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The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed. • Battle of Peleliu: A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific. • Battle of Aachen: Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II. • Battle of the ...
Invasion of Iceland; Battle of Imphal; Japanese invasion of French Indochina; Invasion of Val d'Aran; Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran; Italian invasion of British Somaliland; Italian invasion of Egypt; Allied invasion of Italy; Battle of Iwo Jima
Leningrad strategic defensive operation order of battle; Invasion of Leyte naval order of battle; Leyte Gulf order of battle; List of Allied forces in the Normandy campaign; List of Allied warships in the Normandy landings; List of orders of battle for the British 7th Armoured Division; Lorraine campaign order of battle; Luftwaffe order of ...
British infantry the 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment aboard Sherman tanks near Argentan, 21 August 1944 Men of the British 22nd Independent Parachute Company, 6th Airborne Division being briefed for the invasion, 4–5 June 1944 Canadian chaplain conducting a funeral service in the Normandy bridgehead, 16 July 1944 American troops on board a LCT, ready to ride across the English Channel to France ...
Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (1918–1941) Timeline of Sweden during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Netherlands during World War II (1939–1945) Chronology of the liberation of Dutch cities and towns during World War II
Western Allied invasion of Germany American victory Germany Major General Maurice Rose is killed in battle and is the highest-ranking U.S. Armed Forces officer to be killed in action at the Western Front. Battle of Kassel: April 1, 1945 April 4, 1945 Kassel, Germany Western Allied invasion of Germany Unknown [3] American victory Germany
This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by France and Britain two days ...
Axis order of battle for the invasion of Yugoslavia Yugoslav order of battle prior to the invasion of Yugoslavia: April 6 – May 3, 1941 Battle of Crete: Commonwealth, Greek and Axis forces: May 20 – June 1, 1941 Operation Barbarossa: Axis and Soviet Forces: June 22, 1941 Leningrad Strategic Defensive: Order of battle for the Leningrad ...