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This is a list of wars involving Germany from 962. It includes the Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, the German Democratic Republic (DDR, "East Germany") and the present Federal Republic of Germany (BRD, until German reunification in 1990 known as "West Germany").
USS Lexington explodes during the Battle of the Coral Sea. 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 ...
Germany Most intense urban battle of the war. Considered a major blow to Germany. Spring 1945 offensive in Italy: April 6, 1945 May 2, 1945 Northern Italy: Italian Campaign 16,258 (1,288 killed, 15,453 wounded and 93 missing) [3] Allied victory Germany Planned Allied offensive towards Lombardy
He served with the U.S. Army 125th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, Battery B. The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive on the Western Front and took place from Dec. 16, 1944 ...
Pages in category "Battles of World War II involving Germany" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 290 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war.
Denmark officially remained neutral from the outbreak of the war. Germany invaded without declaration of war as part of Operation Weserübung on 9 April 1940, and overwhelmed Denmark in a few hours of fighting. The Danish government remained in office in Copenhagen until 1943 and signed the Anti-Comintern Pact. On 29 August 1943, the government ...
The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War [n] in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War [o] in modern Germany and Ukraine, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland.