Battle of Midway

• It was a second major naval battle in the Pacific
• Japan launched a two pronged attack
• U.S. Experts had broken the Japanese fleet code so the United States had advance warning of the Japanese strategy
• This was significant to the axis powers because the military initiative was still in the hands of the Japanese. Their carrier striking force was still the strongest
• It was significant to the allied powers because the U.S. Sank Japanese aircraft carriers and shot down many enemy planes

Stalingrad

• Soviet forces surrounded the German soldiers
• German troops were fighting for control of the city
• As the Germans advanced they captured many industrial centers
• This was significant to the allied powers because the victory broke the momentum of the axis advance
• This was a significance to the axis powers because they lost about 200,000 casualties and Hitler forbid the German soldiers to surrender

Bataan Death March

• The rapid pace of the evacuation prevented the U.S. Forces from stockpiling enough supplies... Particularly food
• Japanese soldiers forced more than 70,000 survivors to march through the jungle on their way to prison camps
• The Japanese treated the U.S. And Filipinos soldiers brutually
• It was signicant to the allied powers because a lot of soldiers were in prision camps and being injured and killed
• It was a significance to the axis powers because they captured the capital of the Philippines and the American and Filipino defenders of Luzon

Okinawa

• 700 Japanese planes attacked the U.S. Beachheads and naval task force
• It was called the bloodiest of the Pacific war
• Three hundred and fifty of the planes were a suicide plan
• The Japanese fought to the death
• This was a significance to the allied powers because Germany's surrender had allowed the allied forces to concentrate their efforts on the war in the Pacific
• This was significant to the axis power because Japan had lost more than 77,000 soldiers and it was a heavy loss for the Japanese army

The Invasion of Italy

• The Italian king ordered Mussolinis arrest and named a new prime minister
• The Italian government signed an armistice with the allies
• Germans took Mussolini and set up a base for him in northern Italy
• This was an significance to the allied powers because they marched into Rome and cause it to be the first axis capital to fall
• The was a significance to the axis power because they had their first capital fall and they got Mussolini

Battle of the Atlantic

• German Uboats continued to take a staggering toll on the allied ships, lives and supplies
• Air Force planes flew at night dropping their bombs in the general area of a given target
• U.S. Aircrafts concentrated on bombing in daylight
• Bombers had dropped hundreds of thousands explosives on German factories, supply lines and military centers
• This was significant to the allied powers because they developed fast escort ships and won this battle
• This was significant to the axis powers because their Uboats took a big toll on the allies