IN THE AIR SIEGE OF LENINGRAD  (872 DAYS): 1941-44 MIDWAY (1942): AMERICAN PLANES SANK 4 JAPANESE AIRCRAFT-CARRIERS. GUADALCANAL (1942): MARINES LANDED IN THE SALOMON ISLANDS. EL ALAMEIN , EGYPT (1942): THE BRITISH DEFEATED THE AFRIKA KORPS OF ROMMEL. STALINGRAD / VOLGOGRAD (FEBRUARY 1943): PAULUS WAS CAPTURED. THE SOVIET COUNTER OFFENSIVE BEGAN. SICILY