Gettysburg
Last major offensive in the European theater.
The Battle of the Bulge .
the battle of Gettysburg
1914 - the Battle of Mons, and the First Battle of Ypres. 1915 - The Second Battle of Ypres. 1916 - The Battle of the Somme 1917 - The Third Battle of Ypres, The Battle of Cambrai. 1918 - The German Spring Offensive, The Allied Counter-Offensive.
The last great German offensive of WW2 was the "Battle Of the Bulge" in December 1944.
It was the last major German offensive on the Eastern Front; from now on, the Germans would be on the defensive.
The major turning points in the Battle of Stalingrad were when the Soviets launched Operation Uranus. Also, when Germany tried to launch and failed Operation Winterstorm, the Soviets reacted by launching Operation Little Saturn and Operation Koltso.
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1st, 2nd and 3rd 1863. Gettysburg is in Pennsylvania. It is considered by many that this battle was the turning point of the war. After the battle, Confederate General Robert E. Lee would never again conduct offensive operations north of the Potomac River. The battle is sometimes referred to as "The High Tide of the Confederacy".
Lee retreated to Virginia, never to invade the North again.
The Battle of the Bulge marked the last major German Offensive on the Western Front of World War 2. It also marked America's largest and bloodiest battle in the entire war.
These are some of the major battles of World War I on the western front. Battle of Liège, Battle of the Frontiers, First Battle of the Marne, First Battle of Ypres, Second Battle of Ypres, Second Battle of Artois, Second Battle of Champagne, Battle of Verdun, Battle of the Somme, Battle of Cambrai, German Spring Offensive of 1918 and then the Allied "Hundred Days" Offensive resulted in the collapse and capitulation of the German Empire.
The Second Battle of El Alamein was perhaps the most important battle in the African theatre because it was the first major Allied offensive against the Germans.