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Includes land and sea operations relating to north-west Europe, but excludes: purely naval operations in the adjoining waters (see: List of World War II military operations - Atlantic Ocean) operations in Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), Iceland and Greenland (see: Military operations in Scandinavia and Iceland during World ...
Pacific theatre of World War II people (3 C) R. World War II refugees (5 C, 59 P) Righteous Among the Nations (3 C, 14 P)
List of military operations in the Nordic countries during World War II; Invasion of Denmark and Norway (April–June 1940) Continuation war (June 25, 1941 – September 19, 1944) Lapland War (October 1, 1944 – April 25, 1945) Liberation of Finnmark (October 23, 1944 - April 26, 1945)
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.
27 January: The first World War II US mission flown against the German homeland bombs Kriegsmarine submarine pens in Wilhelmshaven. [27]: 107 5/6 March: The first raid of the Battle of the Ruhr [2] flew RAF Bomber Command's 100,000th sortie of World War II, with 160 acres destroyed and 53 Krupps buildings bombed at Essen.
List of military operations in the West European Theater during World War II by year; List of expansion operations and planning of the Axis powers; List of military operations on the Eastern Front of World War II; List of Special Operations Executive operations
This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022 this is not a comprehensive list, but most major operations that Axis and Allied combatants engaged in are included, and also operations that involved neutral nation states. Operations are categorised ...
The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat [nb 19] during World War II, taking place from September 1939 to May 1945.The Allied powers (including the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union) fought the Axis powers (including Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy) on both sides of the continent in the Western and Eastern fronts.