Battles of WW2

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Across
  1. 4. July 4-13 1943 Soviet and German tanks both battle for the control of Kursk.
  2. 5. September 1941 -January 1944 the German army partially blockade leningrad and it was reduced to starvation conditions.
  3. 7. January 24 may 18 1944 the allies break the Gustav line in Italy and force the Italians to surrender but fail to destroy the Germans
  4. 8. September 1-7 1939, the polish hold out for 7 days before surrendering.
  5. 11. May 4-8 1942 imperial Japanese forces attempt to occupy port Moresby in new guinea and Tulagi in the southeastern Solomon islands
  6. 13. June 4-7 1942 Japan attempts to take Midway but the majority of their planes are the destroyed by the UNS.
  7. 14. may 20 June 1941 German paratroopers successfully attempted to invade Crete.
  8. 16. Febuary 16 to May 2 1945 the Soviet army overwhelm the Germab defences with sheer manpower and armour
Down
  1. 1. Febuary-March 1943 last major battle Germany wins in WW2
  2. 2. of Guadalcanal August 1942 Febuary 1943 the allies attack Guadalcanal island as their first step in the island hopping retake of the Pacific
  3. 3. 1939-1945 the British had a superior navy so the Germans deployed U-boats to try to sink the convoys running from America to Britian and trie to starve Britian into submission
  4. 6. July 10 1940 October 10 1941 the Luftwaffe attempt to destroy the royal air force
  5. 9. December 1941 this event dragged America into WW2
  6. 10. July 25 August 30 1944 allies break away from Normandy and George Paterson's third army arrives on the southern coast of France and flanks the German forces
  7. 12. September 14 1941 Febuary 2 1943 the Germans forces attempt to capture Stalingard.
  8. 14. May 26 June 4 1940 the British,French,Belgian and Dutch armed forces were trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk while being bombed.
  9. 15. December 16 1944 to January 15 the German's planned to launch a surprise attack to split up the allies and to massacre them.