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This is a list of World War II battles.

1 Africa, Mediterranean and Middle East
2 African Front
3 Mediterranean Front
4 Western Front
5 Eastern Front
6 Asia - Pacific
7 China
8 Misc
9 Citations and notes

Africa, Mediterranean and Middle East

Battle of Greece
Syria and Lebanon
Iraq
Persia
East Africa
Sicily
Italy
Mediterranean Naval battles

African Front

Battles of Fort Capuzzo, - June, 1940 - November, 1942
Italian conquest of British Somaliland, - August, 1940
Operation Compass, December, 1940 - February, 1941
Battle of Keren, February, 1941 - April, 1941
Siege of Tobruk, April - November, 1941
Operation Brevity, May, 1941
Operation Skorpion, May, 1941
Operation Battleaxe, June, 1941
Battle of Gondar, November, 1941
Operation Crusader, November - December, 1941
Battle of Gazala, May - June, 1942
- Battle of Bir Hakeim, May - June, 1942
First Battle of El Alamein, July, 1942
Second Battle of El Alamein, October - November, 1942
Operation Torch, November, 1942
- Operation Terminal
Tunisia Campaign, November, 1942 - May, 1943
- Battle of the Kasserine Pass,
- Battle of Sidi Bou Zid,
- Battle of Medenine,
- Operation Pugilist,
- Battle of El Guettar,
- Operation Vulcan,

Mediterranean Front

Siege of Malta, June, 1940 - December, 1942
Battle of Yugoslavia, April, 1941
Battle of Greece, April, 1941
Battle of Crete, May, 1941
Battle of Sicily, July - August 1943
Allied invasion of Italy, September 1943
Battle of Naples, September 1943
Volturno Line, October - November 1943
Barbara Line, October - November 1943
Air Raid on Bari, 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
Spring 1945 offensive in Italy, April - May 1945

Western Front

Operation Weserübung April - June, 1940
- Battles of Narvik
Battle of the Netherlands May, 1940
- Battle of Zeeland
- Battle of The Afsluitdijk
- Battle of Fort Eben-Emael
- Battle of the Grebbeberg
- Battle for the Hague
- Battle of Maastricht
Battle of Belgium May, 1940
- Battle of Hannut
Battle of France May - June, 1940
- Battle of Dunkirk
Battle of Britain July - October, 1940
St. Nazaire Raid March, 1942
Dieppe Raid August, 1942
Operation Overlord June - August, 1944
- Battle of Normandy
  - Invasion of Normandy
  - Battle for Caen
  - Battle of Villers-Bocage
  - Battle of Carentan
  - Battle of Cherbourg
  - Operation Goodwood
  - Operation Cobra
  - Falaise pocket
Operation Dragoon August, 1944
Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine August - September, 1944
Operation Market Garden September, 1944
- Battle of Arnhem
Battle of Metz September - December, 1944
Battle of Nancy 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
Battle of the Bulge December- January, 1945
- Elsenborn Ridge
- Siege of Bastogne
Operation Nordwind January, 1945
Colmar Pocket January - February, 1945
Operation Veritable February - March, 1945
Operation Plunder March, 1945
Operation Varsity March, 1945
Ruhr Pocket March - April, 1945
Battle of Groningen April, 1945

Eastern Front

Asia - Pacific

Battle for Australia
- Battle of the Coral Sea
- Battle of Rabaul
- New Guinea campaign
  - Battle for Kododa
    - Battle of Isurava
    - Battle of Brigade Hill
  - Battle of Biak
  - Battle of Buna-Gona
  - Battle of the Bismarck Sea
  - Bougainville Campaign
  - Battle of Driniumor River
  - Finisterre Range campaign
  - Huon Peninsula campaign
  - Battle of Lone Tree Hill (1944)
  - Battle of Milne Bay
  - Operation Cartwheel
  - Operation Mo
  - Operations Reckless and Persecution
  - Salamaua-Lae campaign
  - Battle of Wau
  - Bombing of Wewak
- Attack on Broome
- Battle of Darwin
- Attack on Derby
- Attack on Horn Island
- Attack on Katherine
- Attack on Mossman
- Attack on Port Hedland
- Attack on Sydney Harbour
- Attack on Wyndham
- Attack on Townsville
Battle of Bataan
Battle of Corregidor
Battle of Guam (1941)
Battle of Hong Kong
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Malaya
Battle of Midway
Battle of Morotai
Battle of Noemfoor
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941'
Battle of the Philippines
Battle of Saipan
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
Battle of Savo Island
Battle of Singapore^[4]
Battle of Wake Island
Borneo campaign (1945)
- Battle of Tarakan (1945)
Doolittle Raid
Guadalcanal Campaign
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
- Battle of Peleliu
Battles of the campaigns in Burma and India

China

Mukden September 1931
Invasion of Manchuria September 1931
- Jiangqiao Campaign October 1931
- Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge November 1931
- Jinzhou December 1931
- Defense of Harbin January 1932
Shanghai (1932) January 1932
Pacification of Manchukuo March 1932
Great Wall January 1933
- Battle of Rehe February 1933
Actions in Inner Mongolia (1933-36)
- Suiyuan Campaign October 1936
Battle of Lugou Bridge (Marco Polo Bridge Incident) July 1937
Beiping-Tianjin July 1937
Chahar August 1937
Battle of Shanghai August 1937
Beiping–Hankou August 1937
Tianjin–Pukou August 1937
Taiyuan September 1937
Battle of Pingxingguan September 1937
- Battle of Xinkou September 1937
Battle of Nanjing December 1937
Battle of Xuzhou December 1937
Battle of Taierzhuang March 1938
Northern and Eastern Honan 1938 January 1938
- Battle of Lanfeng May 1938
Xiamen May 1938
Battle of Wuhan June 1938
- Battle of Wanjialing
Guangdong October 1938
Hainan Island February 1939
Battle of Nanchang March 1939
- Battle of Xiushui River March 1939
Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang May 1939
Shantou June 1939
Battle of Changsha (1939) September 1939
Battle of South Guangxi November 1939
- Battle of Kunlun Pass December 1939
1939-40 Winter Offensive November 1939
- Battle of Wuyuan March 1940
Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang May 1940
Hundred Regiments Offensive August 1940
Vietnam Expedition September 1940
Central Hupei November 1940
Battle of South Henan January 1941
Western Hopei March 1941
Battle of Shanggao March 1941
Battle of South Shanxi May 1941
Battle of Changsha (1941) September 1941
Battle of Changsha (1942) January 1942
Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road March 1942
- Battle of Toungoo
- Battle of Yenangyaung
Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi April 1942
Battle of West Hubei May 1943
Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan October 1943
Battle of Changde November 1943
Operation Ichi-Go
- Operation Kogo Battle of Central Henan April 1944
- Operation Togo 1 Battle of Changsha (1944)
- Operation Togo 2 and Operation Togo 3 Battle of Guilin-Liuzhou August 1944
Battle of West Hunan April - June, 1945
Second Guangxi Campaign April - July, 1945
Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation August – September, 1945

Misc

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The Battle of the River Plate^[5]

James R. "Rube" Garrett: A Marine Diary: My Experiences on Guadalcanal An Eyewitness Account of the Battle of Guadalcanal^[6]

Citations and notes

World War II

Western Europe · Eastern Europe · Africa · Mediterranean · Asia and the Pacific · Atlantic
Casualties · Military engagements · Topics · Conferences · Commanders

Participants

Allies (Leaders)	Ethiopia · China · Czechoslovakia · Poland · United Kingdom · India · France · Australia · New Zealand · South Africa · Canada · Norway · Belgium · Netherlands · Egypt · Greece · Yugoslavia · Soviet Union · United States · Philippines · Mexico · Brazil

Axis and Axis-aligned (Leaders)	Italy · Japan · Germany · Slovakia · Bulgaria · Croatia · Finland · Hungary · Romania · Thailand · Manchukuo · Italian Social Republic · Iraq

Resistance	Austria · Baltic States · Belgium · Czech lands · Denmark · Estonia · Ethiopia · France · Germany · Greece · Italy · Jewish · Korea · Latvia · Netherlands · Norway · Philippines · Poland · Thailand · Soviet Union · Slovakia · Western Ukraine · Vietnam · Yugoslavia

Timeline

Prelude	Africa · Asia · Europe

1939	Invasion of Poland · Phoney War · Winter War · Battle of the Atlantic

1940	Denmark and Norway · Battle of the Netherlands · Battle of Belgium · Battle of France · Battle of Britain · Libya and Egypt · British Somaliland · Baltic states · Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina · Invasion of French Indochina · Invasion of Greece · Operation Compass

1941	East Africa Campaign · Invasion of Yugoslavia · Yugoslav Front · Battle of Greece · Battle of Crete · Invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) · Continuation War · Middle East Campaign · Battle of Kiev · Siege of Leningrad · Battle of Moscow · Siege of Sevastopol · Attack on Pearl Harbor

1942	Changsha · Battle of the Coral Sea · Battle of Midway · Case Blue · Battle of Stalingrad · Battle of Gazala · Second Battle of El Alamein · Operation Torch · Guadalcanal Campaign

1943	End in Africa · Battle of Kursk · Battle of Smolensk · Solomon Islands · Invasion of Sicily · Lower Dnieper Offensive · Invasion of Italy · Gilbert and Marshall Islands

1944	Cassino and Anzio · Battle of Narva · Operation Tempest · Operation Ichi-Go · Invasion of Normandy · Mariana and Palau Islands · Operation Bagration · Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive · Warsaw Uprising · Jassy–Kishinev Offensive · Belgrade Offensive · Liberation of Paris · Gothic Line · Operation Market Garden · Operation Crossbow · Operation Pointblank · Lapland War · Budapest Offensive · Battle of Leyte Gulf · Battle of the Bulge · Burma Campaign

1945	Vistula–Oder Offensive · Battle of Iwo Jima · Battle of Okinawa · Final offensive in Italy · Battle of Berlin · Prague Offensive · Siege of Budapest · Surrender of Germany · Soviet invasion of Manchuria · Philippine liberation · Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki · Surrender of Japan

Aspects

General	Attacks on North America · Blitzkrieg · Comparative military ranks · Cryptography · Home front · Military awards · Military equipment · Military production · Nazi plunder · Technology · Total war

Aftermath	Effects · Expulsion of Germans · Operation Paperclip · Occupation of Germany · Morgenthau Plan · Territorial changes · Soviet occupations: Romania, Poland, Hungary, Baltic States · Occupation of Japan · First Indochina War · Cold War · Decolonization · Contemporary culture

War crimes	Allied war crimes · German war crimes · Italian war crimes · Japanese war crimes · Soviet war crimes · United States war crimes · The Holocaust · Bombing of civilians · Bengal famine of 1943

War rape	Rape during the occupation of Japan · Comfort women · Rape of Nanking · Mass rape of German women by Soviet Red Army

Prisoners	Italian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union · Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union · Japanese prisoners of war in World War II · German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union