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Pages in category "Naval battles and operations of the European theatre of World War II" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
Naval battles of World War II involving the United States (2 C, 90 P) Pages in category "Naval battles and operations of World War II" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The Battle of the Mediterranean was the name given to the naval campaign fought in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II, from 10 June 1940 to 2 May 1945.. For the most part, the campaign was fought between the Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina), supported by other Axis naval and air forces, those of Nazi Germany and Vichy France, and the British Royal Navy, supported by other Allied naval ...
Bertram (1942) — deception operation in preparation for the Second Battle of El Alamein; Supercharge (1942) — second stage attack by British and New Zealanders at El Alamein; Lustre (1941) — Allied reinforcement of Greece; Mandibles (1941) — a planned 1940-1941 British amphibious assault on Rhodes, Leros and the Dodecanese Islands in ...
This battle occurred in 1794, during the height of the Age of Sail. This list of naval battles is a chronological list delineating important naval battles that have occurred throughout history, from the beginning of naval warfare with the Hittites in the 12th century BC to piracy off the coast of Somalia in the 21st century. If a battle has no ...
The Mediterranean and Middle East theatre had the longest duration of the World War II, resulted in the destruction of the Italian Empire, and severely undermined the strategic position of Germany, resulting in German divisions being deployed to Africa and Italy and total German losses (including those captured upon final surrender) being over ...
The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign [11] [12] in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter ...