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List of World War II battles
Summary
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items.
(
March 2016
)
This is a list of
World War II
battles, sorted by front location.
African Front
edit
North African campaign
: June 1940 – May 1943
Western Desert campaign
: June 1940 – February 1943
Italian invasion of Egypt
: September 1940
Operation Compass
: December 1940 – February 1941
Battle of Nibeiwa
: December 1940
Battle of Sidi Barrani
: December 1940
Siege of Giarabub
: December 1940 – March 1941
Battle of Bardia
: January 1941
Battle of Mechili
: January 1941
Capture of Kufra
: January–March 1941
Battle of Beda Fomm
: February 1941
Operation Sonnenblume
: February–May 1941
Siege of Tobruk
: April–November 1941
Bardia raid
: April 1941
Operation Brevity
: May 1941
Operation Skorpion
: May 1941
Operation Battleaxe
: June 1941
Twin Pimples raid
: July 1941
Operation Crusader
: November–December 1941
First Action at Bir el Gubi
: November 1941
Battle of Point 175
: November–December 1941
Second Action at Bir el Gubi
: December 1941
Battle of Gazala
: May–June 1942
Battle of Bir Hakeim
: May–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
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 Longstop Hill (1943)
: April 1943
Battle of Hill 609
: April–May 1943
Operation Vulcan
: May 1943
Operation Retribution
: May 1943
Operation Strike
: May 1943
East African Campaign
: June 1940 – November 1941
Italian invasion of Sudan
: June 1940
Italian conquest of British Somaliland
: August 1940
Battle of Tug Argan
Battle of Agordat
: January 1941
Battle of Keren
: February 1941
Siege of Saïo
: March 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
South African Internal Campaign
: 1941–1942
Middle Eastern Front
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Iraq Campaign
: May 1941
Syria–Lebanon Campaign
: June–July 1941
Battle of the Litani River
: June 1941
Battle of Sidon (1941)
: June 1941
Battle of Kissoué
: June 1941
Battle of Merdjayoun
: June 1941
Battle of Palmyra
: July 1941
Battle of Deir ez-Zor
: July 1941
Battle of Damour
: July 1941
Battle of Beirut
: July 1941
Iran Campaign
: August–September 1941
Mediterranean Front
edit
Battle of the Mediterranean Sea
: June 1940–May 1945
Battle of the Espero Convoy
Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
Battle of Calabria
Battle of Cape Spada
Battle of Cape Passero (1940)
Battle of Taranto
Battle of Cape Spartivento
Operation Excess
Raid on Souda Bay
Battle of Cape Matapan
Battle of the Tarigo Convoy
Operation Substance
Operation Halberd
Battle of the Duisburg Convoy
Battle of Cape Bon (1941)
First Battle of Sirte
Raid on Alexandria (1941)
Second Battle of Sirte
Operation Vigorous
Operation Pedestal
Battle of Skerki Bank
Raid on Algiers
Battle of the Cigno Convoy
Battle of the Campobasso Convoy
Battle of the Messina Convoy
Operation Scylla
Battle of the Ligurian Sea
Siege of Malta
: June 1940 – December 1942
Balkan campaign
: October 1940 – June 1941
Italian Invasion of Greece
: October 1940 – April 1941
Battle of Pindus
Battle of Elaia–Kalamas
Battle of Morava–Ivan
Battle of Korytsa
Battle of Saranda
Battle of Himara
Capture of Klisura Pass
Italian Spring Offensive
Battle of Hill 731
Axis invasion of Yugoslavia
: April 1941
Operation Retribution (1941)
Hungarian Offensive
Italian Offensive
German invasion of Greece
: April 1941
Battle of the Metaxas Line
Battle of Vevi (1941)
Battle of Ptolemaida
Battle of Kleisoura Pass
Battle of Lake Kastoria
Battle of Tempe Gorge
Battle of Athens (1941)
Battle of Thermopylae (1941)
Battle of Crete
: May 1941
Battle of Rethymno
Battle of 42nd Street
Operation Agreement
: September 1942
Operation Strangle
: March 1943 – June 1944
Allied invasion of Sicily
: July–August 1943
Operation Ladbroke
Operation Fustian
Battle of Troina
Allied invasion of Italy
: September 1943
Operation Slapstick
Dodecanese Campaign
: September–October 1943
Battle of Leros
Battle of Kos
Battle of Rhodes
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
Operation Diadem
Battle of Anzio
: January–June 1944
Battle of Cisterna
Trasimene Line
: June–July 1944
Battle of Ancona
: June–July 1944
Gothic Line
: August–December 1944
Battle of Gemmano
Battle of Rimini
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
Battle of Bologna
:
Battle of the Argenta Gap
:
Battle of Collecchio
:
Western Front
edit
French offensive into Germany
: September 1939
Operation Weserübung
: April–June 1940
German Invasion of Denmark
German invasion of Norway
Battles of Narvik
Battle of Drøbak Sound
Battle of Midtskogen
Battle of Dombås
Battle of Hegra Fortress
Åndalsnes landings
Battle of Gratangen
Battle of Høljarast Bridge
Battle for Kvam
Battle of Vinjesvingen
Battle of the Netherlands
: May 1940
Battle for The Hague
Battle of Rotterdam
Battle of Mill
Battle of Maastricht
Battle of Zeeland
Battle of the Grebbeberg
Battle of the Afsluitdijk
Rotterdam Blitz
Battle of Belgium
: May 1940
Battle of Fort Eben-Emael
Battle of Hannut
Battle of Gembloux
Battle of the Ypres–Comines Canal
Battle of the Lys
German invasion of Luxembourg
: May 1940
Battle of France
: May–June 1940
Battle of Sedan
Battle of Montcornet
Battle of Arras
Battle of Boulogne
Siege of Calais
Battle of Abbeville
Siege of Lille
German bombing of Paris
Battle of Dunkirk
Dunkirk evacuation
Battle of Lagarde
Battle of Saumur
Italian invasion of France
: June 1940
Battle of Britain
: July–October 1940
Kanalkampf
Adlertag
The Hardest Day
Battle of Britain Day
Battle of Graveney Marsh
Operation Felix
: June – August 1940
Aerial incidents in Switzerland in World War II
(1940–1945)
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
Western Allied invasion of France
: June 1944–March 1945
Operation Overlord
: June–August 1944
Operation Tonga
Normandy landings
Battle for Caen
Operation Perch
Battle of Villers-Bocage
Operation Epsom
Operation Windsor
Operation Charnwood
Operation Jupiter
Second Battle of the Odon
Operation Goodwood
Operation Atlantic
Battle of Verrières Ridge
Operation Spring
Battle of Cherbourg
Battle of Carentan
Battle of Bloody Gulch
Battle of Saint-Lô
Operation Cobra
Operation Lüttich
Battle for Brest
Operation Totalize
Falaise Pocket
Operation Tractable
Battle of Hill 262
Battle of Chambois
Liberation of Paris
French Resistance
Operation Valkyrie
: July 1944
Operation Dragoon
: August–September 1944
Operation Romeo
Battle of Port Cros
Battle of La Ciotat
Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine
: August 1944 – March 1945
Clearing the Channel Coast
: September–November 1944
Operation Astonia
Siege of Dunkirk (1944)
Operation Wellhit
Operation Undergo
Battle of the Scheldt
Lorraine Campaign
: September–December 1944
Battle of Nancy
Battle of Metz
Battle of Arracourt
Operation Market Garden
: September 1944
Battle of Arnhem
Battle of Nijmegen
Battle of Moerbrugge
: September 1944
Battle of Aachen
: September–October 1944
Battle of Crucifix Hill
Battle of Overloon
: September–October 1944
Battle of Hürtgen Forest
: September–December 1944
Operation Queen
Operation Clipper
: November 1944
Battle of Vianden
: November 1944
Battle of Kesternich
: December 1944 – February 1945
Battle of the Bulge
: December 1944 – January 1945
Battle of Elsenborn Ridge
Losheim Gap
Battle of Lanzerath Ridge
Battle of Clervaux
Battle of St. Vith
Siege of Bastogne
Operation Bodenplatte
Operation Nordwind
: January 1945
Colmar Pocket
Operation Blackcock
: January 1945
Operation Veritable
: February 1945
Operation Grenade
: February 1945
Operation Lumberjack
Battle of Remagen
Western Allied invasion of Germany
: March–May 1945
Operation Undertone
Operation Plunder
Operation Varsity
Ruhr Pocket
Battle of Kassel
Battle of Heilbronn
Operation Amherst
Battle of Nuremberg
Battle of Hamburg
Battle of Castle Itter
Liberation of Arnhem
Battle of Groningen
Battle of Otterlo
Atlantic Ocean
edit
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 Sept-Îles
Battle of the North Cape
Operation Stonewall
Battle of the Bay of Biscay
Operation Teardrop
Battle of Ushant
Battle of Pierres Noires
Action of 9 February 1945
Battle of Point Judith
Eastern Front
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Sudeten German uprising
: September–October 1938
German-Czechoslovak war
Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)
German Invasion of Poland
: September–October 1939
Battle of Westerplatte
Battle of Mokra
Battle of Mlawa
Battle of Tuchola Forest
Battle of Jordanów
Battle of Borowa Góra
Battle of Grudziądz
Battle of Wizna
Battle of Radom
Battle of Piotrków Trybunalski
Battle of Hel
Battle of the Bzura
Siege of Warsaw
Battle of Lwów
Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski
Battle of Krasnobród
Battle of Kock
Soviet invasion of Poland
: September–October 1939
Battle of Wilno
Battle of Grodno
Battle of Husynne
Battle of Wladypol
Battle of Szack
Battle of Wytyczno
Soviet invasion of Finland
: November 1939 – March 1940
Battle of Suomussalmi
Battle of Summa
Battle of Raate Road
Battle of Kollaa
Battle of Petsamo
Axis invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa)
: 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
Operation EF
: July 1941
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
Battle of Uman
Pripyat Marshes massacres
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
Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944)
Nevsky Pyatachok
Operation Nordlicht (1942)
Sinyavino Offensive (1942)
Operation Iskra
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 the Kerch Peninsula
Battle of Rostov
Battle of Moscow
[1]
Operation Uzice
: September–November 1941
Soviet Winter counter-offensive
: December 1941 – May 1942
Battles of Rzhev
Operation Büffel
Toropets-Kholm Operation
Demyansk Pocket
Second Battle of Kharkov
Operation Kremlin
Axis Summer offensive
: June–November 1942
Operation Braunschweig
: July–November 1942
Battle of Voronezh (1942)
Battle of the Caucasus
Malaya Zemlya
Battle of Kalach
Battle of Stalingrad
[2]
Operation Uranus
: November 1942
Operation Mars
: November–December 1942
Operation Little Saturn
: December 1942 – February 1943
Tatsinskaya Raid
Operation Winter Storm
: December 1942
Battle for Velikiye Luki (1943)
Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda
Battle of Krasny Bor
Ostrogozhsk-Rossosh Operation
Battle of Voronezh (1943)
Third Battle of Kharkov
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Operation Citadel
:
[3]
July–August 1943
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Prokhorovka
Operation Kutuzov
Battle of Smolensk (1943)
Battle of Lenino
Fourth Battle of Kharkov
Battle of Belgorod
Białystok Ghetto Uprising
: August 1943
Battle of the Dnieper
: August–December 1943
Battle of Kiev (1943)
Operation Concert
: September 1943
Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
: December 1943 – April 1944
Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive
Korsun Pocket
Uman-Botoshany Offensive
Kamenets-Podolsky pocket
Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket
Battle of Narva (1944)
: February–August 1944
Krasnoye Selo–Ropsha Offensive
Kingisepp–Gdov Offensive
Battle for Narva Bridgehead
Battle of Auvere
Narva Offensive (15–28 February 1944)
Narva Offensive (1–4 March 1944)
Narva Offensive (July 1944)
Battle of Tannenberg Line
Operation Margarethe
Crimean Offensive (1944)
Kerch-Eltigen Operation
Shyaulyay Offensive
Battle of Someri
Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive
Operation Bagration
: June–August 1944
Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive
Mogilev Offensive
Bobruysk Offensive
: June 1944
Minsk Offensive
Polotsk Offensive
Šiauliai Offensive
Vilnius Offensive
Belostock Offensive
: July 1944
Lublin–Brest Offensive
Kaunas Offensive
Osovets Offensive
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–December 1944
Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
First Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
Battle of Târgul Frumos
First Battle of Târgu Frumos
Second Battle of Târgu Frumos
Slovak National Uprising
Battle of the Dukla Pass
Baltic Offensive
Riga Offensive (1944)
Tallinn Offensive
Battle of Porkuni
Moonsund Landing Operation
Battle of Memel
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
Operation Konrad
Anti-Soviet resistance by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
: April 1944 – October 1945
Vistula–Oder Offensive
: January–February 1945
Battle of Poznań (1945)
East Prussian Offensive
Heiligenbeil Pocket
Battle of Königsberg
Defense of Schwedt Bridgehead
Silesian Offensives
Lower Silesian Offensive
Siege of Breslau
: February–May 1945
Upper Silesian Offensive
Operation Solstice
East Pomeranian Offensive
Battle of Kolberg
Operation Spring Awakening
Battle of the Transdanubian Hills
Nagykanizsa–Körmend Offensive
Vienna Offensive
Samland Offensive
Battle of Berlin
: April–May 1945
Battle of the Oder-Neisse
Battle of the Seelow Heights
Battle of Halbe
Battle of Bautzen (1945)
: April 1945
Prague Offensive
Battle of Odzak
: 19 April – 25 May 1945
Indian Ocean
edit
Indian Ocean theater of World War II
Attack on Convoy BN 7
: October 1940
Action of 27 February 1941
Action of 8 May 1941
Japanese occupation of the Andaman Islands
: 1942–1945
Battle of Christmas Island
: March–April 1942
Indian Ocean raid
: March–April 1942
Easter Sunday Raid
: April 1942
Battle of Madagascar
: May–November 1942
Cocos Island Mutiny
: May 1942
Battle of La Réunion
: November 1942
Indian Ocean raid (1944)
: March 1944
Pacific Front
edit
Battles of Khalkhin Gol
May–September 1939
Japanese attacks on the U.S. or U.S. unincorporated territories
Attack on Pearl Harbor
: 7 December 1941
Niihau Incident
Battle of Guam (1941)
: December 1941
Battle of Wake Island
: December 1941
Japanese occupation of Philippines
: December 1941 – May 1942
Japanese invasion of Batan Island
, December 1941
Japanese invasion of Vigan
, December 1941
Japanese invasion of Aparri
, December 1941
Japanese invasion of Legazpi
, December 1941
Japanese invasion of Davao
, December 1941
Japanese invasion of Lingayen Gulf
, December 1941
Japanese invasion of Lamon Bay
, December 1941
Battle of Bataan (1942)
, January–April 1942
Battle of Corregidor
: May 1942
Battle of Dutch Harbor
: June 1942
Battle of Midway
: June 1942
Japanese occupation of Kiska
: June 1942
Japanese occupation of Attu
: June 1942
Japanese occupation of Hong Kong
: December 1941
Japanese occupation of Dutch East Indies
: December 1941 – March 1942
Battle of Borneo (1941–42)
Battle of Tarakan (1942)
Battle of Balikpapan (1942)
Battle of Manado
(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 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
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 Kokoda
Battle of Isurava
, August 1942
First Battle of Eora Creek – Templeton's Crossing
, August–September 1942
Battle of Mission Ridge – Brigade Hill
,
Battle of Ioribaiwa
, September 1942
Second Battle of Eora Creek – Templeton's Crossing
, October 1942
Battle of Oivi–Gorari
, November 1942
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
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
Finisterre Range campaign
, September 1943 – April 1944
Huon Peninsula campaign
, September 1943 – March 1944
Landing at Scarlet Beach
, September–October 1943
Battle of Finschhafen
, September–October 1943
Battle of Sattelberg
, November 1943
Battle of Wareo
, November–December 1943
Landing on Long Island
, December 1943
Battle of Sio
, December 1943 – March 1944
Landing at Saidor
, January–February 1944
Battle of Madang
, February–April 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–August 1943
Battle of the Komandorski Islands
: March 1943
Battle of Attu
: May 1943
Operation Vengeance
: April 1943
Solomon Islands Campaign
, June–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 Ormoc Bay
: November–December 1944
Battle of Luzon
: January–August 1945
Battle of Manila (1945)
: February–March 1945
Battle of Bacsil Ridge
: March 1945
Battle of Mindanao
: March–Aug 1945
Battle for Cebu City
: March–Apr 1945
Battle of Iwo Jima
: February–March 1945
Battle of Okinawa
: April–June 1945
Battle of Balikpapan (1945)
: July 1945
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
: August 1945
Soviet invasion of Manchuria
August 1945
Battle of Mutanchiang
August 1945
Seishin Operation
Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin
Invasion of the Kuril Islands
Kyūjō incident
China Front
edit
Chinese theater of World War II
1931–1945 Sino-Japanese War
(September 1931 – September 1945)
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
September 1931 – February 1932
Mukden Incident
September 1931
Jiangqiao campaign
November 1931
Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge
November 1931
Jinzhou Operation
December 1931 – January 1932
Defense of Harbin
January 1932 – February 1932
January 28 incident
January–March 1932
Pacification of Manchukuo
November 1931 – February 1942
Inner Mongolian campaign
April 1933 – December 1936
Defense of the Great Wall
February–March 1933
Battle of Rehe
February–March 1933
Suiyuan campaign
October–November 1936
Marco Polo Bridge Incident
July 1937
Battle of Beiping–Tianjin
July–August 1937
Battle of Shanghai
August 1937
Defense of Sihang Warehouse
October 26, 1937
Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation
August 1937
Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation
August 1937
Battle of Taiyuan
September 1937
Battle of Pingxingguan
September 1937
Battle of Xinkou
September 1937
Battle of Nanjing
December 1937
Battle of Xuzhou
December 1937
Bombing of Chongqing
February 1938 – August 1943
Taihoku Air Strike
February 1938
Battle of Taierzhuang
March 1938
Northern and Eastern Honan 1938
January 1938
Battle of Lanfeng
May 1938
Amoy Operation
May 1938
Battle of Wuhan
June 1938
Battle of Wanjialing
August 1938
Canton Operation
October 1938
Hainan Island Operation
February 1939
Battle of Nanchang
March 1939
Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang
May 1939
Swatow Operation
June 1939
First Battle of Changsha
September–October 1939
Battle of South Guangxi
November 1939
Battle of Kunlun Pass
December 1939
1939–1940 Winter Offensive
November 1939
Battle of West Suiyuan
January–February 1940
Battle of Wuyuan
March 1940
Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang
May 1940
Hundred Regiments Offensive
August 1940
Central Hupei Operation
November 1940
Battle of South Henan
January 1941
New Fourth Army Incident
January 1941
Western Hopei Operation
March 1941
Battle of Shanggao
March 1941
Battle of South Shanxi
May 1941
Second Battle of Changsha
September–October 1941
Third Battle of Changsha
December 1941 – January 1942
Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi
May–September 1942
Battle of West Hubei
May–June 1943
Linnan Campaign
August 1943
Battle of Changde
November–December 1943
Operation Ichi-Go
April–December 1944
Battle of Central Henan
April 1944
Fourth Battle of Changsha
May–June 1944
Defense of Hengyang
June–August 1944
Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou
August–November 1944
Battle of Mount Song
June–September 1944
Battle of West Henan–North Hubei
March 1945 — May 1945
Battle of West Hunan
April 1945 – June 1945
Second Guangxi Campaign
April–August 1945
Soviet invasion of Manchuria
August 1945
Battle of Mutanchiang
August 1945
Southeast Asia Front
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South-East Asian theatre of World War II
Japanese invasion of French Indochina
: September 1940
Battle of Lạng Sơn
: 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
Battle of Kota Bharu
Battle for the ledge
Naval Battle of Malaya
Battle of Jitra
Battle of Kampar
Battle of Slim River
Battle of Muar
Battle of Gemas
Battle off Endau
Bombing of Bangkok
: 1942–1945
Japanese occupation of Singapore
: February 1942
Bombing of Singapore (1941)
Battle of Sarimbun Beach
Battle of Kranji
Battle of Bukit Timah
Battle of Pasir Panjang
Burma Campaign
Japanese-Thai occupation of Burma
: January–May 1942
Bombing of Rangoon (1941–1942)
Battle of Bilin River
Battle of Sittang Bridge
Battle of Pegu
Taukkyan Roadblock
Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road
Battle of Tachiao
Battle of Oktwin
Battle of Toungoo
Battle of Yenangyaung
Burma Campaign 1942–43
Arakan Campaign 1942–1943
Chindits Raid
Burma Campaign 1944
Battle of the Admin Box
Siege of Myitkyina
Japanese invasion of India
: March–June 1944
Battle of Imphal
Battle of Sangshak
Battle of Kohima
Burma Campaign 1944–1945
Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay
Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations
Battle of Hill 170
Battle of Ramree Island
Operation Dracula
Battle of Elephant Point
Allies bombing of South-East Asia
: 1944–1945
Operation Matterhorn
: 1944
Battle of the Malacca Strait
: May 1945
Operation Tiderace
: September 1945
Citations and notes
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"The Battle for Moscow"
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"The Battle of Stalingrad"
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"The Battle of Kursk"