From the August 26, 2012, Listverse.
10. Battle of France-- capture of France in 1939
9. Operation Overlord-- D-Day
8. Battle of Guadalcanal-- 1942
7. Battle of Leyte Gulf-- 1944
6. Battle of Moscow-- 1941
5. Battle of Kursk-- took place after the Battle of Stalingrad, the final German offensive in the East
4. Battle of Midway-- 1942
3. Operation Barbarosa-- German invasion of the Soviet Union
2. Battle of Stalingrad
1. Battle of Britain
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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