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