As a follow up, I made the poll choices based on the importance of the military operations - not any size or number scale.

For example, Pearl Harbor was a couple of hours and wasnt that big of a battle, yet its implications were huge, whereas the Fall of France was a huge battle, or more accurately many large battles, but its implications could be considered to be about the same or even less than those of Pearl Harbor.

I hope that makes sense. I used the term "battle" loosely and I possibly should have said "military operation".



Also I chose Kursk because I believe the German military was not as bad off after Stalingrad as is portrayed by some and the russian military wasnt as powerful. If Kursk was successful, the outcome of the war in russia - which was really the outcome of the entire European theater, was in doubt.

I didnt choose any Pacific battles because I am of the opinion that once the Japanese attacked the US it was a forgone conclusion that they would lose. The Pacific battles were just the act of losing for the Japanese. Even if they had kicked the Americans off Okinawa for example, it would have just been a matter of time before they came back.