu
Contents
1939.09.01 1940.05.19 1940.07.10 1941.10.02 1941.12.07 1942.06.04 1942.08.07 1944.06.06 1945.04.16 1945.04.01
The Invasion of Poland(波兰闪击战) The Battle of Dunkirk（敦克尔克大撤退） Battle of Britain（不列颠之战） Battle of Moscow（莫斯科保卫战） Attack on Pearl Harbor （偷袭珍珠港） Battle of Midway（中途岛海战） Naval Battle of Guadalcanal（瓜岛争夺战） Normandy landings（诺曼底登陆） Battle of Berlin（柏林战役） Battle of Okinawa（冲绳岛战役）
The Invasion of Poland
•Date: 1 September 1939 – 6 October 1939 (1 month and 5 days) •Location: Poland •Result: Decisive German and Soviet victory. Beginning of World War II •Territorial changes: Polish territory divided between Germany, the Soviet Union, Lithuania and Slovakia
•Belligerents: Germany, Slovakia, Soviet Union (After 17 September)
Poland •Main commanders and leaders: Adolf Hitler (阿道夫•希特勒—德国), Edward Rydz-Śmigły (爱德华·雷兹-希米格维—波兰) • Strength: Germany, Slovakia, Soviet Union (2,000,000+ )
2,550 serviceable aircraft • Casualties and losses: United Kingdom and Canada (544 aircrew killed; 422 aircrew wounded; 1,547 aircraft destroyed)
Germany and Italy (2,698 aircrew killed; 967 captured; 638 missing bodies; 1,887 aircraft destroyed )
An Observer Corps spotter scans the skies of London.
German Heinkel Calais, September 1940. He 111 bombers Göring giving a speech to over the English pilots about the change in Channel 1940 tactics: to bomb the towns
The battle in withdrawal Vessels used in withdraw
The beaches they left
Battle of Britain
• Date: 10 July – 31 October 1940 (3 months and 3 weeks) • Location: United Kingdom airspace • Result: Decisive British victory • Belligerents: United Kingdom; Canada
• Belligerents: Britain, France, Belgium
Germany • Strength: Coalition (400,000)
Germans (800,000) • Main commanders and leaders: Karl Ruwk.baidu.comolf Gerd von Rundstedt (卡尔·鲁道夫·格德·冯·伦 德施泰特—德); Rod Scott (罗德·高特—英); Wei Gang (魏刚—法)
Planned and actual divisions of Poland, according to the MolotovRibbentrop Pact, with later adjustments
Polish Infantry
Polish 7TP light tank
Polish destroyers evacuate the Baltic Sea on route to the United Kingdom
Poland (950,000 ) •Casualties and losses: Germany, Slovakia, Soviet Union (59,000 )
Poland (904,000 )
The map shows the beginning of World War II in September 1939 in a wider European context.