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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 ...
Major Japanese tactical victory resulting in the destruction of American naval ships and base installations; Failure of Japanese objective to destroy American aircraft carriers and achieve decisive victory; Caused the United States to formally enter World War II and declare war on Japan, Germany, and Italy
List of World War II battles (1939–1945) Lists of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (1955–1975) List of military engagements during the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–2024)
The U.S. Army returned to the Philippines in October 1944, waging major campaigns on Luzon and the southern Philippines through 1945. [10] U.S. forces landed on Okinawa and in April 1945. [ 11 ] Atomic bombs developed under the direction of the U.S. Army were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, which caused the Japanese to ...
April 12: Fourth Battle of Fort Capuzzo [3] April 30: First Battle of Halfaya Pass [3] Operation Brevity. May 15: Second Battle of Halfaya Pass; May 15–16: Fifth Battle of Fort Capuzzo [4] Operation Skorpion. May 27: Third Battle of Halfaya Pass [5] [6] Operation Battleaxe. June 15–17: Fourth Battle of Halfaya Pass [3] June 15: Battle for ...
Pages in category "Battles of World War II involving the United States" The following 190 pages are in this category, out of 190 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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
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