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A formation of Spitfires shortly before World War II. This is a list of World War II battles encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period.
Operation Astonia was the code name for an Allied attack on the German-held Channel port of Le Havre in France, during the Second World War.The city had been declared a Festung (fortress) by Hitler, to be held to the last man.
The British historian Antony Beevor views the beginning of World War II as the Battles of Khalkhin Gol fought between Japan and the forces of Mongolia and the Soviet Union from May to September 1939. [9] Others view the Spanish Civil War as the start or prelude to World War II. [10] [11] The exact date of the war's end also is not universally ...
Operation Spring Awakening (German: Unternehmen Frühlingserwachen) was the last major German offensive of World War II.The operation was referred to in Germany as the Plattensee Offensive and in the Soviet Union as the Balaton Defensive Operation.
Years after the war, McAuliffe said "In my opinion, Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division was never properly credited with their important role in the Bastogne battle." [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Augusta Chiwy , a nurse who administered aid to the wounded during the siege, was honored with the Civilian Award for Humanitarian Service by the US ...
The Bougainville campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan, named after the island of Bougainville, one of the Solomon Islands. It was part of Operation Cartwheel, the Allied grand strategy in the South Pacific.
The Tunisian campaign (also known as the battle of Tunisia) was a series of battles that took place in Tunisia during the North African campaign of the Second World War, between Axis and Allied forces from 17 November 1942 to 13 May 1943.
In places the coral was so hard explosives had to be used. The work required the clearing of 1,100 acres (4.5 km 2) and the removal of 18,000 coconut trees. [109] B-24s of 307th Bombardment Group (the "Long Rangers") arrived on 21 April 1944. [110] They participated in raids on Biak and supported the Battle of Biak in May. [109]