Articles tagged “World War I”

The Allied invasion of Sicily, identified as Operation Husky, was a major World War II campaign in which the Allies liberated Sicily from the Axis powers (Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany). The Itali ...

The Battle of Kursk was fought between Soviet forces and German on the Eastern Front near Kursk (450 km southwest of Moscow) in July and August 1943. On July 5, the German onslaught Operation Citad ...

During World War II, Operation Torch was an Allied incursion of French North Africa. While the French colonies technically joined Germany through Vichy France, the inhabitants had diverse sympathie ...

The Second Battle of El Alamein was occurred near the Egyptian railway station of El Alamein during World War II. The Axis' advance into Egypt was halted by the First Battle of El Alamein and t ...

Through World War II, Operation Jubilee, also known as the Dieppe Attack, was an Associated amphibian attack on the German employed port of Dieppe in northern France. A naval force working under th ...

The Battle of Stalingrad pitted Germany and its allies against the Soviet Union for control of the southern Russian city of Stalingrad. It is one of the bloodiest engagements in the history of warf ...

The First Battle of El Alamein was ended up fighting in Egypt among Allied British Imperial and Commonwealth forces (British India, Britain, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand) of the Eighth ...

The Combat of Midway took place on June 4–7, 1942, six months later Japan's invasion on Pearl Harbor and one month later the Combat of the Coral Sea in the Pacific Theater of World War II ...

From 4 to 8 May 1942, the Action of the Coral Sea was a main naval combat between the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and US and Australian naval and air forces. The combat, which took place in World ...

The Battle of Singapore, also identified as the Fall of Singapore, took place during the Pacific War's Southeast Asian theatre, when Japan's Empire overtook the British stronghold of Singap ...