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An invasion is a military offensive in which sizable number of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objectives of establishing or re-establishing control, retaliation for real or perceived actions, liberation of previously lost territory, forcing the partition of a country, gaining concessions or access to ...
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 [update] 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.
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
AL (1942) — invasion of the western Aleutians as a diversion from the attempted invasion of Midway Island. AOB (1942) — seizure of Kiska Island; AQ (1942) — seizure of Attu Island; Ke-Go (1943) — evacuation of Kiska, Aleutians; Nauru (1940) two German attacks on Nauru Island. First Attack (1940) sinking of five British, Australian and ...
The Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign were a series of battles fought from August 1942 through February 1944, in the Pacific theatre of World War II between the United States and Japan. They were the first steps of the drive across the Central Pacific by the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps. The purpose was to establish ...
On Rommel's order, the number of mines along the coast was tripled. [30] The Allied air offensive over Germany had crippled the Luftwaffe and established air supremacy over western Europe, so Rommel knew he could not expect effective air support. [73] The Luftwaffe could muster only 815 aircraft [74] over Normandy in comparison to the Allies ...
Sicily: 9 July – 17 August 1943, the allied invasion and liberation of Sicily; Naples-Foggia: Air: 18 August 1943 – 21 January 1944; Ground: 9 September 1943 – 21 January 1944, from the Allied invasion of Italy to the Winter Line battles; Anzio: 22 January – 24 May 1944, the landing and battle at Anzio
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