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The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945. For smaller vessels, see also List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons.
• 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 Casablanca: World War II: United States Navy: Vichy French Navy: American victory 14–15 November 1942: Second Battle of Guadalcanal: World War II: United States Navy: Imperial Japanese Navy: American victory 26 December 1943: Battle of North Cape: World War II: Royal Navy: Kriegsmarine: British victory 25 October 1944: Battle of ...
At the start of World War II, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world, [1] with the largest number of warships built and with naval bases across the globe. [2] It had over 15 battleships and battlecruisers, 7 aircraft carriers, 66 cruisers, 164 destroyers and 66 submarines. [2]
Pages in category "Naval battles and operations of the European theatre of World War II" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
April 12–13 Battle of Fort Sumter – First battle of the war; May 7 Battle of Gloucester Point; May 18–19 Battle of Sewell's Point; May 29-June 1 Battle of Aquia Creek – First use of naval mines by Confederacy; June 5 Battle of Pig Point; June 27 Battle of Mathias Point; July 28 Sinking of the Petrel – Last naval battle involving a ...
The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.