World War II Turning Points
Eastern Front
- Moscow - Stalin stays in Moscow, Germans repulsed and thrown back, no quick victory over Soviet Union
- Stalingrad - Soviets stop German advance, counterattack, surround and capture elite German army during the winter of 1942-43
- Kursk - Soviets stop German summer advance 1943, largest tank battle in history
Western Front
- Battle of Britain - No British surrender, war continues
- El Alamein - British throw back Germans and Italians in North Africa, saving the Suez Canal
Pacific
- Coral Sea? - Americans fight Japanese navy to stalemate in South Pacific, preserving supply lines to Australia
- Midway - Americans sink Japanese aircraft carriers, gaining naval superiority in the Pacific
- Guadalcanal - Limit of Japanese expansion taken back by Americans, ending threat to Australia
