List of World War II battles

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USS Lexington explodes during the Battle of the Coral Sea.

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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. 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.

Battle	Campaign	Theatre	Start	End	Allies	Axis	Victory
Westerplatte	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-01	1939-09-07			Axis
Chojnice	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-01				Axis
Danzig	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-01				Axis
Danzig Bay	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-01				Axis
Krojanty	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-01				Axis
Lasy Królewskie	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-01				Allies
Mokra	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-01				Allies
Mikołów	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-01	1939-09-02			Axis
Pszczyna	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-01	1939-09-02			Axis
Częstochowa	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-01	1939-09-03			Axis
Mława	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-01	1939-09-03			Axis
Jordanów	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-01	1939-09-03			Axis
Węgierska Górka	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-01	1939-09-03			Axis
Grudziądz	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-01	1939-09-04			Axis
Tuchola Forest	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-01	1939-09-05			Axis
Slovak invasion of Poland	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-01	1939-09-16			Axis
Hel	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-01	1939-10-02			Axis
Fraustadt	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-02				Allies
Borowa Góra	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-02	1939-09-06			Axis
Bukowiec	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-03				Axis
Katowice	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-03	1939-09-04			Axis
Piotrków Trybunalski	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-04	1939-09-06			Axis
Różan	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-04	1939-09-06			Axis
Tomaszów Mazowiecki	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-06				Axis
Pułtusk	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-06	1939-09-07			Axis
Łódź	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-06	1939-09-08			Axis
Barak	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-07	1939-09-08			Allies
Łomża	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-07	1939-09-10			Axis
Wizna	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-07	1939-09-10			Axis
Saar Offensive	Phoney War	Western Front	1939-09-07	1939-10-16			Axis
Wola Cyrusowa	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-08				Allies
Radom	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-08	1939-09-09			Axis
Gdynia	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-08	1939-09-14			Axis
Warsaw	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-08	1939-09-28			Axis
Bzura	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-09	1939-09-19			Axis
Kampinos Forest	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-09	1939-09-20			Axis
Jarosław	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-10	1939-09-11			Axis
Kępa Oksywska	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-10	1939-09-19			Axis
Kałuszyn	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-11	1939-09-12			Allies
Przemyśl	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-11	1939-09-14			Axis
Lwów	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-12	1939-09-22			Axis
Modlin	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-13	1939-09-29			Axis
Jaworów	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-14	1939-09-16			Allies
Brześć Litewski	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-14	1939-09-17			Axis
Kobryń	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-14	1939-09-18			Inconclusive
Tomaszów Lubelski	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-17	1939-09-26			Axis
Wilno	Soviet invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-18	1939-09-19			Soviet
Wólka Węglowa	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-19				Allies
Krasnystaw	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-19	1939-09-20			Axis
Grodno	Soviet invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-20	1939-09-22			Soviet
Cześniki	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-21	1939-09-22			Allies
Łomianki	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-22				Axis
Krasnobród	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-23				Allies
Husynne	Soviet invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-24				Soviet
Władypol	Soviet invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-27				Soviet
Szack	Soviet invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-09-28				Allies
Wytyczno	Soviet invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-10-01				Soviet
Kock	Invasion of Poland	Eastern Front	1939-10-02	1939-10-05			Axis
Suomussalmi	Winter War	Eastern Front	1939-11-30	1940-01-08			Finnish
Petsamo	Winter War	Eastern Front	1939-11-30	1940-03-13			Soviet
Salla	Winter War	Eastern Front	1939-11-30	1940-03-13			Finnish
Ilomantsi (1939)	Winter War	Eastern Front	1939-12-10	1939-12-16			Stalemate
River Plate	Battle of the Atlantic		1939-12-13				Allies
Taipale	Winter War	Eastern Front	1939-12-06	1939-12-27			Finnish
Kollaa	Winter War	Eastern Front	1939-12-07	1940-03-13			Finnish
Varolampi Pond	Winter War	Eastern Front	1939-12-10	1939-12-11			Finnish
Tolvajärvi	Winter War	Eastern Front	1939-12-12				Finnish
Summa (first)	Winter War	Eastern Front	1939-12-16	1939-12-22			Finnish
Kelja	Winter War	Eastern Front	1939-12-25	1939-12-27			Finnish
Raate Road	Winter War	Eastern Front	1940-01-01	1940-01-07			Finnish
Kuhmo	Winter War	Eastern Front	1940-01-28	1940-03-13			Stalemate
Summa (second)	Winter War	Eastern Front	1940-02-01	1940-02-15			Soviet
Altmark	Phoney War	Western Front	1940-02-16				Allies
Honkaniemi	Winter War	Eastern Front	1940-02-25	1940-02-27			Soviet
Vyborg Bay (1940)	Winter War	Eastern Front	1940-03-02	1940-03-13			Ceasefire
Oslofjord	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04-08				Axis
German invasion of Denmark	Operation Weserübung	Western Front	1940-04-09				Axis
Drøbak Sound	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04-09				Allies
Fornebu	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04-09				Axis
Horten Harbour	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04-09				Axis
Kristiansand	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04-09				Axis
Lofoten	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04-09				Allies
Narvik	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04-09	1940-06-08	Norway Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagdeco Poland		Allies
Narvik (naval Norwegian)	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04-09				Axis
Midtskogen	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04-10				Allies
Narvik (first naval)	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04-10				Allies
Narvik (second naval)	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04-13				Allies
Dombås	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04-14	1940-04-19			Allies
Hegra Fortress	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04-15	1940-05-05			Axis
Namsos	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04	1940-05	Template:Flagcountry Norway		Axis
Åndalsnes	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04-19	1940-05	Norway		Axis
Gratangen	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04-23	1940-04-25			Axis
Høljarast Bridge	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04-24				Axis
Kvam	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-04-25	1940-04-26	Norway		Axis
Vinjesvingen	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-05-03	1940-05-05			Axis
Nordland	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-05-08	1940-06-01	Norway		Axis
The Hague	German invasion of the Netherlands	Western Front	1940-05-10				Allies
Invasion of Iceland	Allied occupation of Iceland	Western Front	1940-05-10				Allies
German invasion of Luxembourg		Western Front	1940-05-10				Axis
Maastricht	German invasion of the Netherlands	Western Front	1940-05-10				Axis
Fort Ében-Émael	German invasion of Belgium	Western Front	1940-05-10	1940-05-11			Axis
Mill	German invasion of the Netherlands	Western Front	1940-05-10	1940-05-11			Axis
Rotterdam	German invasion of the Netherlands	Western Front	1940-05-10	1940-05-14			Axis
Zeeland	German invasion of the Netherlands	Western Front	1940-05-10	1940-05-18	Netherlands Template:Flagcountry		Axis
Grebbeberg	German invasion of the Netherlands	Western Front	1940-05-11	1940-05-13			Axis
Afsluitdijk	German invasion of the Netherlands	Western Front	1940-05-12	1940-05-14			Axis
Hannut	German invasion of Belgium	Western Front	1940-05-12	1940-05-14			Axis
Sedan	Battle of France	Western Front	1940-05-12	1940-05-17	Template:Flagcountry		Axis
Gembloux	German invasion of Belgium	Western Front	1940-05-14	1940-05-15	Template:Flagcountry		Allies
Montcornet	Battle of France	Western Front	1940-05-17				Allies
Arras	Battle of France	Western Front	1940-05-21		Template:Flagcountry		Axis
Boulogne	Battle of France	Western Front	1940-05-22	1940-05-25	Template:Flagcountry Belgium		Axis
Calais	Battle of France	Western Front	1940-05-22	1940-05-26	Template:Flagcountry Belgium		Axis
Lys	German invasion of Belgium	Western Front	1940-05-24	1940-05-28	Belgium Template:Flagcountry		Axis
Ypres–Comines Canal	German invasion of Belgium	Western Front	1940-05-26	1940-05-28			Allies
Dunkirk	Battle of France	Western Front	1940-05-26	1940-06-04	Template:Flagcountry		Axis
Abbeville	Battle of France	Western Front	1940-05-27	1940-06-04	Template:Flagcountry		Axis
Lille	Battle of France	Western Front	1940-05-28	1940-05-31	Template:Flagcountry		Axis
Fall Rot	Battle of France	Western Front	1940-06-05	1940-06-25	Template:Flagcountry		Axis
Operation Juno	Norwegian campaign	Western Front	1940-06-08				Axis
Italian invasion of France	Battle of France	Western Front	1940-06-10	1940-06-25	Template:Flagcountry		Axis
Siege of Malta		Mediterranean Front	1940-06-11	1942-11-20	Template:Flagdeco Greece Template:Flagdeco Poland Template:Flagdeco Norway		Allies
Lagarde	Battle of France	Western Front	1940-06-17	1940-06-18			Axis
Saumur	Battle of France	Western Front	1940-06-18	1940-06-20	Template:Flagcountry		Axis
Espero Convoy	Battle of the Mediterranean	Mediterranean Front	1940-06-28				Inconclusive
Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina			1940-06-28	1940-07-03	Template:Flagdeco Romania		Soviets
Mers-el-Kébir	Battle of the Mediterranean	Mediterranean Front	1940-07-03			Template:Flagcountry	Allies
Kassala	East African campaign	African Front	1940-07-04				Axis
Kanalkampf	Battle of Britain	Western Front	1940-07-04	1940-08-11	Template:Flagicon Poland		Inconclusive
Calabria	Battle of the Mediterranean	Mediterranean Front	1940-07-09				Inconclusive
Cape Spada	Battle of the Mediterranean	Mediterranean Front	1940-07-19				Allies
Tug Argan	East African campaign	African Front	1940-08-11	1940-08-15			Axis
Adlertag	Battle of Britain	Western Front	1940-08-13				Allies
The Hardest Day	Battle of Britain	Western Front	1940-08-18				Inconclusive
Battle of Britain Day	Battle of Britain	Western Front	1940-09-15				Allies
Graveney Marsh	Battle of Britain	Western Front	1940-09-27				Allies
Italian invasion of British Somaliland	East African campaign	African Front	1940-08-03	1940-08-19			Axis
The Blitz	Battle of Britain	Western Front	1940-09-07	1941-05-11			Inconclusive
Italian invasion of Egypt	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1940-09-09	1940-09-16			Axis
Lạng Sơn	Japanese invasion of French Indochina	South-East Asian Front	1940-09-22	1940-09-26	Template:Country data Vichy France		Japanese
Dakar	West African campaign	African Front	1940-09-23	1940-09-25			Vichy
Franco-Thai War		South-East Asian Front	1940-10	1941-01-28	Template:Country data Vichy France		Thai
Cape Passero	Battle of the Mediterranean	Mediterranean Front	1940-10-12				Allies
Convoy BN 7	East African campaign	African Front	1940-10-20	1940-10-21			Allies
Gabon	West African campaign	African Front	1940-10-27	1940-11-12			Allies
Pindus	Greco–Italian War	Mediterranean Front	1940-10-28	1940-11-13			Allies
Elaia–Kalamas	Greco–Italian War	Mediterranean Front	1940-11-02	1940-11-08			Allies
Taranto	Battle of the Mediterranean	Mediterranean Front	1940-11-11	1940-11-12			Allies
Morava–Ivan	Greco–Italian War	Mediterranean Front	1940-11-14	1940-11-23		Template:Flagdeco Albania	Allies
Korytsa	Greco–Italian War	Mediterranean Front	1940-11-16	1940-11-22			Allies
Cape Spartivento	Battle of the Mediterranean	Mediterranean Front	1940-11-27				Inconclusive
Saranda	Greco–Italian War	Mediterranean Front	1940-12	1940-12			Allies
Nibeiwa	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1940-12-09		United Kingdom		Allies
Sidi Barrani	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1940-12-10	1940-12-11	United Kingdom Australia		Allies
Himara	Greco–Italian War	Mediterranean Front	1940-12-13	1940-12-22			Allies
Giarabub	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1940-12-25	1941-03-21	United Kingdom Australia		Allies
Bardia	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1941-01-03	1941-01-05	Australia United Kingdom		Allies
Klisura Pass	Greco–Italian War	Mediterranean Front	1941-01-06	1941-01-11			Allies
Operation Excess	Battle of the Mediterranean	Mediterranean Front	1941-01-10	1941-01-11	United Kingdom Australia		Allies
Operation Berlin (Atlantic)	Battle of the Atlantic		1941-01-22	1941-03-22	United Kingdom		Axis
Mechili	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1941-01-24				Allies
Agordat	East African campaign	African Front	1941-01-26	1941-01-31			Allies
Trebeshina	Greco–Italian War	Mediterranean Front	1941-01-29	1941-02-17			Allies
Kufra	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1941-01-31	1941-03-01			Allies
Keren	East African campaign	African Front	1941-02-03	1941-03-27			Allies
Beda Fomm	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1941-02-06	1941-02-07			Allies
Operation Sonnenblume	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1941-02-06	1941-05-25			Axis
Action of 27 February 1941		Indian Ocean	1941-02-27				Allies
Hill 731	Greco–Italian War	Mediterranean Front	1941-03-09	1941-03-24			Allies
Shanggao	Second Sino-Japanese War		1941-03-14	1941-04-09			Chinese
Saïo	East African campaign	African Front	1941-03-25	1941-07-06	Template:Flagicon Belgium United Kingdom Template:Country data Ethiopian Empire Template:Flagcountry		Allies
Souda Bay	Battle of the Mediterranean	Mediterranean Front	1941-03-26		Norway		Axis
Cape Matapan	Battle of the Mediterranean	Mediterranean Front	1941-03-27	1941-03-29			Allies
4 April 1941	Battle of the Atlantic		1941-04-04				Axis
Operation Retribution (1941)	Balkans campaign	Mediterranean Front	1941-04-06	1941-04-08			Axis
Metaxas Line	Balkans campaign	Mediterranean Front	1941-04-06	1941-04-09			Axis
Invasion of Yugoslavia	Balkans campaign	Mediterranean Front	1941-04-06	1941-04-18			Axis
Tobruk	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1941-04-10	1941-11-27	Template:Flagicon Poland Template:Flagicon Czechoslovakia		Allies
Vevi	Balkans campaign	Mediterranean Front	1941-04-11	1941-04-12			Axis
Ptolemaida	Balkans campaign	Mediterranean Front	1941-04-13				Axis
Kleisoura Pass	Balkans campaign	Mediterranean Front	1941-04-13	1941-04-14			Axis
Lake Kastoria	Balkans campaign	Mediterranean Front	1941-04-15				Axis
Tarigo Convoy	Battle of the Mediterranean	Mediterranean Front	1941-04-16				Allies
Tempe Gorge	Balkans campaign	Mediterranean Front	1941-04-18				Allies
Bardia	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1941-04-19	1941-04-20			Allies
Athens	Balkans campaign	Mediterranean Front	1941-04-20				Axis
Thermopylae	Balkans campaign	Mediterranean Front	1941-04-24	1941-04-25			Axis
Anglo-Iraqi War		Middle Eastern Front	1941-05-02	1941-05-31			Allies
Amba Alagi	East African campaign	African Front	1941-05-04	1941-05-19	United Kingdom Template:Flagcountry Template:Country data Ethiopian Empire		Allies
Convoy OB 318	Battle of the Atlantic		1941-05-07	1941-05-10			Allies
Action of 8 May 1941		Indian Ocean	1941-05-08				Allies
Operation Brevity	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1941-05-15	1941-05-16			Inconclusive
Last battle of Bismarck	Battle of the Atlantic		1941-05-18	1941-05-27	United Kingdom Template:Flagicon Poland		Allies
Rethymno	Balkans campaign	Mediterranean Front	1941-05-20	1941-05-29			Axis
Crete	Balkans campaign	Mediterranean Front	1941-05-20	1941-06-01			Axis
Denmark Strait	Battle of the Atlantic		1941-05-24		United Kingdom		Axis
Operation Skorpion	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1941-05-26	1941-05-27			Axis
42nd Street	Balkans campaign	Mediterranean Front	1941-05-27				Allies
Litani River	Syria–Lebanon campaign	Middle Eastern Front	1941-06-09		United Kingdom Australia		Allies
Jezzine	Syria–Lebanon campaign	Middle Eastern Front	1941-06-13	1941-06-14	Australia		Allies
Sidon	Syria–Lebanon campaign	Middle Eastern Front	1941-06-13	1941-06-15			Allies
Operation Battleaxe	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1941-06-15	1941-06-17	Template:Flagicon Poland Template:Flagicon Czechoslovakia		Axis
Kissoué	Syria–Lebanon campaign	Middle Eastern Front	1941-06-15	1941-06-17			Allies
Damascus	Syria–Lebanon campaign	Middle Eastern Front	1941-06-18	1941-06-21	United Kingdom Australia		Allies
Merdjayoun	Syria–Lebanon campaign	Middle Eastern Front	1941-06-19	1941-06-24	United Kingdom Australia		Allies
Palmyra	Syria–Lebanon campaign	Middle Eastern Front	1941-06-21	1941-07-02			Allies
Operation Rentier	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1941-06-22				Axis
Brest Fortress	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-06-22	1941-06-29			Axis
Białystok–Minsk	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-06-22	1941-07-09			Axis
Gulf of Riga	Baltic Sea campaigns	Eastern Front	1941-06-22	1941-08			Axis
Soviet submarine campaign (1941)	Baltic Sea campaigns	Eastern Front	1941-06-22	1941-11			Inconclusive
Hanko	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1941-06-22	1941-12-02			Axis
German-Soviet air war 22 June 1941	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-06-22				Axis
Raseiniai	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-06-23	1941-06-27			Axis
Brody	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-06-23	1941-06-30			Axis
Operation Platinum Fox	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1941-06-29	1941-09-21			Allies
Finnish invasion of Ladoga Karelia	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1941-07	1941-08			Axis
Operation Arctic Fox	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1941-07-01	1941-11-17			Stalemate
Operation München	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-07-02	1941-07-26		Template:Flagdeco Romania	Axis
Deir ez-Zor	Syria–Lebanon campaign	Middle Eastern Front	1941-07-03				Allies
Damour	Syria–Lebanon campaign	Middle Eastern Front	1941-07-05	1941-07-09	Australia		Allies
Smolensk (1941)	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-07-10	1941-09-10			Axis
Kiev (1941)	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-07-07	1941-09-26			Axis
Finnish invasion of East Karelia	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1941-07-10	1941-12-06			Axis
Beirut	Syria–Lebanon campaign	Middle Eastern Front	1941-07-12		United Kingdom Australia		Allies
Operation Substance	Battle of the Mediterranean	Mediterranean Front	1941-07-13	1941-07-28	United Kingdom Australia		Allies
Uman	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-07-15	1941-08-08		Template:Flagdeco Romania Template:Flagdeco Slovakia	Axis
Twin Pimples	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1941-07-17	1941-07-18	United Kingdom Australia		Allies
Bengtskär	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1941-07-26				Axis
Operation EF	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1941-07-30				Axis
Finnish invasion of the Karelian Isthmus	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1941-07-31	1941-09-05			Axis
Culqualber	East African campaign	African Front	1941-08-06	1941-11-21	United Kingdom Template:Flagcountry Template:Country data Ethiopian Empire		Allies
Odessa (1941)	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-08-08	1941-10-16		Template:Flagdeco Romania	Axis
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran		Middle Eastern Front	1941-08-25	1941-08-31	Australia		Allies
Soviet evacuation of Tallinn	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1941-08-27	1941-08-31			Axis
Porlampi	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1941-08-30	1941-09-01			Axis
Loznica	Uprising in Serbia	Mediterranean Front	1941-08-31		Chetniks		Yugoslavs
Changsha (1941)	Second Sino-Japanese War		1941-09-06	1941-10-08			Chinese
Leningrad	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-09-08	1944-01-27			Allies
Operation Beowulf	Baltic Sea campaigns	Eastern Front	1941-09-09	1941-10-21			Axis
Šabac	Uprising in Serbia	Mediterranean Front	1941-09-21	1941-09-26	Chetniks Template:Flagicon Yugoslav Partisans		Axis
Kruševac	Uprising in Serbia	Mediterranean Front	1941-09-23	1941-09-27	Chetniks Template:Flagicon Yugoslav Partisans		Axis
Sea of Azov	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-09-26	1941-10-11		Template:Flagdeco Romania	Axis
Operation Halberd	Battle of the Mediterranean	Mediterranean Front	1941-09-27		Template:Flagdeco Netherlands Template:Flagdeco Poland		Allies
Petrikowka	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-09-27	1941-09-30			Axis
Operation Uzice	Uprising in Serbia	Mediterranean Front	1941-09-27	1941-11-29	Chetniks Template:Flagicon Yugoslav Partisans		Axis
Bryansk	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-09-30	1941-10-21			Axis
Moscow	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-09-30	1942-01-07			Allies
Kraljevo	Uprising in Serbia	Mediterranean Front	1941-10-09	1941-10-31	Chetniks Template:Flagicon Yugoslav Partisans		Axis
Borodino Field	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-10-13	1942-01-18			Allies
Rogatica (1941)	Yugoslavia	Mediterranean Front	1941-10-13	1941-10-24	Chetniks Template:Flagicon Yugoslav Partisans		Yugoslavs
Tikhvin	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-10-16	1941-12-31			Allies
Crimean campaign	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-10-18	1944-07-04		Template:Flagdeco Romania	Axis
Kharkov (first)	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-10-20	1941-10-24			Axis
Sevastopol	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-10-30	1942-07-04		Template:Flagdeco Romania	Axis
Novi Pazar	Uprising in Serbia	Mediterranean Front	1941-11	1941-12	Chetniks Template:Flagicon Yugoslav Partisans	Template:Flagdeco Albania Sandžaks	Axis
Olovo	Yugoslavia	Mediterranean Front	1941-11-01	1941-12-17	Chetniks Template:Flagicon Yugoslav Partisans		Yugoslavs
Trešnjica	Uprising in Serbia	Mediterranean Front	1941-11-02		Template:Flagicon Yugoslav Partisans	Chetniks	Partisans
Duisburg Convoy	Battle of the Mediterranean	Mediterranean Front	1941-11-08	1941-11-09	United Kingdom		Allies
Gondar	East African campaign	African Front	1941-11-13	1941-11-27	United Kingdom Template:Flagcountry Template:Country data Ethiopian Empire		Allies
Operation Crusader	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1941-11-18	1941-12-30	Template:Flagicon Poland Template:Flagicon Czechoslovakia		Allies
Bir el Gubi	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1941-11-19				Axis
Point 175	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1941-11-29	1941-12-01			Axis
Pljevlja	Uprising in Montenegro	Mediterranean Front	1941-12-01	1941-12-02	Template:Flagicon Yugoslav Partisans		Axis
Bir el Gubi	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1941-12-04	1941-12-07			Axis
Operation Mihailovic	Uprising in Serbia	Mediterranean Front	1941-12-04	1941-12-09	Chetniks		Axis
Japanese invasion of Thailand		Pacific Front	1941-12-07				Axis
Kota Bharu	Malayan campaign	Pacific Front	1941-12-08 (local)				Axis
Pearl Harbor	Central Pacific	Pacific Front	1941-12-07				Axis
Batan Island	Philippines campaign (Axis)	Pacific Front	1941-12-08				Axis
Clark Field	Philippines campaign (Axis)	Pacific Front	1941-12-08				Axis
Midway bombardment (first)		Pacific Front	1941-12-07 (local)				Axis
Operation Krohcol	Malayan campaign	Pacific Front	1941-12-08	1941-12-13			Axis
Hong Kong		Pacific Front	1941-12-08	1941-12-25			Axis
Japanese invasion of Thailand		Pacific Front	1941-12-08				Axis
Singapore (1941)	Malayan campaign	Pacific Front	1941-12-08				Inconclusive
Guam (1941)		Pacific Front	1941-12-08	1941-12-10			Axis
Wake Island		Pacific Front	1941-12-08	1941-12-23			Axis
Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse	Malayan campaign	Pacific Front	1941-12-10				Axis
Vigan	Philippines campaign (Axis)	Pacific Front	1941-12-10				Axis
Aparri	Philippines campaign (Axis)	Pacific Front	1941-12-10				Axis
Jitra	Malayan campaign	Pacific Front	1941-12-10	1941-12-13			Axis
Legazpi	Philippines campaign (Axis)	Pacific Front	1941-12-12				Axis
Cape Bon	Battle of the Mediterranean	Mediterranean Front	1941-12-13		Template:Flagdeco Netherlands		Allies
Japanese invasion of Burma	Burma campaign	South-East Asian Front	1941-12-14	1942-05-28			Axis
Gurun	Malayan campaign	Pacific Front	1941-12-14	1941-12-16			Axis
Kerch Peninsula	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1941-12-16	1942-05-19		Template:Flagdeco Romania	Axis
Sirte (first)	Battle of the Mediterranean	Mediterranean Front	1941-12-17		United Kingdom Australia Template:Flagdeco Netherlands		Inconclusive
Alexandria	Battle of the Mediterranean	Mediterranean Front	1941-12-19				Axis
Davao	Philippines campaign (Axis)	Pacific Front	1941-12-19	1941-12-25			Axis
Lingayen Gulf	Philippines campaign (Axis)	Pacific Front	1941-12-21	1941-12-23			Axis
Lamon Bay	Philippines campaign (Axis)	Pacific Front	1941-12-21	1941-12-23			Axis
Sjenica	Uprising in Serbia	Mediterranean Front	1941-12-22		Template:Flagicon Yugoslav Partisans	Sandžaks	Axis
Changsha (third)	Second Sino-Japanese War	Pacific Front	1941-12-24	1942-01-15			Allies
Kampar	Malayan campaign	Pacific Front	1941-12-30	1942-01-02			Stalemate
Slim River	Malayan campaign	Pacific Front	1942-01-05	1942-01-07			Axis
Bataan	Philippines campaign (Axis)	Pacific Front	1942-01-07	1942-04-09			Axis
Dražgoše	Slovene Lands	Mediterranean Front	1942-01-09	1942-01-11	File:Flag of the Slovene Partisans.svg Slovene Partisans		Axis
Kuala Lumpur	Malayan campaign	Pacific Front	1942-01-11				Axis
Gemas	Malayan campaign	Pacific Front	1942-01-14				Allies
Muar	Malayan campaign	Pacific Front	1942-01-14	1942-01-22			Axis
Endau	Malayan campaign	Pacific Front	1942-01-26	1942-01-27			Axis
Makassar Strait	Dutch East Indies campaign	Pacific Front	1942-02-04		Template:Flagicon Netherlands		Axis
Sarimbun Beach	Battle of Singapore	Pacific Front	1942-02-08	1942-02-09			Axis
Kranji	Battle of Singapore	Pacific Front	1942-02-09	1942-02-10			Axis
Bukit Timah	Battle of Singapore	Pacific Front	1942-02-10	1942-02-12			Axis
Pasir Panjang	Battle of Singapore	Pacific Front	1942-02-13	1942-02-15			Axis
Bilin River	Japanese invasion of Burma	South-East Asian Front	1942-02-14	1942-02-19			Axis
Badung Strait	Dutch East Indies campaign	Pacific Front	1942-02-19	1942-02-20	Template:Flagicon Netherlands		Axis
Sittang Bridge	Japanese invasion of Burma	South-East Asian Front	1942-02-22	1942-02-23			Axis
Java Sea	Dutch East Indies campaign	Pacific Front	1942-02-27		Template:Flagicon Netherlands		Axis
Java (1942)	Dutch East Indies campaign	Pacific Front	1942-02-28	1942-03-12			Axis
Pegu	Japanese invasion of Burma	South-East Asian Front	1942-03-06	1942-03-07			Axis
Taukkyan Roadblock	Japanese invasion of Burma	South-East Asian Front	1942-03-07	1942-03-08			Allies
Yunnan–Burma Road	Japanese invasion of Burma	South-East Asian Front	1942-03-18	1942-07-12			Axis
Suursaari	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1942-03-26	1942-04-02			Axis
Prome (1942)	Japanese invasion of Burma	South-East Asian Front	1942-03-30	1942-04-02			Axis
Christmas Island	Dutch East Indies campaign	Pacific Front	1942-03-31	1942-04-01			Axis
Indian Ocean raid		Indian Ocean	1942-03-31	1942-04-10	Template:Flagicon Netherlands		Axis
Nanos	Slovene Lands	Mediterranean Front	1942-04-18		File:Flag of the Slovene Partisans.svg Slovene Partisans		Axis
Doolittle Raid	Central Pacific	Pacific Front	1942-04-18				Allies
Coral Sea	New Guinea campaign	Pacific Front	1942-05-04	1942-05-08			Allies
Corregidor	Philippines campaign (Axis)	Pacific Front	1942-05-05	1942-05-06			Axis
Adzhimushkay quarry	Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front	1942-05-16	1942-10-30			Axis
Gazala	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1942-05-26	1942-06-21			Axis
Sydney Harbour	Axis naval activity in Australian waters	Pacific Front	1942-05-31	1942-06-08	Template:Flagicon Netherlands		Inconclusive
Dutch Harbor	Aleutian Islands campaign	American Front	1942-06-03	1942-06-04			Axis
Midway	Central Pacific	Pacific Front	1942-06-04	1942-06-07			Allies
Soviet submarine campaign (1942)	Baltic Sea campaigns	Eastern Front	1942-06	1942-10			Allies
El Alamein (first)	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1942-07-01	1942-07-27	Template:Flagcountry		Inconclusive
Someri	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1942-07-08	1942-07-10			Axis
Stalingrad		Eastern Front	1942-07-17	1943-02-02		Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry	Allies
Invasion of Buna–Gona	Kokoda Track campaign	Pacific Front	1942-07-21	1942-07-27			Axis
Kokoda	Kokoda Track campaign	Pacific Front	1942-07-28	1942-07-29			Axis
Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo	Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific Front	1942-08-07	1942-08-09			Allies
Kokoda	Kokoda Track campaign	Pacific Front	1942-08-08	1942-08-10			Allies
Savo Island	Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific Front	1942-08-08	1942-08-09			Axis
Dieppe Raid	British Commando operations	Western Front	1942-08-19		Template:Flagdeco Poland Template:Flagdeco Czechoslovakia		Axis
Sinyavino	Operation Nordlicht (1942)	Eastern Front	1942-08-19	1942-10-10			Stalemate
Tenaru	Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific Front	1942-08-21				Allies
Eastern Solomons	Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific Front	1942-08-24	1942-08-25			Allies
Milne Bay	New Guinea campaign	Pacific Front	1942-08-25	1942-09-07			Allies
Isurava	Kokoda Track campaign	Pacific Front	1942-08-26	1942-08-31			Axis
Eora Creek–Templeton's Crossing (first)	Kokoda Track campaign	Pacific Front	1942-08-31	1942-09-05			Axis
Mission Ridge–Brigade Hill	Kokoda Track campaign	Pacific Front	1942-09-06	1942-09-09			Inconclusive
Edson's Ridge	Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific Front	1942-09-12	1942-09-14			Allies
Ioribaiwa	Kokoda Track campaign	Pacific Front	1942-09-14	1942-09-16			Axis
Matanikau (second)	Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific Front	1942-09-23	1942-09-27			Axis
Matanikau (third)	Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific Front	1942-10-06	1942-10-09			Allies
Cape Esperance	Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific Front	1942-10-11	1942-10-12			Allies
Eora Creek–Templeton's Crossing (second)	Kokoda Track campaign	Pacific Front	1942-10-11	1942-10-28			Allies
Sukho Island	Baltic Sea campaigns	Eastern Front	1942-10-22				Allies
Henderson Field	Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific Front	1942-10-23	1942-10-26			Allies
El Alamein (second)	Western Desert campaign	African Front	1942-10-23	1942-11-11	Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagdeco Greece		Allies
Santa Cruz Islands	Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific Front	1942-10-25	1942-10-27			Axis
Matanikau (fourth)	Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific Front	1942-11-01	1942-11-04			Allies
Koli Point	Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific Front	1942-11-03	1942-11-12			Allies
Oivi–Gorari	Kokoda Track campaign	Pacific Front	1942-11-04	1942-11-11			Allies
Carlson's patrol	Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific Front	1942-11-06	1942-12-04			Allies
Guadalcanal	Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific Front	1942-11-12	1942-11-15			Allies
Buna–Gona	New Guinea campaign	Pacific Front	1942-11-16	1943-01-22			Allies
Tassafaronga	Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific Front	1942-11-30				Axis
Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse	Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific Front	1942-12-15	1943-01-23			Allies
Rennell Island	Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific Front	1943-01-29	1943-01-30			Axis
Komandorski Islands	Aleutian Islands campaign	American Front	1943-03-27				Allies
Soviet submarine campaign (1943)	Baltic Sea campaigns	Eastern Front	1943-04	1943-08			Axis
Attu	Aleutian Islands campaign	American Front	1943-05-11	1943-05-30			Allies
Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1944-06-10	1944-08-09			Allies
Nerva Island	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1944-06-19	1944-06-20			Allies
Tienhaara	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1944-06-22				Axis
Kaprolat and Hasselmann	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1944-06-25	1944-06-26			Allies
Tali–Ihantala	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1944-06-25	1944-07-09			Axis
Gulf of Finland U-boat campaign	Baltic Sea campaigns	Eastern Front	1944 (summer)	1945 (spring)			Allies w/ Finland
Vyborg Bay	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1944-06-30	1944-07-10			Inconclusive
Vuosalmi	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1944-07-04	1944-07-17			Inconclusive
Nietjärvi	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1944-07-15	1944-07-17			Axis
Ilomantsi (1944)	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1944-07-26	1944-08-13			Axis
Operation Hokki	Continuation War	Eastern Front	1944-07-31	1944-08-31			Axis
Soviet submarine campaign (1944)	Baltic Sea campaigns	Eastern Front	1944-10	1944-12			Allies
Soviet naval campaign (1945)	Baltic Sea campaigns	Eastern Front	1945-01	1945-05-09			Allies

Battles from 1941

1943

• Battle of Osankarica	About 2,000 Germans massacred all 69 men and women of the Pohorje Battalion. Germans lost 19 men dead and had 31 wounded.
• Battle of Rennell Island	Japanese bombers sink a cruiser.
• Third Battle of Kharkov	Germans retake Kharkov.
• Battle of the Kasserine Pass	Battle between US and German armored forces in Tunisia.
• Battle of Neretva	German Army offensive in southern Bosnia. Offensive launched to encircle and destroy Yugoslavian Communist Partisan forces. Supporting the German forces in this effort were Italian, Ustaše and Serbian Royalist Chetnik units. The partisans were badly mauled but managed to escape encirclement.
• Battle of the Komandorski Islands	Naval engagement between US and Japan in the Bering Sea.
• Battle of the Ruhr	British strategic bombing of the industrial Ruhr Area, which had coke plants, steelworks and ten synthetic oil plants. Targets included the Krupp armament works (Essen), the Nordstern synthetic-oil plant (Gelsenkirchen), and the Rheinmetal–Borsig plant in Düsseldorf.
• Battle of the Bismarck Sea	U.S. and Royal Australian Air Force planes attack and sink most of a Japanese convoy carrying troops to reinforce Lae, New Guinea.
• Battle of the Bering Sea	United States and Japanese navies fight an inconclusive battle.
• Operation Cartwheel	Operation to neutralize the Japanese base at Rabaul.
• Battle of Attu	United States troops defeat and drive the Japanese off the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
• Warsaw Ghetto Uprising	5,000 Jews and 2,000 Germans die, Jews confined.
• Battle of Sutjeska	Another attempt by German forces in Yugoslavia, this time supported by Italian, Bulgarian, and Serbian units, to encircle and destroy the Yugoslavian Communist Partisan forces in southern Bosnia. Again, the partisans were mauled but escaped.
• Battle of Castle Turjak	Slovene partisans took the castle guarded by the Slovene village sentries.
• Battle of Kursk	Germans attack Kursk salient at Orel and Belgorod, Russians drive them back. A very big tank battle.
• Allied invasion of Sicily	Allies take Sicily from the Italians and German armies.
• Allied invasion of Italy	Landings at Calabria, Taranto and Salerno.
• Dodecanese Campaign Battle of Kos Battle of Leros	Allied and German scramble to occupy the Dodecanese Islands. German amphibious and airborne operation to capture Kos. German amphibious and airborne operation to capture Leros.
• Battle of Smolensk	The Soviets attack 850,000 German troops near Smolensk Fortified Region, drive them back inflicting severe losses.
• Battle of Kiev (1943)	Kiev retaken by Soviets.
• Raid on Schweinfurt	milestone air battle between the Luftwaffe and the USAAF known as "Black Thursday"
• Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission	another big daylight air battle, first shuttle mission.
• Battle of Berlin	Germany defend Berlin from the British.
• Battle of Tarawa	First major American amphibious landing in the Pacific.
• Battle of Makin	Americans capture the atoll of Makin Atoll.
• Salamaua-Lae campaign	Australian and U.S. forces capture two major Japanese bases at Lae and at Salamaua.
• Battle of Wau	Australians defeat Japanese attempts to capture Wau, New Guinea.
• Battle of the Bernhardt Line	U.S. 5th Army sustains 16,000 casualties fighting through the Mignano Gap to reach the Cassino defenses.
• Moro River Campaign Battle of Ortona

1944

• Battle of Meiktila
• Battle of Monte Cassino	Four battles in Italy Jan - May. Allies finally breakthrough towards Rome.
• Battle of Monte Castelo	An unsuccessful attempt to break through the Northern Apennines. The battle marked the Brazilian Expeditionary Force's entry into the land war in Europe.
• Battle of Anzio Battle of Cisterna
• Battle of Kwajalein	American forces assault the islands of Kwajalein and Roi-Namur.
• Battle of the Admin Box	Japanese attempt a local counter-attack against an Allied offensive.
• Battle of Eniwetok	Battle between American and Japanese on Eniwetok Atoll.
• Battle of Imphal and Battle of Kohima	Attempted Japanese invasion of India fails with heavy losses.
• U Go offensive	Allied successfully defend Manipur from the Axis
• Operation Ichi-Go	Successful Japanese campaign to capture American air bases in China capable of sending bombers to Japan.
• Operation Rösselsprung	German attempt to capture Tito using airborne troops.
• Battle of Normandy	Allies invade northern France (Operation Overlord), hard fighting from Cherbourg to Caen, Germans surrounded and destroyed at Falaise.
• Battle of Saipan	The battle was fought on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands and resulted disastrous for Japanese forces since most died.
• Second Battle of Guam	American forces capture back Guam.
• Battle of Tinian	American forces capture Tinian.
• Operation Bagration	Soviet offensive destroys German Army Group Center on the Eastern Front.
• Battle of Philippine Sea	Major carrier battle; US lose 123 planes and destroy 315 Japanese planes.
• Battle of Tali-Ihantala	Finnish stop Soviet offensive.
• Warsaw Uprising	20,000 armed Poles against 55,000 Wehrmacht and SS. 90% of city destroyed, more than 250,000 casualties.
• Operation Dragoon	Allied invasion of Southern France.
• Battle of Debrecen	Soviets gain ground in Hungary but German and Hungarian forces manage to withdraw relatively intact after both sides suffer similar losses.
• Gothic Line offensive	British 8th Army and U.S. 5th Army attempt unsuccessfully to break into the north Italian plains.
• Battle of Arnhem	The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed.
• Battle of Peleliu	A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific.
• Battle of Aachen	Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II.
• Battle of the Scheldt	Decisive Canadian victory, solved the logistical problems of the Allies, and opened the port of Antwerp for supplies directly to the front.
• Battle of Crucifix Hill	The 18th Infantry, U.S. 1st Infantry Division take Crucifix Hill, a crucial position to help surround Aachen. Cpt. Bobbie E. Brown is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroics.
• Battle of Angaur	American forces capture an island in Palau.
• Battle of Hurtgen Forest	Stubborn German defense, appalling losses to US army.
• Battle of Leyte	American and Filipino guerrillas forces capture Leyte.
• Battle of Leyte Gulf	The largest air-sea battle in history.
• Operation Queen	was a joint British-American operation during World War II at the Western Front between Aachen and the Rur river.
• Battle of Mindoro
• Battle of Vianden	The only major open battle fought between the Luxembourgish Resistance against German forces.
• Battle of the Bulge	German counterattack in Ardennes; General McAuliffe says "NUTS" at Bastogne.

1945

• Battle of Luzon	The battle where Mexico entered World War II, contributing pilots to help the United States and the Philippines defeat Japan in the South Pacific, with a loss of 37,870 Allied soldiers and 217,000 Japanese soldiers; an Allied victory.
• Operation Elephant	Allied offensive against a German bridgehead at Kapelsche Veer in the Netherlands.
• Raid at Cabanatuan	US Army Rangers rescue Bataan and Corregidor POWs from Japanese prison camp.
• Battle of Bataan	U.S. and Philippine Forces retake the historic Bataan Peninsula.
• Battle of Küstrin	Soviet forces besieged and captured the strategic fortress town of Küstrin, paving the way for the final assault on Berlin.
• Battle of Manila	City totally devastated after month-long battle between the American, Filipino, and Japanese forces; 100,000 civilians killed.
• Battle of Corregidor	Spectacular combined U.S. and Philippine assault retakes island bastion from Japanese forces.
• Raid at Los Baños	U.S. Airborne Task Force rescues more than 2,000 Allied POWs and civilian internees held by Japanese.
• Battle of Iwo Jima	After a month, U.S. Forces take main offshore Japanese island.
• Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay	Japanese defeated in Central Burma.
• Battle of Mindanao	U.S. Eighth Army together with the Philippine Commonwealth troops completes the recapture of Southern Philippines.
• Battle of the Visayas	U.S. Eighth Army together with the Philippine Commonwealth troops retakes central Philippine islands.
• Operation Varsity	134 Allied gliders land troops in Weisel.
• Operation Spring Awakening	The last German offensive of the war, launched around Lake Balaton, in Hungary.
• Operation Encore	10th Mountain Division and the Brazilian Expeditionary Force forced the German LI Mountain Corps from their positions in the Northern Apennines, leading to the start of the Spring 1945 offensive in Italy.
• Battle of West Henan–North Hubei	Indecisive battle between China and Japan. Japan controls airbases after battle.
• Battle of Groningen	Canadian forces capture Dutch city from SS troops.
• 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.

Western Front

Operation Blackout

Military engagements during occupations

• Occupation of Denmark
  • Operation Safari
    • Battle of Isefjord
• Occupation of Norway
  • Telavåg tragedy

Resistances

• Danish resistance
• Norwegian resistance
• Greek resistance
  • Battle of Fardykambos
• Moldovan resistance

Naval engagements

General

• Arctic Convoys
• Battle 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 Atlantic
• Battle of the Mediterranean
• Battle of the Indian Ocean

Specific

1940

• First Battle of Narvik
• Second Battle of Narvik

1941

• Battle of Cape Matapan
• Battle of Pearl Harbor

1942

• Battle of the Coral Sea
• Battle of Midway
• Battle of Guadalcanal

1943

• Battle of the Komandorski Islands

1944

• Battle of Leyte Gulf

1945

• Operation Ten-Go

Major bombing campaigns

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

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
    • Chindits
    • Devil's Brigade
    • Z Special Unit
    • Popski's Private Army
    • Gideon Force
  • Australia
    • Australian Army Independent Companies
  • France
    • Far East French Expeditionary Forces
    • Intervention Light Corps
  • Greece
    • Sacred Band
  • United Kingdom
    • Long Range Desert Group
    • Special Air Service
    • Royal Marines
    • Special Operations Executive
    • British Army Commandos
      • Layforce
    • British Paratroopers
  • United States
    • Marine Raiders
    • US Army Rangers
    • Alamo Scouts
    • Merrill's Marauders
• Axis
  • Nazi Germany
    • Brandenburger Regiment
    • Waffen-SS (commando force led by Otto Skorzeny).
  • Fascist Italy
    • Decima Flottiglia MAS
  • Empire of Japan
    • Special Naval Landing Forces

Defensive lines

• Atlantic Wall
• Caesar Line
• GHQ Line
• Gothic Line
• Gustav Line
• Maginot Line
• Mannerheim Line
• Metaxas Line
• Siegfried Line
• Taunton Stop Line

Contemporaneous wars

• 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

See also

• Campaigns of World War II
• Participants in World War II
• List of World War II military operations
• List of battles 1901–2000