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Between 26 April and 1 May there were the Battles of Collecchio-Fornovo di Taro, which resulted in the surrender of the 148th German Infantry Division to Brazilian soldiers of the FEB; the Brazilian soldiers captured about 15,000 German and RSI soldiers, the end of these battles marked the end of the conflicts in Italy and the end of the ...
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 ...
The Wehrmacht: The German Army of World War II, 1939–1945. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-57958-312-1. Rothenberg, Gunther Erich (1981). The Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-20260-4. Sadkovich, James J. (1989). "Understanding Defeat: Reappraising Italy's Role in World War II". Journal of Contemporary History.
Battle of Greece (Operation Marita) (April 1941) Crete (Operation Mercury) (May–June 1941) World War II in Yugoslavia (April 1941 to May 1945) Iraq (2–31 May 1941) Syria-Lebanon (8 June – 14 July 1941) Iran (25–31 August 1941) Sicily (9 July – 17 August 1943) Italy (10 July 1943 – 2 May 1945) Corsica (August 1943)
The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat [nb 18] during World War II, taking place from September 1939 to May 1945.The Allied powers (including the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union and France) fought the Axis powers (including Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy) on both sides of the continent in the Western and Eastern fronts.
Pages in category "World War II operations and battles of the Italian Campaign" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which the Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily in July 1943 and took it from the Axis powers (Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany).
Bombing of Bahrain in World War II; Black Sea campaigns (1941–1944) Aerial warfare during Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Bardia; Battle of Përmet; Battle of Reç; Battle of Tirana and Kruja (1943) Operation Battleaxe; Battle of Beda Fomm; Action at Bir el Gubi (November 1941) Action at Bir el Gubi (December 1941) Battle of Bir Hakeim ...