Top 10 Major Battles of World War 2 | Most Important Battles of WW2

 

Top 10 Most Significant Battles of World War 2

10	Attack on Pearl Harbor
Date	December 7, 1941
Location	Oahu, Hawaii Territory, U.S.
Belligerents	United States	vs	Japan
Dead/Missing	2,335		64
Result(s)	● Major Japanese tactical victory    ● Massive damage for US military
09	Battle of Midway
Date	Jun 4, 1942 – Jun 7, 1942
Location	Midway Atoll, United States
Belligerents	United States	vs	Japan
Dead/Missing	307		3,057
Result(s)	American victory
08	Battle of Britain
Date	Jul 10, 1940 – Oct 31, 1940
Location	British airspace
Belligerents	United Kingdom    Canada	vs	Germany  Italy
Dead/Missing	1,542		2,585
Result(s)	● British victory    ● 14,286 civilians killed
07	Battle of France
Date	10 May – 25 June 1940
Location	Low Countries, France
Belligerents	● Germany    ● Italy	vs	● France  ● Belgium  ● United Kingdom  ● Netherlands  ● Poland  ● Czechoslovakia  ● Luxembourg
Dead/Missing	27,074		322,544
Result(s)	● German victory    ● Parts of France placed under German
06	Battle of Kharkov 2
Date	May 12, 1942 – May 28, 1942
Location	Izium/Barvenkovo area, Kharkov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Belligerents	● Germany    ● Romania    ● Hungary    ● Italy    ● Slovakia    ● Croatia	vs	Soviet Union
Dead/Missing	20,000 - 30,000		300,000
Result(s)	Axis victory
05	Battle of Kursk
Date	Jul 5, 1943 – Aug 23, 1943
Location	Kursk, Kursk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Belligerents	Germany	vs	Soviet Union
Dead/Missing	200,000		>250,000
Result(s)	Soviet victory
04	Battle of Berlin
Date	Apr 16, 1945 – May 2, 1945
Location	Berlin, Germany
Belligerents	● Soviet Union     ● Poland	vs	Germany
Dead/Missing	81,116		92,000–100,000
Result(s)	● Soviet victory    ● Suicide of Adolf Hitler    ● End of World War II in Europe    ● End of Nazi Germany
03	Battle of Moscow
Date	Sep 30, 1941 – Apr 20, 1942
Location	Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Belligerents	Nazi Germany	vs	Soviet Union
Dead/Missing	248,000 - 400,000		650,000 - 1,280,000
Result(s)	● Soviet victory    ● End of Operation Barbarossa
02	Battle of Stalingrad
Date	23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943
Location	Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Belligerents	● Germany    ● Romania    ● Italy    ● Hungary    ● Croatia	vs	Soviet Union
Dead/Missing	647,300 - 868,374		1,129,619
Result(s)	Soviet victory
01	Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Date	Aug 6, 1945 – Aug 9, 1945
Location	Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
Belligerents	● United States    ● United Kingdom    ● Canada	vs	Japan
Dead/Missing	20		129,000–226,000
Result(s)	Allied victory

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Top 10 Deadliest Battles of World War 2

1. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2. Battle of Stalingrad
3. Battle of Moscow
4. Battle of Berlin
5. Battle of Kursk
6. Battle of Kharkov 2
7. Battle of France
8. Battle of Britain
9. Battle of Midway
10. Attack on Pearl Harbor