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Bloodiest Battles in World War II

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The battles that caused the biggest numer of deaths in WW II

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Battle of Stalingrad

This one was a long lasting battle between the nazi and the soviet forces for the control of Stalingrad city.The battle lasted from July 1942 until February 1943. There were about 1,600,000 casualties.

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The Germans lost 110.000 killed and the rest of the 6th army of 230.000 were prisoners. Only 10.000 returned to Germany after teh ar. The Soviet army lost 600.000 men. But they outnumbered the Germans by 10:1. The Russian army lost in the WWII against the Germans 12 Million men.

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Battle of Kursk

The fight started on July 5th 1943 and lasted until July 13th 1943. Germany tried to capture soviet divisions, the battle caused 100,000 deaths on the german side and 250,000 on the russian side.

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Battle of Prussia

The Soviet Union tries to destroy the german troups that defended Prussia and Poland. There were over 2,000,000 soldiers killed or wounded.

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The German army fought a desperate fight against the approaching Soviet armies. They decked the escape of the German civil population. But not all made it and tenthousands of german women were raped by the Russians.

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Siege of Leningrad

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Battle of Moscow

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In this battle the fate of the Sovietunion was at stake. Because the Russian winter came sooner as expected and hit the German army in their summer equipment so hard that more soldiers died of death from exposure to cold and exhaustian than from hostile fire, the Germans had to stop 20 km in front of Moscow from where the government fled. If Moscow had fallen, the Russaians had lost the war. But the wetsern allies sent supplies and fed the wrong pig as Churchill said later.

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Battle of Normandy

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The Battle of Normandy was fought in the following phases, Operation overlord, The Invasion of Normandy or operation Neptune, Normandy Landings and Operation Cobre. The Military Intelligence was an important part of the Normandy invasion. It was the most intense fighting on the Western Front during World War II. www.historicaltravelguide.com/battle-of-normandy.html

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Battle of France

The battle of France is the name of the German invasion in France. On June 14th 1942, Paris was fully occupied. During this battle, there were about 180,000 casualties.

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Battle of Okinawa

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Battle of Berlin

It was the last major offensive in WW II. Before it was over, Adolf Hitler and a lot of his soldiers committed suicide. There were about 230,000 dead soldiers in this battle.

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