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List of World War II battles

This is a list of World War II battles encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, military operations, 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.

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Mediterranean Front
Battle of the Mediterranean Sea: June 1940–May 1945. • Battle of the Espero ConvoyAttack on Mers-el-KébirBattle of CalabriaBattle of Cape SpadaBattle of Cape Passero (1940)Battle of TarantoSiege of MaltaBattle of Cape SpartiventoOperation ExcessRaid on Souda BayBattle of Cape MatapanBattle of the Tarigo ConvoyOperation SubstanceOperation HalberdBattle of the Duisburg ConvoyBattle of Cape Bon (1941)First Battle of SirteRaid on Alexandria (1941)Second Battle of SirteOperation VigorousOperation PedestalBattle of Skerki BankRaid on AlgiersBattle of the Cigno ConvoyBattle of the Campobasso ConvoyBattle of the Messina ConvoyOperation ScyllaBattle of the Ligurian SeaSiege of Malta: June 1940 – December 1942 • Balkan campaign: October 1940 – June 1941 • Italian Invasion of Greece: October 1940 – April 1941Battle of PindusBattle of Elaia–KalamasBattle of Morava–IvanBattle of KorytsaBattle of SarandaBattle of HimaraCapture of Klisura PassItalian Spring OffensiveBattle of Hill 731Anglo-Iraqi War: April – May 1941 • FarhudAxis invasion of Yugoslavia: April 1941 • Operation Retribution (1941)Hungarian OffensiveBattle for BelgradeYugoslav-Albania FrontGerman invasion of Greece: April 1941 • Battle of the Metaxas LineBattle of Vevi (1941)Battle of PtolemaidaBattle of Kleisoura PassBattle of Lake KastoriaBattle of Tempe GorgeBattle of Athens (1941)Battle of Thermopylae (1941)Battle of Crete: May 1941 • Battle of RethymnoBattle of 42nd StreetSyria–Lebanon campaign: June – July 1941 • Battle of the Litani RiverBattle of Jezzine (1941)Battle of Sidon (1941)Battle of KissouéBattle of Damascus (1941)Battle of MerdjayounBattle of Palmyra (1941)Battle of Deir ez-Zor (1941)Battle of DamourBattle of Beirut (1941)Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran: August 1941 • Operation Agreement: September 1942 • Operation Strangle: March 1943 – June 1944 • Dodecanese Campaign: September–October 1943 • Battle of LerosBattle of KosBattle of RhodesBombing of Grosseto in World War IIOperation CorkscrewAllied invasion of Sicily: July–August 1943 • Operation LadbrokeOperation FustianOperation ChestnutBattle of Gela (1943)Operation NarcissusBattle of CenturipeBattle of TroinaGran Sasso raidOperation SlapstickOperation LehrgangOperation BaytownBombing of Pisa in World War II August 1943 • Allied invasion of Italy: September 1943 • Operation Avalanche September 1943 • Operation Achse September 1943 • German occupation of RomeBattle of Naples: September 1943 • Volturno Line: October–November 1943 • Operation DevonBarbara 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 • Battle of CisternaInvasion of Elba: June 1944 • Operation Hasty: June 1944 • Trasimene Line: June–July 1944 • Battle of Ancona: June–July 1944 • Hitler Line May 1944 • Senger lineOperation ChesterfieldOperation DoraCaesar C line May 1944 • Roman switch line May 1944 • Gothic Line: August–December 1944 • Green Line (Italy)Battle of GemmanoBattle of RiminiBattle 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 • Operation EncoreOperation BowlerOperation RoastBattle of Bologna: • Battle of the Argenta Gap: • Battle of MonteseOperation BucklelandOperation HerringBattle of Collecchio: ==Western Front==
Western Front
French offensive into Germany: September 1939 • Phoney WarOperation Weserübung: April–June 1940 • German Invasion of DenmarkGerman invasion of NorwayBattles of NarvikOperation JunoOperation AlphabetAction in the OslofjordAction off LofotenCapture of EgersundCapture of ArendalBattle of Drøbak SoundBattle of MidtskogenBattle of DombåsBattle of Hegra FortressÅndalsnes landingsBattle of GratangenBattle of Høljarast BridgeBattle for KvamNamsos campaignBattle of VinjesvingenBattle of the Netherlands: May 1940 • Battle for The HagueBattle of RotterdamBattle of MillBattle of MaastrichtBattle of ZeelandBattle of the GrebbebergBattle of the AfsluitdijkRotterdam BlitzBattle of Belgium: May 1940 • Battle of Fort Eben-EmaelOperation DavidBattle of HannutBattle of GemblouxBattle of the Ypres–Comines CanalBattle of the LysGerman invasion of Luxembourg: May 1940 • Battle of France: May–June 1940 • Battle of SedanBattle of MontcornetOperation CycleBattle of ArrasBattle of BoulogneSiege of CalaisBattle of AbbevilleSiege of LilleGerman bombing of ParisBattle of DunkirkDunkirk evacuationBattle of LagardeBattle of SaumurItalian invasion of France: June 1940 • Battle of Britain: July–October 1940 • KanalkampfAdlertagThe Hardest DayBattle of Britain DayBattle of Graveney MarshOperation Felix: June – August 1940 Operation Blackout ==Atlantic Ocean==
Eastern Front
German Invasion of Poland September–October 1939 • Bombing of WieluńBattle of WesterplatteBattle of MokraBattle of Danzig BayBattle of Lasy KrólewskieDefence of the Polish Post Office in DanzigBattle of KałuszynBattle of Łomża (1939)Battle of Kampinos ForestDefense of KatowiceBattle of Kępa OksywskaBattle of KobryńDefense of Ochota and Wola (1939)OUN Uprising of 1939Battle of MlawaBattle of the BorderBattle of BoratyczeBattle of Węgierska GórkaBattle of Tomaszów MazowieckiBattle of RóżanBattle of RadomBattle of PszczynaBattle of Przemyśl (1939)Battle of Piotrków TrybunalskiBattle of MikołówBattle of KrasnystawBattle of KobryńBattle of Kępa OksywskaBattle of JaworówWorek PlanBattle of JarosławBattle of GrudziądzBattle of GdyniaRaid on FraustadtBattle of Częstochowa (1939)Battle of Brześć LitewskiBattle of Pułtusk (1939)Battle of BarakBattle of Slater's KnollBattle of CześnikiPeking PlanBattle of GdyniaBattle of Tuchola ForestBattle of JordanówBattle of ModlinBattle of Wola CyrusowaBattle of Wólka WęglowaBattle of Borowa GóraBattle of GrudziądzBattle of WiznaBattle of KrasnystawCharge at KrojantyBattle of RadomBattle of Piotrków TrybunalskiBattle of HelBattle of ŁomiankiBattle of Łomża (1939)Battle of the BzuraSiege of WarsawBattle of LwówBattle of Tomaszów LubelskiBattle of KrasnobródBattle of KockSoviet invasion of Poland: September–October 1939 • Battle of WilnoBattle of GrodnoSkidel revoltBattle of KodziowceBattles of Parczew, Jabłoń and MilanówBattle of HusynneBattle of WladypolBattle of SzackBattle of WytycznoOrzeł incidentWinter war: November 1939 – March 1940 • Battle of SuomussalmiBattle of SummaBattle of Ilomantsi (1939)Battle of Raate RoadBattle of KollaaBattle of TolvajärviBattle of TaipaleBattle of HonkaniemiBattle of Varolampi PondBattle of PetsamoBattle of KeljaBattle of KuhmoBattle of Vyborg Bay (1940)SallaSoviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern BukovinaMasļenki border incidentSkirmish at DiosigAxis invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) June–December 1941 • Defense of Brest Fortress June 1941 • Siege of MogilevBattle of Lwów (1941)Danube Delta CampaignBattle of Białystok-Minsk June 1941 • Operation RentierRaid on ConstanțaBaltic OperationAction of 26 June 1941Battle of RaseiniaiSoviet Navy surface raids in the western Black SeaBombing of KassaBattle of Brody June 1941 • Continuation WarBattle of Karelian IsthmusBattle of Ladoga KareliaBattle of East KareliaBattle of Vyborg (1941)Battle of PorlampiBattle of LypovecFinnish invasion of East Karelia (1941)Operation Silver FoxOperation Platinum FoxOperation Arctic Fox July–November 1941 • Battle of BengtskärOperation EF (1941) July 1941 • Battle of Smolensk (1941) • Bombing of Gorky in World War IIBattle of UmanBattles of Spadshchansky forestOperation Northwind (1941)Attack on Riga (1941)Siege of Odessa (1941) • Action of 9 July 1941Battle of Kiev (1941) • Operation MünchenBombing of Tallinn in World War IIBombing of Narva in World War IIOperation BeowulfGulf of Riga campaignJune Uprising in LithuaniaEvacuation of Tallinn (1941) • Yelnya OffensiveBattle of PetrikowkaBattle of the Sea of AzovSiege of Leningrad (1941–1944) • Nevsky PyatachokSinyavino Offensive (1942) • Battle of Bryansk (1941) October 1941 • Battle of Hanko (1941)Crimean Campaign (1941) • Battle of JibrieniFirst Battle of KharkovBattle at Borodino Field October 1941 – January 1942 • Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) • Battle of the Kerch PeninsulaBattle of RostovRostov Defensive OperationDonbas–Rostov strategic defensive operationDonbas operation (1941)Battle of MoscowBattle of Vyazma–BryanskOperation Uzice: September–November 1941Action of 6 December 1941Soviet Winter counter-offensive: December 1941 – May 1942 • Kursk–Oboyan OperationBattles of RzhevOperation BüffelToropets-Kholm OperationYevpatoria assaultDemyansk PocketBattle of Cape BurnasAttack on VolodymyretsSecond Battle of KharkovOperation KremlinBattle of LyubanSinyavino offensive (1942)Shepetivka operationBattle of VeseloeBarvenkovo–Lozovaya offensiveCapture of PutyvlOperation AnthropoidAxis Summer offensive: June–November 1942 • Operation Braunschweig: July–November 1942 • Battle of Voronezh (1942)Operation Nordlicht (1942) • Vyazma airborne operationBattle of Rzhev, summer 1942Case BlueBattle of Cape BurnasBattle of the CaucasusMalaya ZemlyaBattle of KalachKozelsk offensiveBattle of Rostov (1942)Battle of Stalingrad July 1942 – February 1943 • Battle of SomeriOperation "Seydlitz"Battle of SuursaariBattle of DubovychiBattle of Sukho IslandOperation Uranus: November 1942 • Operation Mars: November–December 1942 • Operation Little Saturn: December 1942 – February 1943 • Tatsinskaya RaidOperation Winter Storm: December 1942 • Battle for Velikiye Luki (1943)Operation IskraOperation Polyarnaya ZvezdaBattle of Krasny BorOstrogozhsk-Rossosh OperationBattle of NikolayevkaOperation StarAttack on VolodymyretsMalaya ZemlyaVoronezh–Kharkov offensiveOperation KoltsoDemyansk Offensive (1943)Operation GallopBattle of SokolovoBattle of Voronezh (1943)Operation BüffelCzęstochowa Ghetto uprisingBiałystok Ghetto uprisingThird Battle of KharkovWarsaw Ghetto UprisingBattle of Muranów SquareOperation Citadel: July–August 1943 • Battle of KurskBattle of ProkhorovkaOperation KutuzovIzyum–Barvenkovo offensiveOperation ArsenalTreblinka uprisingSobibor uprisingFirst UPA attack on MizoczBattle of MoczulankaDefense of Huta Stepańska and WyrkaDonbas strategic offensive (July 1943)Donbas strategic offensive (August 1943)Operation Tidal WaveBattle of Smolensk (1943)Battle of Moczulanka Battle of VilyaMga offensiveBattle of LeninoFourth Battle of KharkovBattle of BelgorodOrsha offensives (1943)Białystok Ghetto Uprising: August 1943 • Battle of GruszówkaBattle of MienianyDefense of PrzebrażeBattle of the Dnieper: August–December 1943 • Battle of Kiev (1943)Melitopol offensiveOperation Concert: September 1943 • Battle of Zahoriv monasteryGorodok offensiveDnieper–Carpathian Offensive: December 1943 – April 1944 • Zhitomir–Berdichev OffensiveKorsun PocketUman–Botoșani OffensiveKirovograd offensiveNikopol–Krivoi Rog offensiveBereznegovatoye–Snigirevka offensivePolesskoe offensiveOdessa OffensiveKamenets-Podolsky pocketBattle of GurbyLeningrad–Novgorod OffensiveStaraya Russa – Novorzhev OffensiveKrasnoye Selo–Ropsha OffensiveKingisepp–Gdov OffensiveNovgorod–Luga offensiveRovno-Lutsk OffensiveRogachev–Zhlobin offensiveBattle of Narva (1944): February–August 1944 • Battle for Narva BridgeheadBattle of AuvereNarva Offensive (15–28 February 1944)Narva Offensive (1–4 March 1944)Narva offensive (18–24 March 1944)Narva Offensive (July 1944)Battle of Tannenberg LineOperation MargaretheCrimean Offensive (1944)Kerch–Eltigen operationOperation 60,000Shyaulyay OffensiveBattle of GraużyszkiOperation BielanyBattle of Leszczawa GórnaBattle of Lopata HillBattle of GnojnoBattle of BoernerowoInsurgent attacks on the Bielany airfieldRaid on TruskawBattle of Murowana OszmiankaOperation "Ukrainian Committee"Attack of Maziarnia WawrzkowaBattle of ZabłocieBattle of MałkówBattle of Ulhówek and RzeczycaHrubieszów RevolutionVyborg–Petrozavodsk OffensiveOperation Bagration: June–August 1944 • Vitebsk–Orsha OffensiveMogilev OffensiveBobruysk Offensive: June 1944 • Minsk OffensiveBattle of StudziankiPolotsk OffensiveŠiauliai OffensiveVilnius OffensiveBelostock Offensive: July 1944 • Lublin–Brest OffensiveKaunas OffensiveOsovets OffensiveBattle of the Bay of Viipuri: June–July 1944 • Lvov–Sandomierz OffensiveKraków Uprising (1944)Battle of Radzymin (1944)Sandomierz bridgeheadOperation TempestLwów uprisingOperation Ostra BramaWarsaw UprisingWarsaw airliftInsurgent attacks on Warszawa Gdańska railway stationDefense of the Wola cemeteriesOperation KutscheraBattle of CeberBattle of Porytowe WzgórzeBattle of OsuchyRaid on TruskawBattle of Jaktorów"W" HourBattle of PęciceDefense of PociechaBattle of StudziankiBattle of OździutyczeBattle of StężarzyceBattles of NabróżBattles of NarolOperation DoppelkopfOperation CäsarTartu offensiveBattle of Romania: April–October 1944 • First Jassy–Kishinev OffensiveBattle of Târgu FrumosFirst Battle of Târgu FrumosBattle of Podu IloaieiSecond Battle of Târgu FrumosSecond Jassy–Kishinev OffensiveOperation Margarethe IIOperation ReunionBattle of TurdaBattle of PăulișBattle of Carei1944 Romanian coup d'étatVyborg-Petrozavodsk OffensiveBattle of Nerva IslandBattle of TienhaaraKaprolatVKT-lineBattle of Tali–IhantalaBattle of Vyborg Bay (1944)Battle of VuosalmiBattle of NietjärviBattle of Ilomantsi (1944)Operation Hokki1944 Bulgarian coup d'étatSlovak National UprisingOperation ScherhornBattle of the Dukla PassBaltic OffensiveRiga Offensive (1944)Tallinn OffensiveBattle of PorkuniMoonsund Landing OperationBattle of TehumardiBattle of MemelLiberation of FinnmarkBattle of SerbiaBelgrade OffensiveNiš operationLapland warBattle of OlhavaOperation Tanne OstBattle of RovaniemiBattle of TornioOperation BirkeOperation Nordlicht (1944–1945)Petsamo–Kirkenes offensiveBattle of DebrecenOperation PanzerfaustCourland PocketGulf of Finland U-boat campaignGumbinnen OperationBudapest Offensive: October 1944 – February 1945 • Siege of Budapest: December 1944 – February 1945 • Operation KonradOperation Konrad IIIAnti-Soviet resistance by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army: April 1944 – October 1945 • Operation HannibalVistula–Oder Offensive: January–February 1945 • Battle of Poznań (1945)East Prussian OffensiveHeiligenbeil PocketBattle of KönigsbergDefense of Schwedt BridgeheadSilesian OffensivesLower Silesian OffensiveSiege of Breslau: February–May 1945 • Upper Silesian OffensiveOperation SolsticeEast Pomeranian OffensiveBattle of KolbergOperation SolsticeSiege of Danzig (1945)Operation Spring AwakeningBattle of the Transdanubian HillsOperation SouthwindNagykanizsa–Körmend OffensiveVienna OffensiveBratislava–Brno offensiveSamland OffensiveBattle of Berlin: April–May 1945 • Battle of the Oder-NeisseBattle of the Seelow HeightsBattle of HalbeBattle of Bautzen (1945): April 1945 • Prague uprisingBattle for Czech RadioPrague OffensiveBattle of KuryłówkaBattle of Odzak: 19 April – 25 May 1945 === Yugoslav Partisans === • World War II in YugoslaviaYugoslav coup d'état: March 1941 • Invasion of Yugoslavia: April 1941 • Operation Retribution (1941)Mačva operationCapture of Banja KoviljačaSiege of KraljevoUprising in Montenegro (1941)May 1941 Sanski Most revoltCapture of Olovo (1941)June 1941 uprising in eastern HerzegovinaOperation Uzice September - November 1941 • Srb uprisingBattle of Loznica (1941)Drvar uprisingBattle of TrešnjicaUprising in Serbia (1941)Attack on KruševacBattle of Novi PazarBattle of PljevljaSiege of Rogatica (1941)Operation Mihailovic December 1941 • Operation Southeast CroatiaBattle of Dražgoše: January 1942 • Operation PrijedorOperation Hydra (Yugoslavia)Battle of NanosBattle of LivnoOperation Trio April - May 1942 • Operation AlfaBattle of Dolnij PolojBattle of Kupres (1942)Operation Kopaonik October 1942 • Bihać operationKozara OffensiveBattle of Gračac: January 1943 • Operation Otto (1943)Battle of GrčariceCase WhiteCase Black: May - June 1943 • Battle of ZvornikSiege of TurjakOperation CloudburstBattle of VišegradOperation DelphinOperation KugelblitzBattle of KočevjeBombardment of Zagreb February 1944–March 1945 • Raid on Mljet: April 1944 • Raid on ŠoltaBombing of Belgrade (1944)Operation Rösselsprung (1944)Operation HalyardOperation DraufgängerRaid at OžbaltOperation Ratweek (1944)Battle of Serbia September - October 1944 • Belgrade offensiveNiš operationFirst Battle of PreševoSecond Battle of PreševoOperation FloxoStracin–Kumanovo operationBattle of Vukov KlanacKosovo Operation (1944)Liberation of TiranaSyrmian Front: October 1944 - April 1945 • Bregalnitsa–Strumica operationBattle of KninBattle of BatinaBattle of Desivojca December 1944 • Battle of Trnovo: January 1945 • Operation Spring AwakeningLika-Primorje operationMostar operationSarajevo OperationNagykanizsa–Körmend offensiveBattle of OdžakBattle of Poljana: May 1945 === Albania === • Italian invasion of AlbaniaBattle of Durrës (1939)Battle of GjormBattle of DrashovicaBattle of PërmetBattle of Pezë (1943)Battle of ReçBattle of DrashovicaBattle of Tirana and Kruja (1943)Liberation of TepelenaLiberation of Tirana === Greece === • German invasion of Greece: April - June 1941 • Battle of the Metaxas LineBattle of Vevi (1941)Battle of PtolemaidaBattle of the Corinth CanalBattle of Lake KastoriaBattle of Tempe GorgeBattle of Athens (1941)Battle of Thermopylae (1941)Battle of Kleisoura Pass: April 1941 • Battle of Crete: May - June 1941 • Battle of MalemeBattle of RethymnoBattle of 42nd StreetBattle of HeraklionGreek ResistanceDrama uprising: September 1941 • Operation Harling: November 1942 • Battle of LeivadiBattle of MeritsaBattle of Fardykambos: March 1943 • Battle of TrahiliOperation AnimalsBattle of PortaBattle of Sarantaporos (1943)Battle of Kokkinia: March 1944 • Raid on SantoriniBattle of AmfilochiaBattle of Chora - AgorelitsaBattle of MeninaRaid on SymiDamasta sabotageBattle of KaroutesBattle of Kalamata (1944) September 1944 • Battle of MeligalasBattle of Kilkis (1944)Operation Manna: October 1944 • Dekemvriana: December 1944 ==Indian Ocean==
Pacific Front
Japanese attacks on the U.S. or U.S. unincorporated territoriesAttack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 • Niihau IncidentBattle 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 • Bombardment of Ellwood February 1942 • Battle of Los Angeles February 1942 • Japanese occupation of Aleutian IslandsBattle of Dutch Harbor: June 1942 • Japanese occupation of Kiska: June 1942 • Japanese occupation of Attu: June 1942 • Bombardment of Fort Stevens June 1942 • Lookout Air Raids September 1942 • Japanese occupation of Hong Kong December 1941 • Battle of Hong KongJapanese occupation of Dutch East Indies: December 1941 – March 1942 • Battle of Borneo (1941–42)Battle of Tarakan (1942)Battle of Balikpapan (1942)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 KalijatiBattle of KendariBattle of LeuwiliangBattle of SamarindaBattle of BanjarmasinBattle of Tjiater PassBattle 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 • 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 : March 1942 • Japanese Invasion of Salamaua–Lae, March 1942 • Raid on Heath's Farm July 1942 • Doolittle Raid : April 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 KokodaBattle 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 1943March 1944 • Landing at Saidor, January–February 1944 • Landing on Emirau, March 1944 • Bombing of WewakOperation 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 • Operation Ten-GoOperation KikusuiAttack on Kure (March 1945)Attacks on Kure and the Seto Inland Sea July 1945 • Attack on YokosukaBorneo 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 • Battle of Mutanchiang August 1945 • Siege of Hutou FortressSeishin OperationSoviet invasion of South SakhalinSoviet assault on MaokaInvasion of the Kuril IslandsBattle of ShumshuLiberation of Hong Kong ==China Front==
China Front
Southeast Asia Front
== Military engagements during occupations ==
Military engagements during occupations
Naval engagements
GeneralArctic ConvoysBattle of the Atlantic – the name given to the conflict in the Atlantic Ocean between 1939 and 1945. • see also Timeline of the Battle of the AtlanticBattle of the MediterraneanBattle of the Indian Ocean Specific 1940First Battle of NarvikSecond Battle of Narvik 1941Battle of Cape MatapanBattle of Pearl Harbor 1942Battle of the Coral SeaBattle of MidwayBattle of Guadalcanal 1943Battle of the Komandorski Islands 1944Battle of Leyte Gulf 1945Operation Ten-Go == Major bombing campaigns ==
Major bombing campaigns
GeneralStrategic bombing during World War IIStrategic bombing survey for the overall impact of the bombing. SpecificBaedeker raidsChungkingCoventryOperation Retribution (1941) – bombing of Belgrade during 1941. • Broome – Japanese raid on the town of Broome, targeting the airfield. • DresdenDarwin – Japanese target the harbour. • HamburgHelsinki – 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. • KasselLondon – "The Blitz" and the V-1 and V-2 campaigns • LübeckNagasaki – One nuclear weapon, Fat Man dropped from a B-29, devastating a city. • Narva – March 1944. Evacuated town was destroyed by Soviet ADD. • Pearl HarborRostock – Heinkel Airplane Construction Plant, Seaport, and City • RotterdamStalingrad – 23 August 1942 • Tallinn – February–March 1944. Bombed by Soviet ADD. Large-scale damage. • Tokyo – Several devastating raids. • Warsaw == Operations ==
Operations
Raids 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 • 19 August 1942 • Over 6,000 infantrymen, mostly Canadian attempted to seize and hold the port of Dieppe. • Makin Island raid, 17–18 August 1942 • Operation Jaywick, September 1943 • Operation Jedburgh, 1944 • Operation Roast, April 1945 • Axis • Operation Greif, December 1944 Raiding units • Allied • Multinational • ChinditsDevil's BrigadeZ Special UnitPopski's Private ArmyGideon ForceAustraliaAustralian Army Independent CompaniesFranceFar East French Expeditionary ForcesIntervention Light CorpsGreeceSacred BandUnited KingdomLong Range Desert GroupSpecial Air ServiceRoyal MarinesSpecial Operations ExecutiveBritish Army CommandosLayforceBritish ParatroopersUnited StatesMarine RaidersUS Army RangersAlamo ScoutsMerrill's Marauders • Axis • Nazi GermanyBrandenburger RegimentWaffen-SS (commando force led by Otto Skorzeny). • Fascist ItalyDecima Flottiglia MASEmpire of JapanSpecial Naval Landing Forces == Defensive lines ==
Defensive lines
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