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A formation of Spitfires shortly before World War II. 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 bit of territory and over a long period.
Battle of the Atlantic. September 13, 1941. May 8, 1945. Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Irish Sea, Labrador Sea, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Outer Banks, Arctic Ocean. Around 18,000 sailors and merchant seamen killed [1][2] Allied victory. Germany, Japan (Possibly), Currently unknown. Longest military campaign of World War II.
January 28 incident (January 28 – March 3, 1932) Defense of the Great Wall (January 1 – May 31, 1933) Action in Inner Mongolia (May 26 – October, 1933) Suiyuan campaign (October – November 1936) Soviet-Japanese Border War (May 11 – September 16, 1939) Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – December 7, 1941)
In all, 44 World War II campaigns were designated by the U.S. Army: 24 for the Asiatic – Pacific Theater, 19 in the European – African–Middle Eastern Theater, and one in the American Theater. In addition, there were three main blanket campaigns: antisubmarine warfare, ground combat and air combat. These were designated for each theater ...
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during the Second World War which took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. [16] It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region between Belgium and Luxembourg.
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all the world's countries—including all the great powers—participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between military and ...
Oboro. Ro-61. Ro-65. 2 civilians killed, 46 captured (16 died in captivity) The Aleutian Islands campaign (Japanese: アリューシャン方面の戦い, romanized: Aryūshan hōmen no tatakai) was a military campaign fought between 3 June 1942 and 15 August 1943 on and around the Aleutian Islands in the American Theater of World War II during ...
Carlson's patrol. Operation Cartwheel. Battle for Cebu City. Battle of Chambois. Battle of Cherbourg. Battle of Cisterna. Operation Cobra order of battle. Battle of the Coconut Grove. Battle of Collecchio.