4. BATTLE OF SUOMUSSALMI: Dec. 7, 1939, to Jan. 8, 1940. Outnumbered Finland versus the Soviet Union. Soviets were stopped. Caused Hitler to go ahead and launch Operation Barbarossa.
3. EVACUATION OF SICILY: 1944. Axis evacuate 50,000 German and 75,000 Italian soldiers to mainland Italy.
2. OPERATION MARS: Nov. 25 to Dec. 20, 1942. Soviet offensive during Battle of Stalingrad. Over 300,000 Soviet casualties versus 40,000 German ones.
1. BATTLES KHALKHIN GOL: May 11 to Sept. 16, 1939. Soviet-Japanese border war resulted in Soviet victory. This kept Japan and Germany from being linked overland.
Definitely a lot of battles and offensives I'd never heard of before.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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