List of World War II battles
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This is a list of World War II battles.
African and Middle Eastern Front
- Western Desert Campaign: June 1940 – February 1943
- Battles of Fort Capuzzo: June 1940 – November 1942
- 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
- Battle of Bardia: January 1941
- Battle of Mechili: January 1941
- Capture of Kufra: January 1941 – March 1941
- Battle of Beda Fomm: February 1941
- Operation Sonnenblume: February – May 1941
- Siege of Tobruk: April – November 1941
- Bardia raid: April 1941
- Twin Pimples raid: July 1941
- Operation Brevity: May 1941
- Operation Skorpion: May 1941
- Operation Battleaxe: June 1941
- Operation Crusader: November – December 1941
- First Battle of Bir el Gubi: November 1941
- Battle of Point 175: November – December 1941
- Second Battle of Bir el Gubi: December 1941
- Battle of Gazala: May – June 1942
- Battle of Bir Hakeim: 26 May – 11 June 1942
- First Battle of El Alamein: July 1942
- Battle of Alam el Halfa: August – September 1942
- Second Battle of El Alamein: October – November 1942
- Battle of El Agheila: December 1942
- East African Campaign: June 1940 – November 1941
- Italian invasion of Sudan: July 1940
- Italian conquest of British Somaliland: August 1940
- Battle of Agordat: January 1941
- Battle of Keren: February – April 1941
- Battle of Amba Alagi: May 1941
- Battle of Culqualber: August – November 1941
- Battle of Gondar: November 1941
- West African Campaign: September–November 1940
- Battle of Dakar: September 1940
- Battle of Gabon: November 1940
- Iraq Campaign: May 1941
- Syria–Lebanon Campaign: June – July 1941
- Iran Campaign: August–September 1941
- 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
- Battle of Hill 609: April – May 1943
- Operation Vulcan: May 1943
- Operation Retribution: May 1943
Mediterranean Front
- Siege of Malta: June 1940 – December 1942
- Attack on Mers-el-Kébir: 3 July 1940
- Balkan campaign: October 1940 – June 1941
- Italian Invasion of Greece: October 1940 – April 1941
- Axis invasion of Yugoslavia: April 1941
- Germany invasion of Greece: April 1941
- Battle of Crete: May 1941
- Operation Strangle: March 1943 – June 1944
- Battle of Sicily: July–August 1943
- Allied invasion of Italy: September 1943
- Dodecanese Campaign: September–October 1943
- Battle of Naples: September 1943
- Volturno Line: October–November 1943
- Barbara Line: October–November 1943
- Air Raid on Bari: December 1943
- Battle of Ortona: December 1943
- Bernhardt Line: December 1943 – January 1944
- Moro River Campaign: December 1943
- Battle of Monte Cassino: January–May 1944
- Battle of Anzio: January–June 1944
- Trasimene Line: June–July 1944
- Battle of Ancona: June–July 1944
- Gothic Line: August–December 1944
- Battle of San Marino: September 1944
- Battle of Garfagnana: December 1944
- Battle of Monte Castello: November 1944 – February 1945
- Spring 1945 offensive in Italy: April–May 1945
Western Front
- French offensive into German: September 1939
- Operation Weserübung: April–June 1940
- 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
- The Blitz: September 1940 – May 1941
- Operation Cerberus: February 1942
- Operation Donnerkeil: February 1942
- St. Nazaire Raid: March 1942
- Dieppe Raid: August 1942
- Battle of Berlin (air): November 1943 – March 1944
- Operation Overlord: June–August 1944
- Battle of Normandy
- Invasion of Normandy
- Battle for Caen
- Operation Perch
- Battle of Cherbourg
- Battle of Carentan
- Battle of Bloody Gulch
- Operation Epsom
- Operation Windsor
- Operation Charnwood
- Operation Jupiter
- Second Battle of the Odon
- Operation Goodwood
- Operation Atlantic
- Battle of Verrières Ridge
- Operation Spring
- Operation Cobra
- Operation Totalize
- Operation Lüttich
- Operation Tractable
- Battle of Hill 262
- Falaise pocket
- Battle for Brest: August–September 1944
- Liberation of Paris
- Battle of Normandy
- Operation Valkyrie
- Operation Dragoon: August–September 1944
- Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine: August–September 1944
- Clearing the Channel Coast: September–November 1944
- Operation Market Garden: September 1944
- Lorraine Campaign: September–December 1944
- Battle of Metz: September–December 1944
- Battle of Nancy: September 1944
- Battle of Moerbrugge: September 1944
- Battle of Hürtgen Forest: September 1944 – February 1945
- Battle of Overloon: October 1944
- Battle of Aachen: October 1944
- Battle of the Scheldt: October–November 1944
- Operation Queen: November–December 1944
- Operation Clipper: November 1944 – January 1945
- Battle of the Bulge: December 1944 – January 1945
- Operation Nordwind: January 1945
- Colmar Pocket
- Operation Blackcock: January 1945
- Operation Veritable: February 8
- Operation Grenade: February 23
- Battle of Remagen
- Western Allied invasion of Germany: March–May 1945
Atlantic Ocean
- Battle of the Atlantic: 1939–1945
- Battle of the River Plate
- Altmark Incident
- Convoy SC 7
- Convoy HX 84
- Operation Berlin
- Action of 4 April 1941
- Action of 9 May 1941
- Battle of the Denmark Strait
- Battle of the Bismarck
- Operation Drumbeat
- 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
- Battle of the North Cape
- Operation Stonewall
- Operation Teardrop
- Action of 13 May 1944
- Battle of Ushant
- Battle of Pierres Noires
- Action of 9 February 1945
- Battle of Point Judith
Eastern Front
- German Invasion of Poland: September–October 1939
- Soviet invasion of Poland: September–October 1939
- Soviet invasion of Finland: November 1939 – March 1940
- Axis invasion of Soviet: June–December 1941
- Defense of Brest Fortress: June 1941
- Battle of Białystok-Minsk: June 1941
- Operation Rentier
- Baltic Operation
- Battle of Raseiniai
- Battle of Brody (1941): June 1941
- Continuation War
- Operation Silver Fox
- Operation Platinum Fox
- Operation Arctic Fox: July–November 1941
- Battle of Smolensk (1941)
- Battle of Uman
- Pripyat swamps (punitive operation)
- Siege of Odessa (1941)
- Battle of Kiev (1941)
- Bombing of Tallinn in World War II
- Evacuation of Tallinn (1941)
- Yelnya Offensive
- Battle of the Sea of Azov
- Operation Wotan
- Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944)
- Battle of Bryansk (1941): October 1941
- Battle of the Crimea (1941)
- First Battle of Kharkov
- Battle at Borodino Field: October 1941 – January 1942
- Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)
- Battle of Rostov
- Battle of Moscow[1]
- Soviet Winte counter-offensive: December 1941 – May 1942
- Operation Kremlin
- Case Blue: June–November 1942
- 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 Polyarnaya Zvezda
- Ostrogozhsk-Rossosh Operation
- Battle of Voronezh (1943)
- Third Battle of Kharkov
- Operation Citadel:[3] July 1943 – August 1943
- Battle of Smolensk (1943)
- Fourth Battle of Kharkov
- Battle of the Dnieper: August 1943 – December 1943
- Concert (operation)
- Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive: December 1943 – April 1944
- Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
- Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket
- Battle of Narva (1944): February – August 1944
- Crimean Offensive (1944)
- Shyaulyay Offensive
- Battle of Someri
- Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive
- Operation Bagration: June – August 1944
- Battle of Tali-Ihantala
- Battle of the Bay of Viipuri: June–July 1944
- Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
- Battle of Radzymin (1944)
- Warsaw Uprising
- Battle of Studzianki
- Operation Doppelkopf
- Romanian campaign: August 1944 – December 1944
- Slovak National Uprising
- Battle of the Dukla Pass
- Baltic Offensive
- Belgrade Offensive
- Operation Nordlicht (1944-1945)
- Battle of Debrecen
- Operation Panzerfaust
- Courland Pocket
- Gumbinnen Operation
- Budapest Offensive: October 1944 – February 1945
- Siege of Budapest: December 1944 – February 1945
- 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
- Operation Margarethe
- Nagykanizsa–Kermend Offensive
- Vienna Offensive
- Samland Offensive
- Battle of Berlin: April – May 1945
- Battle of Bautzen (1945): April 1945
- Prague Offensive
Indian Ocean
- 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 Theatre
- Japanese Invasion of U.S.
- Attack on Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941
- Battle of Guam (1941): December 1941
- Battle of Wake Island: December 1941
- Battle of Dutch Harbor, June 1942
- Japanese occupation of Kiska: June 1942
- Japanese occupation of Attu: June 1942
- Japanese occupation of Hongkong: December 1941
- Japanese occupation of Philippines: December 1941 – May 1942
- Japanese occupation of Dutch East Indies: December 1941 – March 1942
- Battle of Borneo (1941–42)
- Battle of Manado (1942)
- Battle of Tarakan (1942)
- Battle of Balikpapan (1942)
- Battle of Ambon (1942)
- Battle of Makassar Strait (1942)
- 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
- Japanese Invasion of Australia: February 1942 – June 1942
- Battle of Darwin: February 1942
- Attack on Broome: March 1942
- Attack on Sydney Harbour: May – June 1942
- Raid on Darwin: May 1943
- Japanese Invasion of Salamaua-Lae, March 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 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
- 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
- Finisterre Range campaign, September 1943 – April 1944
- Huon Peninsula campaign, September 1943 – March 1944
- Bougainville Campaign, November 1943 – August 1945
- New Britain campaign, December 1943 – August 1945
- Battle of Cape Gloucester: December 1943 – April 1944
- Admiralty Islands campaign, February–May 1944
- Western New Guinea campaign, April 1944 – August 1945
- Aitape–Wewak campaign, November 1944 – August 1945
- Aleutian Islands Campaign, March 1943 – August 1943
- Battle of the Komandorski Islands: March 1943
- Battle of Attu: May 1943
- Operation Vengeance: April 1943
- Solomon Islands Campaign, June 1943 – November 1943
- New Georgia Campaign, June–August 1943
- Battle of Kula Gulf: July 1943
- Battle of Kolombangara: July 1943
- Battle of Vella Gulf: August 1943
- Land Battle of Vella Lavella: August – October 1943
- Naval Battle of Vella Lavella: October 1943
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay: November 1943
- Battle of Cape St. George: November 1943
- Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, November 1943 – February 1944
- Battle of Tarawa, November 1943
- Battle of Kwajalein, 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
- Battle of Angaur, September – October 1944
- Battle of Noemfoor: July–August 1944
- Battle of Morotai: September–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 Luzon: January–August 1945
- Battle of Manila (1945): February–March 1945
- Battle of Iwo Jima: February–March 1945
- Battle of Okinawa: April–June 1945
- Battle of Balikpapan (1945): July 1945
China Front
- Japanese invasion of China: (1937–1945)
- Marco Polo Bridge incident July 1937
- Battle of Beiping–Tianjin July – August 1937
- Battle of Shanghai August – November 1937
- Defense of Sihang Warehouse October 26 – November 1, 1937
- Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation August – December 1937
- Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation August – November 1937
- Battle of Taiyuan September – November 1937
- Battle of Pingxingguan September 1937
- Battle of Xinkou September – November 1937
- Battle of Nanjing December 1937
- Battle of Xuzhou March – May 1938
- Battle of Taierzhuang March 1938
- Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan January – June 1938
- Battle of Lanfeng May 1938
- Amoy Operation May 1938
- Battle of Wuhan June – October 1938
- Battle of Wanjialing August – October 1938
- Canton Operation October – December 1938
- Hainan Island Operation February 1939
- Battle of Nanchang March – May 1939
- Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang April – May 1939
- Swatow Operation June 1939
- Battle of Changsha (1939) September – October 1939
- Battle of South Guangxi November 1939
- Battle of Kunlun Pass December 1939 – January 1940
- 1939–1940 Winter Offensive November 1939 – March 1940
- Battle of West Suiyuan January – February 1940
- Battle of Wuyuan March – April 1940
- Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang May – June 1940
- Hundred Regiments Offensive August – December 1940
- Central Hubei Operation November 1940
- Battle of South Henan January – March 1941
- Western Hubei Operation March 1941
- Battle of Shanggao March – April 1941
- Battle of South Shanxi May 1941
- Battle of Changsha (1941) September – October1941
- Battle of Changsha (1942) December 1941 – January 1942
- Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign May – September 1942
- Battle of West Hubei May – June 1943
- Battle of Changde November – December 1943
- Operation Ichi-Go
- Battle of Central Henan April – May 1944
- Battle of Changsha (1944)
- Defense of Hengyang June – August 1944
- Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou August – November 1944
- Battle of West Henan–North Hubei March – May 1945
- Battle of West Hunan April – June 1945
- Second Guangxi Campaign August 1945
- Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation: August – September 1945
- Battle of Mutanchiang: August 1945
Southeast Asia Front
- Japanese invasion of French Indochina: September 1940
- Battle of Lang Son: September 1940
- Thailand invasion of Laos, Cambodia and French Indochina : October 1940 – May 1941
- Battle of Ko Chang: January 1941
- Japanese invasion of Thailand: December 1941
- Battle of Prachuap Khiri Khan: December 1941
- Japanese-Thai occupation of Malaya: December 1941 – January 1942
- Bombing of Bangkok: 1942–1945
- Japanese-Thai occupation of Burma: January–May 1942
- Japanese occupation of Singapore: February 1942
- Burma Campaign 1942–1945
- Arakan Campaign 1942–1943
- Chindits Raid: 1942–1945
- 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
- Battle of the Malacca Strait: May 1945
- Operation Tiderace: September 1945
