The first of the three key turning points was the Battle of Midway3. If not for the Battle of Midway, which took place at Midway Island in the Pacific Ocean, the United States likely would not have been able to stave off the encroaching Japanese. According to "Battle of Midway", this battle:

represents the strategic high water mark of Japan's P

The Battle of Britain was a second major turning point, because on the Western Front, the Luftwaffe's inability to vanquish the British Royal Air Force (RAF), in the Battle of Britain, made it impossible for the Germans to gain control of the English Channel6. It is often said, about the Battle of Britain, that "never in the field of human conflict was so much owed, by so many, to so few"7. According to Dr. Chris Bellamy: "It is widely believed that had the Germans succeeded in their aim of destroying the RAF, they would have been able to invade Britain relatively easily"8. According to "Battle of Britain":

Britain from invasion and dealt Germany its first major defeat in World War II.9

usually choose where and when to attack. After Midway, the two opposing fleets were

German failure to seize Stalingrad that winter gave Russia a chance to build up strength while the Germans froze23. As "The Battle for Stalingrad Overview states: 70,000 Germans had died in Stalingrad. The Russians took 91,000 prisoners, including twenty-four German generals. Only 6000 ever returned. Hitler himself said, 'The god of war has gone over to the other side'"24.

As Prime Minister Winston Churchill said, in a speech to the House of Commons before the Battle of Britain began: "Upon this battle . . . depends . . . our institutions and our Empire. . . . if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States . . . will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age . . .10" According to Wikipedia, "the Battle of Britain was the first major battle to be fought entirely in the air"11. To conquer England, Hitler planned an invasion, which would be preceded by intensive aerial attacks by the Luftwaffe intended to destroy the Royal Air Force (RAF) and gain air superiority12.Results of the Battle of Britain told Hitler that the Germans would not in fact be able to achieve their much hoped-for air superiority over Southern England and therefore could not invade a naval force so much larger than theirs13. If Germany had perhaps focused its efforts more on British airfields, not cities, as it did instead, Britain's air force could have been decimated by the Germans, therefore leaving England completely helpless from the air14. Hitler would in fact have been much better off to settle for simply leaving British airfields weaker instead of invading how and when he did. The RAF losses definitely would have seriously compromised Britain's abilities from the air. For one thing, it would have had no air recon planes with which to German sea and air activity, making it entirely possible for German warships and subs free mo

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