List of World War II battles
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This is a list of World War II battles encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large area of territory and over a long period. Battles generally refer to short periods of intense combat localised to a specific area and over a specific period. However, use of the terms in naming such events is not consistent. For example, the Battle of the Atlantic was more or less an entire theatre of war, and the so-called battle lasted for the duration of the entire war. Another misnomer is the Battle of Britain, which should be considered a campaign, not a battle.[citation needed]
Battles in 1939
[edit]| Battle | Campaign | Theatre | Start | End | Allies | Axis | Victory |
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| Westerplatte | Invasion of Poland | 1939-09-01 | 1939-09-07 |  Poland
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 Germany Danzig
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Axis | |
| Chojnice | 1939-09-01 | Germany
|
Axis | ||||
| Danzig | Danzig
|
Axis | |||||
| Danzig Bay | Germany
|
Axis | |||||
| Krojanty | Axis | ||||||
| Lasy Królewskie | Allies | ||||||
| Mokra | Allies | ||||||
| Mikołów | 1939-09-01 | 1939-09-02 | Axis | ||||
| Pszczyna | Axis | ||||||
| Częstochowa | 1939-09-03 | Axis | |||||
| Mława | Axis | ||||||
| Jordanów | Axis | ||||||
| Węgierska Górka | Axis | ||||||
| Grudziądz | 1939-09-04 | Axis | |||||
| Tuchola Forest | 1939-09-05 | Axis | |||||
| Slovak invasion of Poland | 1939-09-16 |  Slovakia
|
Axis | ||||
| Hel | 1939-10-02 | Germany
|
Axis | ||||
| Fraustadt | 1939-09-02 | Allies | |||||
| Borowa Góra | 1939-09-02 | 1939-09-06 | Axis | ||||
| Bukowiec | 1939-09-03 | Axis | |||||
| Katowice | 1939-09-03 | 1939-09-04 | Axis | ||||
| Piotrków Trybunalski | 1939-09-04 | 1939-09-06 | Axis | ||||
| Różan | Axis | ||||||
| Tomaszów Mazowiecki | 1939-09-06 | Axis | |||||
| Pułtusk | 1939-09-06 | 1939-09-07 | Axis | ||||
| Łódź | 1939-09-08 | Axis | |||||
| Barak | 1939-09-07 | Allies | |||||
| Łomża | 1939-09-10 | Axis | |||||
| Wizna | Axis | ||||||
| Saar Offensive | Phoney War | Western Front | 1939-10-16 |  France
|
Axis | ||
| Wola Cyrusowa | Invasion of Poland | 1939-09-08 | Poland
|
Allies | |||
| Radom | 1939-09-08 | 1939-09-09 | Axis | ||||
| Gdynia | 1939-09-14 | Axis | |||||
| Warsaw | 1939-09-28 | Axis | |||||
| Bzura | 1939-09-09 | 1939-09-19 | Axis | ||||
| Kampinos Forest | 1939-09-20 | Axis | |||||
| Jarosław | 1939-09-10 | 1939-09-11 | Axis | ||||
| Kępa Oksywska | 1939-09-19 | Axis | |||||
| Kałuszyn | 1939-09-11 | 1939-09-12 | Allies | ||||
| Przemyśl | 1939-09-14 | Axis | |||||
| Lwów | 1939-09-12 | 1939-09-22 | Germany Soviet Union
|
Axis/Soviet | |||
| Modlin | 1939-09-13 | 1939-09-29 | Germany
|
Axis | |||
| Jaworów | 1939-09-14 | 1939-09-16 | Allies | ||||
| Brześć Litewski | 1939-09-17 | Axis | |||||
| Kobryń | 1939-09-18 | Inconclusive | |||||
| Tomaszów Lubelski | 1939-09-17 | 1939-09-26 | Axis | ||||
| Wilno | Soviet invasion of Poland | Invasion of Poland | 1939-09-18 | 1939-09-19 | Soviet Union
|
Soviet | |
| Wólka Węglowa | Invasion of Poland | 1939-09-19 | Germany
|
Allies | |||
| Krasnystaw | 1939-09-19 | 1939-09-20 | Axis | ||||
| Grodno | Soviet invasion of Poland | Invasion of Poland | 1939-09-20 | 1939-09-22 | Soviet Union
|
Soviet | |
| Cześniki | Invasion of Poland | 1939-09-21 | Germany
|
Allies | |||
| Łomianki | Soviet invasion of Poland | Invasion of Poland | 1939-09-22 | Soviet Union
|
Soviet | ||
| Krasnobród | Invasion of Poland | 1939-09-23 | Germany
|
Allies | |||
| Husynne | Soviet invasion of Poland | Invasion of Poland | 1939-09-24 | Soviet Union
|
Soviet | ||
| Władypol | 1939-09-27 | Soviet | |||||
| Szack | 1939-09-28 | Allies | |||||
| Wytyczno | 1939-10-01 | Soviet | |||||
| Kock | Invasion of Poland | 1939-10-02 | 1939-10-05 | Germany
|
Axis | ||
| Suomussalmi | Winter War | 1939-11-30 | 1940-01-08 |  Finland
|
Soviet Union
|
Finnish | |
| Petsamo | 1940-03-13 | Soviet | |||||
| Salla | Finnish | ||||||
| Ilomantsi (1939) | 1939-12-10 | 1939-12-16 | Stalemate | ||||
| River Plate | Battle of the Atlantic | 1939-12-13 |  United Kingdom New Zealand
|
Germany
|
Allies | ||
| Taipale | Winter War | 1939-12-06 | 1939-12-27 | Finland
|
Soviet Union
|
Finnish | |
| Kollaa | 1939-12-07 | 1940-03-13 | Finnish | ||||
| Varolampi Pond | 1939-12-10 | 1939-12-11 | Finnish | ||||
| Tolvajärvi | 1939-12-12 | Finnish | |||||
| Summa (first) | 1939-12-16 | 1939-12-22 | Finnish | ||||
| Kelja | 1939-12-25 | 1939-12-27 | Finnish | ||||
Battles in 1940
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Battles in 1941
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Battles in 1942
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Battles in 1943
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Battles in 1944
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Battles in 1945
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Other Battles in 1945
[edit]1945
[edit]| • Battle of Montese | Brazilian forces capture town as part of the Spring offensive in Italy |
| • Battle of Otterlo | German forces attempt to break an encirclement by attacking Canadian and British forces. |
| • Battle of Halbe | Part of Battle of Berlin, Germans unable to break out. |
| • Battle of Berlin | Soviet forces encircle and capture German capital; Hitler commits suicide. |
| • Battle of Hamburg | British forces capture German city. |
| • Battle for Castle Itter | Troops of the 23rd Tank Battalion of the 12th Armored Division, Wehrmacht, SS-Hauptsturmführer Kurt Siegfried Schrader, and recently freed French prisoners of war defended Itter Castle against an attacking force from the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division. |
| • Prague Offensive | 1st, 4th, and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts of the Soviet Army crushed the last concentration of German troops (over 1,000,000 men in two army groups) in southeastern Germany and Czechoslovakia. These troops were Army Group Centre and the remnants of Army Group Ostmark. |
| • Battle of Trieste | British army and Yugoslav Partisans capture the city. |
| • Battle of Tarakan | Allied attack as part of the Borneo campaign. |
| • Battle of Poljana | (14–15 May 1945) Battle between Yugoslav partisans and HOS (Croatia), German Wehrmacht, Slovene Home Guard... |
| • Battle of Odžak | Last battle of World War II in Europe. Between Yugoslav partisans and HOS (Croatia) from 19 April to 25 May 1945. |
| • Battle of West Hunan | Chinese victory in final battle to expel Japan. |
| • Battle of Okinawa | US takes Japanese Island in the Ryūkyūs; many casualties to both sides. |
| • Battle of North Borneo | Australian victory during final stages of World War II in the Pacific. |
| • Battle of Balikpapan | Allied victory over Japan. |
| • Battle of Manchuria | Soviet forces liberate Manchuria. |
| • Surrender of Japan | Japan surrenders on September 2, 1945, officially ending World War II. |
African Front
[edit]- North African campaign: June 1940 – May 1943
- Western Desert campaign: June 1940 – February 1943
- Italian invasion of Egypt September 1940
- Operation Compass December 1940 – February 1941
- Battle of Nibeiwa December 1940
- Battle of Sidi Barrani December 1940
- Siege of Giarabub December 1940 – March 1941
- Fall of Tobruk
- Battle of Bardia January 1941
- Battle of Mechili January 1941
- Action at Mechili January 1941
- Capture of Kufra January–March 1941
- Battle of Beda Fomm February 1941
- Operation Sonnenblume February–May 1941
- Siege of Tobruk April–November 1941
- Bardia raid April 1941
- Operation Brevity May 1941
- Operation Skorpion May 1941
- Operation Skorpion May 1941
- Operation Battleaxe June 1941
- Twin Pimples raid July 1941
- Operation Crusader November–December 1941
- Action at Bir el Gubi (November 1941)
- Operation Flipper November 1941
- Battle of Point 175 November–December 1941
- Action at Bir el Gubi (December 1941)
- Battle of Gazala: May–June 1942
- Operation Venezia May 1942
- Operation Salam
- Battle of Bir Hakeim: May–June 1942
- Axis capture of Tobruk June 1942
- Battle of Mersa Matruh June 1942
- First Battle of El Alamein: July 1942
- Battle of Alam el Halfa: August–September 1942
- Operation Agreement September 1942
- Second Battle of El Alamein: October–November 1942
- Battle of El Agheila: December 1942
- Battle of Tripoli (1943) January 1943
- Operation Torch: November 1942
- Operation Terminal: 8 November 1942
- Naval Battle of Casablanca
- Tunisia Campaign: November 1942 – May 1943
- Battle of the Kasserine Pass: February 1943
- Battle of Sidi Bou Zid: February 1943
- Battle of Medenine: March 1943
- Battle of the Mareth Line: March 1943
- Battle of El Guettar: March–April 1943
- Operation Flax: April 1943
- Operation Vulcan: May 1943
- Battle of Longstop Hill (1943): April 1943
- Battle of Hill 609: April–May 1943
- Operation Retribution: May 1943
- Operation Strike: May 1943
- Western Desert campaign: June 1940 – February 1943
- Italian invasion of British Somaliland
- Northern front, East Africa, 1940
- Battle of Agordat (1941)
- Battle of Keren
- Battle of Tug Argan
- Operation Appearance
- Battle of Amba Alagi (1941)
- Battle of Culqualber
- Siege of Saïo
- Battle of Gondar
Mediterranean Sea and Italian Campaign
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- Battle of the Mediterranean Sea: June 1940–May 1945.
- Battle of the Espero Convoy
- Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
- Battle of Calabria
- Battle of Cape Spada
- Battle of Cape Passero (1940)
- Battle of Taranto
- Siege of Malta
- Battle of Cape Spartivento
- Operation Excess
- Raid on Souda Bay
- Battle of Cape Matapan
- Battle of the Tarigo Convoy
- Operation Substance
- Operation Halberd
- Battle of the Duisburg Convoy
- Battle of Cape Bon (1941)
- First Battle of Sirte
- Raid on Alexandria (1941)
- Second Battle of Sirte
- Operation Vigorous
- Operation Pedestal
- Battle of Skerki Bank
- Raid on Algiers
- Battle of the Cigno Convoy
- Battle of the Campobasso Convoy
- Battle of the Messina Convoy
- Operation Scylla
- Battle of the Ligurian Sea
- Siege of Malta: June 1940 – December 1942
- Balkan campaign: October 1940 – June 1941
- Italian Invasion of Greece: October 1940 – April 1941
- Anglo-Iraqi War: April – May 1941
- Axis invasion of Yugoslavia: April 1941
- German invasion of Greece: April 1941
- Syria–Lebanon campaign: June – July 1941
- Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran: August 1941
- Operation Agreement: September 1942
- Operation Strangle: March 1943 – June 1944
- Dodecanese Campaign: September–October 1943
- Bombing of Grosseto in World War II
- Operation Corkscrew
- Allied invasion of Sicily: July–August 1943
- Bombing of Pisa in World War II August 1943
- Allied invasion of Italy: September 1943
- Operation Avalanche September 1943
- Operation Achse September 1943
- Battle of Naples: September 1943
- Volturno Line: October–November 1943
- Operation Devon
- Barbara Line: October–November 1943
- Air Raid on Bari: December 1943
- Battle of San Pietro Infine: December 1943
- Battle of Monte la Difensa: December 1943
- Battle of Ortona: December 1943
- Bernhardt Line: December 1943 – January 1944
- Moro River Campaign: December 1943
- Battle of Rapido River January 1944
- Battle of Monte Cassino: January–May 1944
- Operation Diadem: January 1944
- Operation Carpetbagger: January 1944
- Battle of Cisterna January 1944
- Operation Chettyford: January 1944
- Operations Ginny I and II February–March 1944
- Operation Strangle March–May 1944
- Battle of Anzio: January–June 1944
- Invasion of Elba: June 1944
- Operation Hasty: June 1944
- Trasimene Line: June–July 1944
- Battle of Ancona: June–July 1944
- Hitler Line May 1944
- Caesar C line May 1944
- Roman switch line May 1944
- Gothic Line: August–December 1944
- Battle of San Marino: September 1944
- Battle of Monte Battaglia: September-October 1944
- Battle of Garfagnana: December 1944
- Battle of Monte Castello: November 1944 – February 1945
- Operation Encore : February-March 1945
- Spring 1945 offensive in Italy: April–May 1945
Western Front
[edit]- French offensive into Germany: September 1939
- Operation Weserübung: April–June 1940
- German Invasion of Denmark
- German invasion of Norway
- Battles of Narvik
- Operation Juno
- Operation Alphabet
- Action in the Oslofjord
- Action off Lofoten
- Capture of Egersund
- Capture of Arendal
- Battle of Drøbak Sound
- Battle of Midtskogen
- Battle of Dombås
- Battle of Hegra Fortress
- Åndalsnes landings
- Battle of Gratangen
- Battle of Høljarast Bridge
- Battle for Kvam
- Namsos campaign
- Battle of Vinjesvingen
- Battle of the Netherlands: May 1940
- Battle of Belgium: May 1940
- German invasion of Luxembourg: May 1940
- Battle of France: May–June 1940
- Italian invasion of France: June 1940
- Battle of Britain: July–October 1940
- Operation Felix: June – August 1940
- Aerial incidents in Switzerland in World War II (1940–1945)
- The Blitz: September 1940 – May 1941
- British Commando operations during the Second World War
- Operation Collar (commando raid)
- Operation Ambassador
- Operation Chess
- Operation Gauntlet
- Operation Acid Drop
- Operation Claymore
- Operation Archery
- Operation Anklet
- Operation Chopper (commando raid)
- Operation Deep Cut
- Operation Astrakan
- Operation Sunstar
- Operation Curlew
- Operation Biting
- Operation Myrmidon
- Operation J V
- Operation Abercrombie
- Operation Bristle
- Operation Barricade
- Operation Dryad
- Operation Branford
- Operation Aquatint
- Operation Musketoon
- Operation Basalt
- Operation Fahrenheit
- Operation Batman
- Operation Source
- Operation Freshman
- Operation Frankton
- Operation Cartoon
- Operation Crackers
- Operation Huckaback
- Operation Brandy
- Operation Roundabout
- Operation Checkmate (commando raid)
- Operation Forfar
- Operation Hardtack (commando raid)
- Operation Tarbrush
- Operation Rumford
- Operation Gearbox
- Operation Gearbox II
- Operation Sportpalast
- Operation Title
- Operation Cerberus: February 1942
- Operation Donnerkeil: February 1942
- St. Nazaire Raid: March 1942
- Operation Sportpalast March 1942
- Augsburg raid: April 1942
- Dieppe Raid: August 1942
- Oslo Mosquito Raid September 1942
- Operation Robinson October 1942
- Case Anton November 1942
- Operation Oyster December 1942
- Operation Ramrod 16 May 1943
- Battle of Hamburg (air)
- Battle of the Ruhr
- Operation Chastise May 1943
- Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission August 1943
- Battle of Isefjord August 1943
- Battle of Sept-Îles October 1943
- Second Schweinfurt raid Oktober 1943
- Battle of Berlin (air): November 1943 – March 1944
- Battle of the Bay of Biscay December 1943
- Operation Bodyguard: December 1943 – June 1944
- Operation Fortitude March – June 1944
- Operation Ironside
- Operation Ironside II
- Operation Royal Flush
- Operation Graffham
- Operation Zeppelin (deception plan)
- Operation Copperhead
- Operation Ferdinand
- Operation Titanic
- D-Day naval deceptions
- Operation Steinbock January – May 1944
- Operation Jericho February 1944
- Operation Argument February 1944
- Operation Tungsten April 1944*
- Exercise Tiger
- Exercise Fabius
- Western Allied invasion of France: June 1944–March 1945
- Operation Overlord: June–August 1944
- Mission Boston
- Mission Detroit
- Mission Chicago
- Mission Albany
- Mission Elmira
- Mission Hackensack
- Brécourt Manor Assault
- Operation Bulbasket
- H-Hour (D-Day)
- Operation Gambit
- Battle of Merville Gun Battery
- Battle of Graignes
- Mulberry harbours
- Operation Loyton
- Operation Samwest
- Operation Tonga
- Bombing of Normandy
- Battle of Port-en-Bessin
- Operation Defoe
- Operation Dingson
- Battle of Douvres Radar Station
- Operation Accumulator
- Battle for Caen
- Operation Perch
- Battle of Villers-Bocage
- Operation Epsom
- Battle of Le Mesnil-Patry
- Operation Martlet
- RAF raid on La Caine (1944)
- Operation Windsor
- Capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges
- Operation Charnwood
- Operation Jupiter
- Second Battle of the Odon
- Operation Goodwood
- Operation Goodwood (naval)
- Operation Atlantic
- Battle of Verrières Ridge
- Operation Spring
- Operation Foxley
- Operation Guidance
- Operation Postage Able
- Operation Paravane
- Operation Mascot
- Battle of Mairy
- Operation Obviate
- Bombardment of Mailly-le-Camp
- Battle of Cherbourg
- Operation Lost
- Battle of Dompaire
- Battle of Bréville
- Operation Jedburgh
- Operation Dunhill
- Operation Maple
- Transport Plan
- Operation Houndsworth
- Shootdown of Wald Avro
- Shootdown of Hochdahl-Trills
- Shootdown of Douglas DC-3
- Operation Haft
- Battle for Brittany
- Operation Mallard
- Operation Frantic
- Operation Cooney
- Battle of Ushant (1944)
- Operation Bluecoat
- Operation Dragoon: August–September 1944
- Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine: August 1944 – March 1945
- Clearing the Channel Coast: September–November 1944
- Operation Catechism
- Operation Pheasant
- Royan pocket
- Lorraine Campaign: September–December 1944
- Battle of Vianden
- Operation Market Garden: September 1944
- Operation Hands Up
- Operation Marathon (World War II)
- Siege of Rochelle
- Operations Wallace and Hardy
- Battle of La Haye-du-Puits
- 6th Airborne Division advance to the River Seine/
- Liberation of Belgium
- Battle of the Mons pocket
- Battle of Geel
- Battle of Moerbrugge: September 1944
- Saint-Nazaire pocket
- Battle of Fort Driant September–October 1944
- Battle of Aachen: September–October 1944
- Battle of Overloon: September–October 1944
- Operation Kipling
- Battle of Hürtgen Forest: September–December 1944
- Aarhus Air Raid October 1944
- Operation Hurricane (1944) October 1944
- Operation Tigerfish: November 1944
- Operation Provident
- Putten raid
- Battle of Broekhuizen
- Operation Clipper: November 1944
- Battle of Vianden: November 1944
- Battle of Kesternich: December 1944 – February 1945
- Battle of the Bulge: December 1944 – January 1945
- Second Battle of the Alps
- Defense of the Redoute Ruinée (1945) December 1944 - April 1945
- Operation Nordwind: December 1944 - January 1945
- Colmar Pocket
- Operation Woodlark
- Operasjon Rype
- Operation Blackcock: January 1945
- Battle for the Kapelsche Veer: January 1945
- Operation Veritable: February 1945
- Operation Grenade: February 1945
- Black Friday (1945)
- Operation Lumberjack
- Operation Carthage March 1945
- Granville Raid
- Western Allied invasion of Germany: March–May 1945
- Operation Undertone
- Operation Plunder
- Battle of Frankfurt
- Operation Varsity
- Battle of Cologne (1945)
- Operation Gisela
- Battle of Heilbronn (1945)
- Battle of Kassel (1945)
- Battle of Paderborn (1945)
- Rhineland Offensive
- Task Force Baum
- Battle of Aschaffenburg (1945)
- Ruhr Pocket
- Battle of Kassel
- Battle of Heilbronn
- Operation Amherst
- Battle of Würzburg (1945)
- Battle of Nuremberg
- Task Force Baum
- Operation Cowboy
- Battle of Hamburg
- Battle of Castle Itter
- Battle of Mont-Cenis
- Battle of Authion
- Georgian uprising on Texel
- Liberation of Arnhem
- Operation Doomsday
- Dachau Uprising
- Operation Judgement (1945) May 1945
- Battle of Groningen
- Battle of Otterlo
Atlantic Ocean
[edit]- Battle of the Atlantic: 1939–1945
- First Happy Time
- Battle of the River Plate
- Altmark Incident
- Operation Wikinger
- Convoy SC 7
- Convoy HX 84
- Operation Donnerkeil
- Operation Berlin
- Action of 4 April 1941
- Action of 9 May 1941
- Battle of the Denmark Strait
- Action in Tarrafal Bay
- Operation Drumbeat
- Battle of the Caribbean
- Battle of Torpedo Alley
- Action of 27 March 1942
- Battle of the St. Lawrence
- Action of 6 June 1942
- Convoy PQ 17
- Naval Battle of Casablanca
- Battle of the Barents Sea
- Convoy RS 3
- Black May (World War II)
- Battle of Sept-Îles
- Battle of the North Cape
- Operation Stonewall
- Operation Teardrop
- Battle of Ushant
- Battle of Pierres Noires
- Action of 9 February 1945
- Sinking of U-864
- Battle of Point Judith
- Actions of 5–6 May 1945
- Actions of 7–8 May 1945
Eastern Front
[edit]{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Sudeten German uprising September–October 1938
- German Invasion of Poland September–October 1939
- Bombing of Wieluń
- Battle of Danzig Bay
- Battle of Lasy Królewskie
- Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig
- OUN Uprising of 1939
- Battle of the Border
- Battle of Boratycze
- Battle of Węgierska Górka
- Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki
- Battle of Różan
- Battle of Radom
- Battle of Pszczyna
- Battle of Przemyśl (1939)
- Battle of Piotrków Trybunalski
- Battle of Mikołów
- Battle of Krasnystaw
- Battle of Kobryń
- Battle of Kępa Oksywska
- Battle of Jaworów
- Worek Plan
- Battle of Jarosław
- Battle of Grudziądz
- Battle of Gdynia
- Raid on Fraustadt
- Battle of Częstochowa (1939)
- Battle of Brześć Litewski
- Battle of Pułtusk (1939)
- Battle of Barak
- Battle of Slater's Knoll
- Battle of Cześniki
- Peking Plan
- Battle of Gdynia
- Battle of Wola Cyrusowa
- Battle of Wólka Węglowa
- Battle of Krasnystaw
- Charge at Krojanty
- Soviet invasion of Poland: September–October 1939
- Orzeł incident
- Winter war: November 1939 – March 1940
- Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
- Masļenki border incident
- Skirmish at Diosig
- Axis invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) June–December 1941
- Defense of Brest Fortress June 1941
- Siege of Mogilev
- Battle of Lwów (1941)
- Danube Delta Campaign
- Battle of Białystok-Minsk June 1941
- Operation Rentier
- Raid on Constanța
- Baltic Operation
- Action of 26 June 1941
- Battle of Raseiniai
- Soviet Navy surface raids in the western Black Sea
- Bombing of Kassa
- Battle of Brody June 1941
- Continuation War
- battle of Karelian Isthmus
- battle of Ladoga Karelia
- Battle of East Karelia
- Battle of Vyborg (1941)
- Battle of Porlampi
- Battle of Lypovec
- Finnish invasion of East Karelia (1941)
- Operation Silver Fox
- Operation Platinum Fox
- Operation Arctic Fox July–November 1941
- Battle of Bengtskär
- Operation EF (1941) July 1941
- Battle of Smolensk (1941)
- Bombing of Gorky in World War II
- Battle of Uman
- Battles of Spadshchansky forest
- Operation Northwind (1941)
- Attack on Riga (1941)
- Siege of Odessa (1941)
- Action of 9 July 1941
- Battle of Kiev (1941)
- Operation München
- Bombing of Tallinn in World War II
- Bombing of Narva in World War II
- Operation Beowulf
- Gulf of Riga campaign
- June Uprising in Lithuania
- Evacuation of Tallinn (1941)
- Yelnya Offensive
- Battle of Petrikowka
- Battle of the Sea of Azov
- Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944)
- Battle of Bryansk (1941) October 1941
- Battle of Hanko (1941)
- Crimean Campaign (1941)
- Battle of Jibrieni
- First Battle of Kharkov
- Battle at Borodino Field October 1941 – January 1942
- Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)
- Battle of the Kerch Peninsula
- Battle of Rostov
- Rostov Defensive Operation
- Donbas–Rostov strategic defensive operation
- Donbas operation (1941)
- Battle of Moscow
- Battle of Vyazma–Bryansk
- Operation Uzice: September–November 1941
- Action of 6 December 1941
- Soviet Winter counter-offensive: December 1941 – May 1942
- Operation Kremlin
- Battle of Lyuban
- Sinyavino offensive (1942)
- Shepetivka operation
- Battle of Veseloe
- Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
- Capture of Putyvl
- Operation Anthropoid
- Axis Summer offensive: June–November 1942
- Operation Braunschweig: July–November 1942
- Battle of Voronezh (1942)
- Operation Nordlicht (1942)
- Vyazma airborne operation
- Battle of Rzhev, summer 1942
- Case Blue
- Battle of Cape Burnas
- Battle of the Caucasus
- Battle of Kalach
- Kozelsk offensive
- Battle of Rostov (1942)
- Battle of Stalingrad July 1942 – February 1943
- Battle of Someri
- Operation "Seydlitz"
- Battle of Suursaari
- Battle of Dubovychi
- Battle of Sukho Island
- Operation Uranus: November 1942
- Operation Mars: November–December 1942
- Operation Little Saturn: December 1942 – February 1943
- Operation Winter Storm: December 1942
- Battle for Velikiye Luki (1943)
- Operation Iskra
- Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda
- Ostrogozhsk-Rossosh Operation
- Battle of Nikolayevka
- Operation Star
- Attack on Volodymyrets
- Malaya Zemlya
- Voronezh–Kharkov offensive
- Operation Koltso
- Demyansk Offensive (1943)
- Operation Gallop
- Battle of Sokolovo
- Battle of Voronezh (1943)
- Operation Büffel
- Częstochowa Ghetto uprising
- Białystok Ghetto uprising
- Third Battle of Kharkov
- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
- Operation Citadel:[1] July–August 1943
- Operation Arsenal
- Treblinka uprising
- Sobibor uprising
- First UPA attack on Mizocz
- Battle of Moczulanka
- Defense of Huta Stepańska and Wyrka
- Donbas strategic offensive (July 1943)
- Donbas strategic offensive (August 1943)
- Operation Tidal Wave
- Battle of Smolensk (1943)
- Battle of Moczulanka
- Mga offensive
- Fourth Battle of Kharkov
- Orsha offensives (1943)
- Białystok Ghetto Uprising: August 1943
- Battle of Gruszówka
- Battle of Mieniany
- Defense of Przebraże
- Battle of the Dnieper: August–December 1943
- Operation Concert: September 1943
- Battle of Zahoriv monastery
- Gorodok offensive
- Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive: December 1943 – April 1944
- Battle of Gurby
- Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
- Rovno-Lutsk Offensive
- Rogachev–Zhlobin offensive
- Battle of Narva (1944): February–August 1944
- Operation Margarethe
- Crimean Offensive (1944)
- Shyaulyay Offensive
- Battle of Graużyszki
- Operation Bielany
- Battle of Leszczawa Górna
- Battle of Lopata hill
- Battle of Gnojno
- Battle of Boernerowo
- Insurgent attacks on the Bielany airfield
- Raid on Truskaw
- Battle of Murowana Oszmianka
- Operation "Ukrainian Committee"
- Attack of Maziarnia Wawrzkowa
- Battle of Zabłocie
- Battle of Małków
- Battle of Ulhówek and Rzeczyca
- Hrubieszów Revolution
- Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive
- Operation Bagration: June–August 1944
- Battle of the Bay of Viipuri: June–July 1944
- Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
- Kraków Uprising (1944)
- Battle of Radzymin (1944)
- Sandomierz bridgehead
- Operation Tempest
- Lwów uprising
- Operation Ostra Brama
- Warsaw Uprising
- Warsaw airlift
- Insurgent attacks on Warszawa Gdańska railway station
- Defense of the Wola cemeteries
- Operation Kutschera
- Battle of Ceber
- Battle of Porytowe Wzgórze
- Battle of Osuchy
- Raid on Truskaw
- Battle of Jaktorów
- "W" Hour
- Battle of Pęcice
- Defense of Pociecha
- Battle of Studzianki
- Battle of Oździutycze
- Battle of Stężarzyce
- Battles of Nabróż
- Battles of Narol
- Operation Doppelkopf
- Tartu offensive
- Battle of Romania: April–October 1944
- Vyborg-Petrozavodsk Offensive
- 1944 Bulgarian coup d'état
- Slovak National Uprising
- Operation Scherhorn
- Battle of the Dukla Pass
- Baltic Offensive
- Liberation of Finnmark
- Battle of Serbia
- Lapland war
- Petsamo–Kirkenes offensive
- Battle of Debrecen
- Operation Panzerfaust
- Courland Pocket
- Gulf of Finland U-boat campaign
- Gumbinnen Operation
- Budapest Offensive: October 1944 – February 1945
- Siege of Budapest: December 1944 – February 1945
- Anti-Soviet resistance by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army: April 1944 – October 1945
- Operation Hannibal
- Vistula–Oder Offensive: January–February 1945
- East Prussian Offensive
- Defense of Schwedt Bridgehead
- Silesian Offensives
- Lower Silesian Offensive
- Siege of Breslau: February–May 1945
- Upper Silesian Offensive
- Lower Silesian Offensive
- Operation Solstice
- East Pomeranian Offensive
- Operation Spring Awakening
- Nagykanizsa–Körmend Offensive
- Vienna Offensive
- Bratislava–Brno offensive
- Samland Offensive
- Battle of Berlin: April–May 1945
- Battle of Bautzen (1945): April 1945
- Prague uprising
- Prague Offensive
- Battle of Kuryłówka
- Battle of Odzak: 19 April – 25 May 1945
- World War II in Yugoslavia
- Yugoslav coup d'état: March 1941
- Invasion of Yugoslavia: April 1941
- Mačva operation
- Capture of Banja Koviljača
- Siege of Kraljevo
- Uprising in Montenegro (1941)
- May 1941 Sanski Most revolt
- Capture of Olovo (1941)
- June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina
- Operation Uzice September - November 1941
- Srb uprising
- Battle of Loznica (1941)
- Drvar uprising
- Battle of Trešnjica
- Uprising in Serbia (1941)
- Attack on Kruševac
- Battle of Novi Pazar
- Battle of Pljevlja
- Siege of Rogatica (1941)
- Operation Mihailovic December 1941
- Operation Southeast Croatia
- Battle of Dražgoše: January 1942
- Operation Prijedor
- Operation Hydra (Yugoslavia)
- Battle of Nanos
- Battle of Livno
- Operation Trio April - May 1942
- Operation Alfa
- Battle of Dolnij Poloj
- Battle of Kupres (1942)
- Operation Kopaonik October 1942
- Bihać operation
- Kozara Offensive
- Battle of Gračac: January 1943
- Operation Otto (1943)
- Battle of Grčarice
- Case White
- Case Black: May - June 1943
- Battle of Zvornik
- Siege of Turjak
- Operation Cloudburst
- Battle of Višegrad
- Operation Delphin
- Operation Kugelblitz
- Battle of Kočevje
- Bombardment of Zagreb February 1944–March 1945
- Raid on Mljet: April 1944
- Raid on Šolta
- Bombing of Belgrade (1944)
- Operation Rösselsprung (1944)
- Operation Halyard
- Operation Draufgänger
- Raid at Ožbalt
- Operation Ratweek (1944)
- Battle of Serbia September - October 1944
- First Battle of Preševo
- Second Battle of Preševo
- Operation Floxo
- Stracin–Kumanovo operation
- Battle of Vukov Klanac
- Kosovo Operation (1944)
- Liberation of Tirana
- Syrmian Front: October 1944 - April 1945
- Bregalnitsa–Strumica operation
- Battle of Knin
- Battle of Batina
- Battle of Desivojca December 1944
- Battle of Trnovo: January 1945
- Operation Spring Awakening
- Lika-Primorje operation
- Mostar operation
- Sarajevo Operation
- Nagykanizsa–Körmend offensive
- Battle of Odžak
- Battle of Poljana: May 1945
- Italian invasion of Albania
- Battle of Gjorm
- Battle of Drashovica
- Battle of Përmet
- Battle of Pezë (1943)
- Battle of Reç
- Battle of Drashovica
- Battle of Tirana and Kruja (1943)
- Liberation of Tepelena
- Liberation of Tirana
- German invasion of Greece: April - June 1941
- Greek Resistance
- Drama uprising: September 1941
- Operation Harling: November 1942
- Battle of Leivadi
- Battle of Meritsa
- Battle of Fardykambos: March 1943
- Battle of Trahili
- Operation Animals
- Battle of Porta
- Battle of Sarantaporos (1943)
- Battle of Kokkinia: March 1944
- Raid on Santorini
- Battle of Amfilochia
- Battle of Chora - Agorelitsa
- Battle of Menina
- Raid on Symi
- Damasta sabotage
- Battle of Karoutes
- Battle of Kalamata (1944) September 1944
- Battle of Meligalas
- Battle of Kilkis (1944)
- Operation Manna: October 1944
- Dekemvriana: December 1944
Indian Ocean
[edit]- Attack on Convoy BN 7: October 1940
- Action of 27 February 1941
- Action of 8 May 1941
- Japanese occupation of the Andaman Islands: 1942–1945
- Battle of Christmas Island: March–April 1942
- Indian Ocean raid: March–April 1942
- Easter Sunday Raid: April 1942
- Battle of Madagascar: May–November 1942
- Cocos Island Mutiny: May 1942
- Battle of La Réunion: November 1942
- Indian Ocean raid (1944): March 1944
Pacific Front
[edit]- Japanese attacks on the U.S. or U.S. unincorporated territories
- Attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941
- Battle of Guam (1941) December 1941
- Battle of Wake Island December 1941
- Japanese occupation of Philippines: December 1941 – May 1942
- Japanese invasion of Batan Island December 1941
- Japanese invasion of Vigan December 1941
- Japanese invasion of Aparri December 1941
- Japanese invasion of Legazpi December 1941
- Japanese invasion of Davao December 1941
- Japanese invasion of Lingayen Gulf December 1941
- Japanese invasion of Lamon Bay December 1941
- Battle of Bataan (1942), January–April 1942
- Battle of Corregidor: May 1942
- Battle of Dutch Harbor: June 1942
- Battle of Midway: June 1942
- Japanese occupation of Kiska: June 1942
- Japanese occupation of Attu: June 1942
- Japanese occupation of Hong Kong December 1941
- Japanese occupation of Dutch East Indies: December 1941 – March 1942
- Battle of Borneo (1941–42)
- Battle of Manado (1942)
- Battle of Ambon (1942)
- Battle of Makassar Strait (1942)
- Fall of the Riau Islands (1942)
- Invasion of Sumatra (1942)
- Battle of Kalijati
- Battle of Kendari
- Battle of Leuwiliang
- Battle of Samarinda
- Battle of Banjarmasin
- Battle of Tjiater Pass
- Battle of Palembang (1942)
- Battle of Badung Strait (1942)
- Battle of Timor (1942–43)
- Battle of the Java Sea (1942)
- Battle of Sunda Strait (1942)
- Battle of Java (1942)
- Second Battle of the Java Sea (1942)
- Japanese Invasion of Rabaul, January–February 1942
- Battle of Port Moresby, February 1942 – August 1943
- Invasion of Buka and Bougainville, March – April 1942
- Battle of Los Angeles February 1942
- Bombardment of Ellwood February 1942
- Bombardment of Fort Stevens
- Lookout Air Raids
- Japanese attacks on Australia: February–June 1942
- Bombing of Darwin: February 1942
- Attack on Broome: March 1942
- Attack on Sydney Harbour: May–June 1942
- Raid on Darwin: May 1943
- Operation K
- Doolittle Raid
- Japanese Invasion of Salamaua–Lae, March 1942
- Raid on Heath's Farm July 1942
- Japanese Invasion of Tulagi, May 1942
- Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
- Battle of Midway, June 1942
- Japanese Invasion of Buna-Gona, July 1942
- Kokoda Track campaign, July–November 1942
- Battle of Kokoda
- Battle of Isurava, August 1942
- First Battle of Eora Creek – Templeton's Crossing, August–September 1942
- Battle of Mission Ridge – Brigade Hill,
- Battle of Ioribaiwa, September 1942
- Second Battle of Eora Creek – Templeton's Crossing, October 1942
- Battle of Oivi–Gorari, November 1942
- Japanese occupation of Nauru August 1942
- Battle of Milne Bay, August–September 1942
- Guadalcanal Campaign: August 1942 – February 1943
- Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo, August 1942
- Battle of Savo Island, August 1942
- Makin Island raid, August 1942
- Battle of the Tenaru: August 1942
- Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August 1942
- Battle of Edson's Ridge: September 1942
- Actions along the Matanikau: September–October 1942
- Battle of Cape Esperance, October 1942
- Battle for Henderson Field: October 1942
- Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942
- Matanikau Offensive: November 1942
- Koli Point action: November 1942
- Carlson's Patrol: November–December 1942
- Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. November 1942
- Battle of Tassafaronga, November 1942
- Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse: December 1942
- Operation Ke: January – February 1943
- Battle of Rennell Island: January 1943
- New Guinea campaign: October 1942 – August 1945
- Battle of Goodenough Island, October 1942
- Battle of Buna–Gona, November 1942 – January 1943
- Battle of Wau, January 1943
- Battle of the Bismarck Sea, March 1943
- Salamaua–Lae campaign, April–September 1943
- Battle of Mubo, April–July 1943
- Battle of Bobdubi, April–August 1943
- Battle of Lababia Ridge, June 1943
- Landing at Nassau Bay, June–July 1943
- Battle of Roosevelt Ridge, July–August 1943
- Battle of Mount Tambu, July–August 1943
- Landing at Lae, September 1943
- Landing at Nadzab, September 1943
- Finisterre Range campaign, September 1943 – April 1944
- Battle of Kaiapit September 1943
- Battle of Dumpu September – October 1943
- Battle of John's Knoll–Trevor's Ridge October 1943
- Battle of the Pimple December 1943
- Battle of Shaggy Ridge January 1944
- Battle of Madang, February–April 1944
- Huon Peninsula campaign, September 1943 – March 1944
- Landing at Scarlet Beach, September–October 1943
- Battle of Finschhafen, September–October 1943
- Battle of Sattelberg, November 1943
- Battle of Wareo, November–December 1943
- Landing on Long Island, December 1943
- Battle of Sio, December 1943 – March 1944
- Landing at Saidor, January–February 1944
- Landing on Emirau, March 1944
- Bombing of Wewak
- Operation Vengeance, April 1943
- Bougainville Campaign, November 1943 – August 1945
- Battle of Koromokina Lagoon November 1943
- Landings at Cape Torokina November 1943
- Battle of Piva Forks November 1943
- Battle for Piva Trail November 1943
- Battle of the Coconut Grove November 1943
- Raid on Koiari November 1943
- Battle of Hellzapoppin Ridge and Hill 600A December 1943
- Neutralisation of Rabaul January-February 1944
- Torokina Airfield March 1944
- Piva Airfield March 1944
- Battle of the Green Islands February 1944
- Bougainville counterattack March 1944
- Battle of the Perimeter March 1944
- Battle of Pearl Ridge, December 1944
- Battle of Tsimba Ridge January – February 1945
- Battle of Slater's Knoll, March – April 1945
- Battle of the Hongorai River May – June 1945
- Battle of Porton Plantation June 1945
- Battle of Ratsua June – August 1945
- New Britain campaign, December 1943 – August 1945
- Bombing of Rabaul November 1943
- Battle of Arawe December 1943 - February 1944
- Battle of Cape Gloucester: December 1943 – April 1944
- Battle of Karavia Bay, February 1944
- Battle of Talasea March 1944
- Landing at Jacquinot Bay November 1944
- Battle of Wide Bay–Open Bay December 1944 - April 1945
- Admiralty Islands campaign, February–May 1944
- Western New Guinea campaign, April 1944 – August 1945
- Landing at Aitape Apri-May 1944
- Battle of Hollandia April-June 1944
- Battle of Wakde May 1944
- Battle of Lone Tree Hill May-September 1944
- Battle of Biak May-August 1944
- Battle of Noemfoor July-August 1944
- Battle of Driniumor River July-August 1944
- Battle of Sansapor July-August 1944
- . Battle of Morotai September-October 1944
- Aitape-Wewak campaign 1944-1945
- Aleutian Islands Campaign, March–August 1943
- Landing at Amchitka, January 1943
- Battle of the Komandorski Islands: March 1943
- Battle of Attu: May 1943
- Battle of the Pips: July 1943
- Operation Cottage: August 1943
- Solomon Islands Campaign, June–November 1943
- Battle of Blackett Strait, March 1943
- Operation I-Go, April 1943
- Operation Cartwheel, June 1943 – March 1944
- Operation SO and SE, June 1943
- New Georgia Campaign, June–August 1943
- New Georgia counterattack, July 1943
- Landings on Rendova, June–July 1943
- Battle of Viru Harbor, June–July 1943
- Battle of Arundel Island, August–September 1943
- Battle of Munda Point: July–August 1943
- Drive on Munda Point: July 1943
- Battle of Wickham Anchorage, June-July 1943
- Battle of Kula Gulf: July 1943
- Battle of Bairoko: July 1943
- Battle of Enogai: July 1943
- Battle of Kolombangara: July 1943
- Battle off Horaniu: August 1943
- Battle of Vella Gulf: August 1943
- Land Battle of Vella Lavella: August–October 1943
- Naval Battle of Vella Lavella: October 1943
- Raid on Choiseul: October–November 1943
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay: November 1943
- Battle of Cape St. George: November 1943
- Battle of the Treasury Islands: November 1943
- Operation Dexterity, December 1943
- Battle of Karavia Bay, February 1944
- Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, November 1943 – February 1944
- Battle of Tarawa, November 1943
- Battle of Makin, November 1943
- Attack on Truk, February 1944
- Battle of Eniwetok, February 1944
- Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, June–November 1944
- Battle of Saipan, June 1944
- Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 1944
- Battle of Guam (1944), July–August 1944
- Battle of Tinian, July–August 1944
- Battle of Peleliu, September–November 1944
- Shin'yō Maru incident, September 1944
- Battle of Angaur, September–October 1944
- Formosa Air Battle, October 1944
- Philippines Campaign (1944–45): October 1944 – September 1945
- Battle of Leyte: October–December 1944
- Battle of Leyte Gulf: October 1944
- Battle off Samar: 25 October 1944
- Battle of Ormoc Bay: November–December 1944
- Battle of Mindoro December 1944
- Battle of Luzon: January–August 1945
- Raid at Cabanatuan January 1945
- South China Sea raid January 1945
- Battle of Camotes Islands January 1945
- Invasion of Lingayen Gulf January 1945
- Battle of Maguindanao January – September 1945
- Battle of Bataan (1945) January – February 1945
- Battle of Corregidor (1945) February 1945
- Battle of Manila (1945): February–March 1945
- Battle of Wawa Dam: February – March 1945
- Raid on Los Baños February 1945
- Battle of Baguio: February – April 1945
- Battle of Villa Verde Trail February – May 1945
- Invasion of Palawan February – April 1945
- Battle of Bacsil Ridge: March 1945
- Talisay Landing: March 1945
- Battle of Visayas: March – August 1945
- Battle of Mindanao: March–Aug 1945
- Battle of Davao April – June 1945
- Battle for Cebu City: March–Apr 1945
- Battle of Bessang Pass June 1945
- Battle of Mayoyao Ridge July – August 1945
- Battle of Iwo Jima: February–March 1945
- Battle of Okinawa: April–June 1945
- Attack on Kure (March 1945)
- Attacks on Kure and the Seto Inland Sea July 1945
- Attack on Yokosuka
- Borneo campaign, May – August 1945
- Battle of Tarakan (1945) May – June 1945
- Battle of North Borneo June – August 1945
- Battle of Labuan, June 1945
- Battle of Balikpapan (1945): July 1945
- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: August 1945
- Kyūjō incident August 1945
- Soviet invasion of Manchuria August 1945
- Liberation of Hong Kong
China Front
[edit]- 1931–1945 Sino-Japanese War (September 1931 – September 1945)
- Japanese invasion of Manchuria September 1931 – February 1932
- Mukden Incident September 1931
- Jiangqiao campaign November 1931
- Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge November 1931
- Jinzhou Operation December 1931 – January 1932
- Defense of Harbin January 1932 – February 1932
- January 28 incident January–March 1932
- Pacification of Manchukuo November 1931 – February 1942
- Inner Mongolian campaign April 1933 – December 1936
- Defense of the Great Wall February–March 1933
- Battle of Rehe February–March 1933
- Suiyuan campaign October–November 1936
- Defense of the Great Wall February–March 1933
- Marco Polo Bridge Incident July 1937
- Battle of Beiping–Tianjin July–August 1937
- Operation Chahar, August–October 1937
- Battle of Shanghai August 1937
- Bloody Saturday August 1937
- Defense of Sihang Warehouse October 26, 1937
- Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation August 1937
- Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation August 1937
- Battle of Taiyuan September 1937
- Battle of Pingxingguan September 1937
- Battle of Xinkou September 1937
- Battle of Nanjing December 1937
- Battle of Xuzhou February – May 1938
- Battle of Taierzhuang March 1938
- Bombing of Chongqing February 1938 – August 1943
- Taihoku Air Strike February 1938
- Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan February–June 1938
- Battle of Lanfeng May 1938
- Amoy Operation May 1938
- Battle of Wuhan June 1938
- Battle of Wanjialing August 1938
- Canton Operation October 1938
- Hainan Island Operation February 1939
- Battle of Nanchang March 1939
- Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang May 1939
- Swatow Operation June 1939
- First Battle of Changsha September–October 1939
- Battle of South Guangxi November 1939
- Battle of Kunlun Pass December 1939
- 1939–1940 Winter Offensive November 1939
- Battle of Baotou
- Battle of West Suiyuan January–February 1940
- Battle of Wuyuan March 1940
- Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang May 1940
- Hundred Regiments Offensive August 1940
- Central Hupei Operation November 1940
- Battle of South Henan January 1941
- New Fourth Army Incident January 1941
- Western Hopei Operation March 1941
- Battle of Shanggao March 1941
- Battle of South Shanxi May 1941
- Second Battle of Changsha September–October 1941
- Japanese invasion of Manchuria September 1931 – February 1932
- Third Battle of Changsha December 1941 – January 1942
- Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi May–September 1942
- Battle of West Hubei May–June 1943
- Linnan Campaign August 1943
- Battle of Changde November–December 1943
- Operation Ichi-Go April–December 1944
- Battle of Central Henan April 1944
- Fourth Battle of Changsha May–June 1944
- Defense of Hengyang June–August 1944
- Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou August–November 1944
- Battle of Mount Song June–September 1944
- Battle of West Henan–North Hubei March 1945 — May 1945
- Battle of West Hunan April 1945 – June 1945
- Second Guangxi Campaign April–August 1945
- Soviet invasion of Manchuria August 1945
- Battle of Mutanchiang August 1945
Southeast Asia Front
[edit]- Japanese invasion of French Indochina: September 1940
- Franco-Thai War: October 1940 – January 1941
- Battle of Ko Chang: January 1941
- Japanese invasion of Thailand: December 1941
- Battle of Lạng Sơn: September 1940
- Battle of Prachuap Khiri Khan: December 1941
- Japanese-Thai occupation of Malaya: December 1941 – January 1942
- Bombing of Bangkok: 1942–1945
- Japanese occupation of Singapore: February 1942
- Burma Campaign
- Japanese-Thai occupation of Burma: January–May 1942
- Operation Jaywick
- Burma Campaign 1942–43
- Burma Campaign 1944
- Japanese invasion of India: March–June 1944
- Burma Campaign 1944–1945
- Allies bombing of South-East Asia: 1944–1945
- Operation Matterhorn: 1944
- Battles of Phai Khắt and Nà Ngần: 1944
- Battle of the Malacca Strait: May 1945
- August Revolution: August 1945
- Operation Jurist: September 1945
- Operation Tiderace: September 1945
Military engagements during occupations
[edit]Resistances
[edit]Naval engagements
[edit]General
- Arctic Convoys
- Battle of the Atlantic – the name given to the conflict in the Atlantic Ocean between 1939 and 1945.
- Battle of the Mediterranean
- Battle of the Indian Ocean
Specific
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
Major bombing campaigns
[edit]General
- Strategic bombing during World War II
- Strategic bombing survey for the overall impact of the bombing.
Specific
- Baedeker raids
- Chungking
- Coventry
- Operation Retribution (1941) – bombing of Belgrade during 1941.
- Broome – Japanese raid on the town of Broome, targeting the airfield.
- Dresden
- Darwin – Japanese target the harbour.
- Hamburg
- Helsinki – February 1944, was mostly ineffective due to air defence and deception.
- Hiroshima – One nuclear weapon, Little Boy dropped from a B-29, devastating a city.
- Kassel
- London – "The Blitz" and the V-1 and V-2 campaigns
- Lübeck
- Nagasaki – One nuclear weapon, Fat Man dropped from a B-29, devastating a city.
- Narva – March 1944. Evacuated town was destroyed by Soviet ADD.
- Pearl Harbor
- Rostock – Heinkel Airplane Construction Plant, Seaport, and City
- Rotterdam
- Stalingrad – 23 August 1942
- Tallinn – February–March 1944. Bombed by Soviet ADD. Large-scale damage.
- Tokyo – Several devastating raids.
- Warsaw
Operations
[edit]Raids
[edit]Small to medium-sized raiding operations were carried out by both Allied and Axis armies during World War II. The modus operandi used included guerrilla attacks by partisans in occupied territory and/or combined operations involving the landing and removal of specialised light infantry, such as commandos, by means of small boats.
- Allied
- Operation Colossus
- 10 February 1941
- Experimental raid by 38 British Commandos on a fresh water aqueduct near Calitri in southern Italy.
- Operation Claymore
- 4 March 1941
- 1000 Men from the British Commandos and belonging to the Norwegian Independent Company 1 destroy fish oil factories on the remote islands off the coast of Norway.
- Operation Archery
- 27 December 1941
- 570 men from the British Commandos and belonging to the Norwegian Independent Company 1 raid and attack German positions on Vågsøy Island in Norway.
- Battle of Timor
- 19 February 1942 – 10 February 1943
- Continuous raids from Australian commandos against the occupying Japanese.
- Operation Chariot
- 28 March 1942
- 196 Royal Navy and Army Commando units raid and destroy the heavily defended docks of St. Nazaire in occupied France.
- Dieppe Raid
- Makin Island raid, 17–18 August 1942
- Operation Jaywick, September 1943
- Operation Jedburgh, 1944
- Operation Roast, April 1945
- Operation Colossus
- Axis
- Operation Greif, December 1944
Raiding units
- Allied
- Multinational
- Australia
- France
- Greece
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Axis
Defensive lines
[edit]- Atlantic Wall
- Caesar Line
- GHQ Line
- Gothic Line
- Gustav Line
- Maginot Line
- Mannerheim Line
- Metaxas Line
- Siegfried Line
- Taunton Stop Line
Contemporaneous wars
[edit]- Chinese Civil War
- Ecuadorian–Peruvian War
- Greek Civil War
- Second Italo-Abyssinian War
- Soviet-Japanese Border War (1939)
- Spanish Civil War
- Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)
- Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947
References
[edit]See also
[edit]- Campaigns of World War II
- Participants in World War II
- List of World War II military operations
- List of battles 1901–2000
