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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge
Battle of the Bulge-that winter was the coldest winter in memory and had the most snow (quite a few blizzards)-over a million men fought this battle -about 19,000 Americans died-23,554 Americans were captured-Malmedy Massacre: 86 Americans were murdered-Eden's great uncle Walter died in this battle.
The Battle for Stalingrad-40,000 civilians were killed in the beginning of the battle-740,000 Germans were killed-1,700,000 Red Army soldiers started out fighting for Stalingrad-
The Battle of Stalingrad-At least 40,000 civilian casualties-740,000 Germans killed-750,000 Russians killed, captured, or missing-At the beginning of the battle there were 1,700,000 soldiers in the Red Army group at Stalingrad-There was 850,000 soldiers in the German army group commanded to take Stalingrad -The Germans bombed the city for a few days before sending in the ground troops(that's why so many civilians died)-General Maximilian von Weichs commanded the German Army Group(B) that attacked Stalingrad-Before the battle Stalin gave an order to the entire Russian Army. He gave his officers permission to shoot any man who took one step back.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad
Midway Island-Isoroku Yamamoto was the main Japanese commander at Midway-Casualties for the Japanese: 4 carriers sunk 1 cruiser sunk 228 aircraft destroyed 3,057 killed-Casualties for the Americans: 1 carrier sunk 1 destroyer sunk 98 aircraft destroyed 307 killed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway