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World War II aerial operations and battles of the Eastern Front (2 C, 33 P) Pages in category "Battles and operations of the Eastern Front of World War II" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
The Eastern Front was a theatre of World War II which primarily involved combat between the nations and allies of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.Combat in the Eastern Front began with the two powers remaining peaceful towards each other, with the annexation of countries such as Albania and portions of Poland by Germany and its allies, and the annexation of Finland and the rest of Poland by ...
Eastern Front; Part of the European theatre of World War II: Clockwise from top left: Soviet T-34 tanks storming Poznań, 1945; German Tiger I tanks during the Battle of Kursk, 1943; German Stuka dive bombers on the Eastern Front, 1943; German Einsatzgruppen death squad murdering Jews in Ukraine, 1942; Wilhelm Keitel signing the German Instrument of Surrender, 1945; Soviet troops at the Battle ...
Battle of France (with Benelux countries/Fall Gelb) (May–June 1940) Battle of Britain ( + Operation Sea Lion Unternehmen Seelöwe) (July–October 1940) Western Front (1944–1945) Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) commanded Allied forces in north west Europe, from late 1943 until May 1945. Battle of Normandy (June ...
This is a list of military operations in Europe on the Eastern Front of World War II. These were operations by Germany and its allies on one side and the Soviet Union and its allies on the other and were a consequence of the German invasion in 1941. The geographic boundaries have blurred edges.
Eastern Front: 1939-09-01 Poland Danzig: Axis Danzig Bay: Invasion of Poland: Eastern Front: 1939-09-01 Poland Germany: Axis Krojanty: Invasion of Poland: Eastern Front: 1939-09-01 Poland Germany: Axis Lasy Królewskie: Invasion of Poland: Eastern Front: 1939-09-01 Poland Germany: Allies Mokra: Invasion of Poland: Eastern Front: 1939-09-01 ...
The Battle of Voronezh, or First Battle of Voronezh, was a battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, fought in and around the strategically important city of Voronezh on the Don river, 450 km (280 mi) south of Moscow, from 28 June-24 July 1942, as opening move of the German summer offensive in 1942.
The Battle of Königsberg, also known as the Königsberg offensive, was one of the last operations of the East Prussian offensive during World War II. In four days of urban warfare , Soviet forces of the 1st Baltic Front and the 3rd Belorussian Front captured the city of Königsberg , present day Kaliningrad , Russia.