Category Archives: Trận đánh

Dunkirk 1940: how 338,226 Allied troops were evacuated from France in Operation Dynamo — the full story, casualties, commanders and maps.

The Battle of Midway (4–7 June 1942) was the decisive US naval victory that sank four Japanese carriers and turned the Pacific War.

Salerno (Operation Avalanche, 9–17 September 1943): the Allied landings in Italy, the German counterattack and the fight for the beachhead.

Sedan 1940: how German panzers crossed the Meuse and broke France in three days — the full story, casualties, commanders and maps.

The Battle of the Bulge (16 Dec 1944–25 Jan 1945) was Hitler’s last major offensive in the Ardennes — the largest battle the US Army fought in WWII.

D-Day, 6 June 1944: the Allied landings in Normandy — the largest seaborne invasion in history — opened the Western Front against Nazi Germany.

The Battle of Stalingrad (1942–1943) was the bloodiest battle of WWII: the Soviet defence, Operation Uranus and the destruction of the German 6th Army.

The Battle of Crete (20 May–1 June 1941) was the first mainly airborne invasion in history. Read the story of Maleme, the paratroopers and the cost of victory.

The Battle of Saipan (15 June–9 July 1944) gave the US airfields in range of Japan. Read the landings, Tapochau, the banzai charge and the civilian deaths.

The Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 sank four US battleships and killed 2,403 Americans, bringing the United States into World War II.