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.

Friday, January 30, 2015

Twelve Little-Known Turning Points of World War II-- Part 3

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

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