Matching Pairs World War II BattlesOnline version Match these battles to their descriptions. by Michael Allred 1 The bloodiest fighting of the war, 1.1M Russians killed including civilians, and over 800k Axis soldiers dead or captured 2 The German counterattack against Allies invading from France in the Ardennes Forest, the Germans push into Allied Lines, but the Allies still win 3 The Japanese attack on a US Naval base that brings the US into the war 4 Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union (Russia) with the largest invasion force in history 5 The battle in the Pacific where the US navy halts Japanese Expansion 6 The Allied storming of the beaches at Normandy to free France from Nazi control 7 After this battle, the US begins "Island Hopping" to take back islands in the Pacific Battle of Stalingrad D-Day Pearl Harbor Operation Barbarossa Battle of Guadalcanal Battle of Midway Battle of the Bulge