Battles of WW11

The Battle of Dunkirk Operation Dynamo   May 1940: The North of France is swept up in the frightening upheaval of war.  The German army’s lightning advance toward the English Channel has entrapped the French and British troops like fish in a net.  Driven from the fields the French and British Armies withdrew to Dunkirk, […]

The Liberation of Belgium and the Netherlands and the advance into Germany September 1944 – May 1945 The Netherlands fell to the Germans in May 1940 and was not re-entered by Allied forces until September 1944. In the 3 months following their landings in Normandy the Allied armies had defeated the German Army in France, […]

Dieppe, France To see our video of the Dieppe Disaster click the link. In the spring of 1942 the situation of the Allies was still uncertain, even though the American’s had joined the fight. The Germans were advancing deeper into the USSR and the British divisions in North Africa had to withdraw. Europe was still held […]

    Location: North Africa Date: June 15-17, 1941 Commanders and Forces: German: 13,000 troops, plus 170 tanks and 210 aircraft (Rommel) British: 20,000 troops, plus 200 tanks and 203 aircraft (General Sir Archibald Wavell) Casualties: German: 700 killed and 70 tanks destroyed British: 900 killed and 100 tanks destroyed Key Actions: On June 15, […]

  Location: Denmark Strait Date: May 23-27, 1941 Commanders and Forces: German: Ships Bismarck and Prinz Eugen (Vice Admiral Lutjens) British: Task force including ships Suffolk, Norfolk, Ark Royal, Rodney, King George V, Hood, Prince of Wales, (Vice Admiral Holland)