Description | Name of battle | % Correct |
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A Japanese bombardment of this American naval port resulted in the start of the Pacific theatre of Wolrd War II . | Battle of Pearl Harbor | 91%
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The Soviets encircled and decisively defeated the German army in this battle , which is also the Soviets' first major victory on the Eastern Front . | Battle of Stalingrad | 90%
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A disastrous Japanese naval attempt to capture this island atoll in 1942 resulted in a decisive victory by the U.S. Carrier Fleet . | Battle of Midway | 87%
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Here , the Luftwaffe failed to defeat the Royal Air Force in a 10 month aerial battle over Great Britian . | Battle of Britain | 81%
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BEF , Belgian and French forces held firm against General von Rundstedt's Panzer division at this French coastal city , allowing vessels from Britain to rescue most of the stranded soldiers . | Battle of Dunkirk | 78%
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German and Finnish forces lay a bloody two and a half year siege to this northern Russian city , but were forced to withdraw after multiple Soviet counterattacks . | Siege Of Leningrad | 78%
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In the largest tank battle in history , Soviet Armoured Divisions scored a victory over German Panzers , despite the fact that the battle was of the Germans' choosing in time , location and method . | Battle of Kursk | 76%
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German paratroopers secure this Mediterranean island in this battle , but suffer heavy losses , prompting Hitler to never use paratroopers again in direct battle . | Battle Of Crete | 65%
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An American , New Zealand and Australian force successfully defended this tactically vital island in the Solomon Islands from Japanese landing troops . | Battle of Guadalcanal | 57%
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In this double battle , Soviet forces in Belarus are obliterated by the rapidly advancing German Wehrmacht . | Battle of Bialystok - Minsk | 37%
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Outnumbered German and Austrian mountain troopers were defeated by a Franco - British army at this small Norwegian port , but the victors left after hearing of the German invasion of France . | Battle of Narvik | 34%
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The last major German victory on the Eastern Front , General Erich von Manstein and his Panzers used superior tactics to defeat a Soviet army more than twice their size . | Battle of Kharkov | 18%
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The 1st battle of World War II , Polish forces held stubbornly against a larger German Army at a small peninsula at the mouth of the Vistula River but were eventually defeated . | Battle of Westerplatte | 9%
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