Your Top 3 Battles of WWII

Ajidica · Aug 14, 2014

You guys know of any good books on the war in the pacific, focusing on the early years of Japanese expansion and the Allied contributions? The last book on the subject I read basically only started in 1941 and acted as though the Australians, New Zealanders, Dutch, and Brits didn't really exist.

covok48 · Oct 3, 2014

Forgotten Armies: Britians Asian Empire and War with Japan is what you're looking for.

Ajidica · Oct 4, 2014

Thanks, I'll look into it.

Flying Pig · Oct 4, 2014

Try Defeat into Victory by William Slim for the Burma theatre of war - I have an article on CFC on the subject as well.

cav scout · Oct 8, 2014

daft said:
What about Iwo Jima? Did the Americans really "have to" take the island? or was it an unnecessary loss of military personnel?

Yeah, it was costly but it did provide an emergency landing field for B-29s. Okinawa was much more costly but would have provided an important staging base for Downfall.

Peleliu on the other hand was a complete waste of lives without any military benefit.

When and how was the Japanese battleship Yamato sunk?

April '45; like a (auto-censored)

kiwitt · Oct 27, 2014

Top 3 Battles

1) Battle of Britain - Britain stands alone, saved by the few
2) Battle of Midway - Japan in retreat thereafter
3) Battle of Kursk - Germany in retreat thereafter

otaman1 · Oct 27, 2014

1. Battle of Stalingrad, turning point in the European Theatre
2. Battle of Kursk, last big push for the Germans
3. Battle of Midway, turning point in the Pacific Theatre

Your Top 3 Battles of WWII

Ajidica

High Quality Person

covok48

Emperor

Ajidica

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Flying Pig

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cav scout

The Continuum

kiwitt

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otaman1

Prince

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