List of World War II battles

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This is a list of World War II battles, sorted by front location.

African Front[]

Main article: African Theatres of World War II
  • 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 1941 – 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
      • 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
    • Operation Torch: November 1942
    • 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: 27 April – 1 May 1943
      • Operation Vulcan: May 1943
      • Operation Retribution: 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
  • South African Internal Campaign: 1941-1942

Middle Eastern Front[]

Main article: Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II

Mediterranean Front[]

Main article: Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II

Western Front[]

Main article: Western Front (World War II)

Atlantic Ocean[]

Atlantic Ocean

Eastern Front[]

Main article: Eastern Front (World War II)

Indian Ocean[]

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[]

  • Battles of Khalkhin Gol 11 May 1939 – 16 Sep 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 1942 – June 1942
  • Japanese Invasion of Salamaua-Lae, March 1942
  • Japanese Invasion of Tulagi, May 1942
  • Battle of the Coral Sea, May 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
      • 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 1943 - October 1943
      • Battle of Finschhafen, September 1943 - 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 1943
      • Landing at Saidor, January 1944 - February 1944
      • Battle of Madang, February 1944 - 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 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 of Luzon: January–August 1945
    • Battle of Manila (1945): February–March 1945
    • : 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
  • Kyūjō incident

China Front[]

Chinese theater of World War II

Southeast Asia Front[]

South-East Asian theatre of World War II

Citations and notes[]

  1. ^ "The Battle for Moscow"
  2. ^ "The Battle of Stalingrad"
  3. ^ "The Battle of Kursk"
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