The battles of Stalingrad, Guadalcanal, and El Alamein.
Because they were places where Germany's armies in North Africa and Russia respectively suffered their first major defeat.
Officially: Battle of Midway, Battle of El Alamein, Battle of Britain and battle of Stalingrad.
I think I would also add el Alamein: they are the turning points in the war, after which the Axis is no longer in the ascendent.
It wasn't. Stalingrad didn't exist until after Stalin took over Russia. Stalingrad was called Volograd in WW1 and wasn't involved in any direct battles by German troops. It was the site of a number of battles during the Russian Civil War. The Siege of Stalingrad took place in WW2
The battles of Stalingrad, Guadalcanal, and El Alamein.
Because they were places where Germany's armies in North Africa and Russia respectively suffered their first major defeat.
Officially: Battle of Midway, Battle of El Alamein, Battle of Britain and battle of Stalingrad.
These two engagements during WW2 both represent turning points in their specific theaters of war . The battle of Midway was a reversal for the Japanese in the PTO (Pacific Theater of Operations) whereas the battle of Stalingrad was the turning point on the Eastern Front . Neither of the Axis combatants ever regained the initiative .
The Second Battle of El Alamein in Egypt. Stalingrad was the turning point on the Eastern Front. El Alamein was the turning point in Africa. Midway was the turning point in the Pacific, and Normandy was the turning point on the Western Front.
El Alamein. There were two battles of El Alamein separated by the battle of Alam Halfa. It was the turning point of the war, along with Stalingrad in the east. As Chuchill paraphrased ' Before Alamen we never had a victory, after Alamein we never had defeat'. Noy quite the truth , but the idea is there.
Midway and the Battle of Stalingrad
I think I would also add el Alamein: they are the turning points in the war, after which the Axis is no longer in the ascendent.
Battle of Britain Midway Stalingrad
The battle of Stalingrad. Michael Montagne Stalingrad was a turning point, allthough several battles on the eastern front can be regarded as turning points. The first one was the battle of Moscow (october 1941 - January 1942) then there was Stalingrad in 1942 and Kursk in 1943.
The battle of stalingrad was important because, it was an turning point in World War 2.
The Russians held out at Stalingrad for many months. The Battle of Stalingrad was a long, epic, very bloody battle. It was the first time that German forces had been defeated and started a Soviet offensive.