What was the first allied victory in World War 2?

Answer 1

The first major allied victory of high strategical importance was actually won by the Greeks against the Italian axis under Mussolini. Chief of Nazi Staff Field Marshall Keitel: "The unbelievable strong resistance of the Greeks delayed by two or more vital months the German attack against Russia; if we did not have this long delay ,the outcome of the war would have been different in the eastern front and in the war in general, and others would have been accused and would be occupying this seat as defendants today" Nuremberg Trials http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Greece_during_World_War_II for more info Coordinated by the Norwegian General Carl Gustav Fleischer, Norwegian, French, Polish, and British forces recaptured Narvik on 28 May 1940. This is also considered the first Allied infantry victory in WW II. However, by that time, the Allies were losing the Battle of France and the evacuation from Dunkirk was underway. Since the Nazi German invasion of France had made Scandinavia largely irrelevant, and since the valuable troops assigned to Narvik were badly needed elsewhere, the Allies withdrew from Narvik on 8 June 1940 in Operation Alphabet. Without support from the Allied naval task force, the Norwegians were outnumbered, and they had to lay down their arms in Norway on 10 June 1940. This was not a complete capitulation, since the Norwegians kept on fighting guerilla operations inland. this is from wikipedia on the matter. Narvik is considered the first allied victory of ww2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narvik#Narvik_in_World_War_II

Answer 2

Battles of Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Saipan, and Philippine Sea; D-Day; Battle of Britain; Battle of Stalingrad; the Battle of the Bulge.

Answer 3

The battle of Midway, June 4-7, 1942.