World War II Battle Time Line
African and Middle Eastern Front
African Theatres of World War II
Western Desert Campaign : June 1940 – February 1943
Battles of Fort Capuzzo: June 1940 – November 1942
Italian invasion of Egypt: September 1940
Operation Compass: December 1940 – February 1941
Battle of Nibeiwa: December 1940
Battle of Sidi Barrani: December 1940
Siege of Giarabub: December 1940 – March 1941
Battle of Bardia: January 1941
Battle of Mechili: January 1941
Capture of Kufra: January 1941 – March 1941
Battle of Beda Fomm: February 1941
Operation Sonnenblume: February – May 1941
Siege of Tobruk: April – November 1941
Bardia raid: April 1941
Twin Pimples raid: July 1941
Operation Brevity: May 1941
Operation Skorpion: My 194
Operation Battleaxe: June 1941
Operation Crusader: November – December 1941
First Battle of Bir el Gubi: November 1941
Battle of Point 175: November – December 1941
Second Battle of Bir el Gubi: December 1941
Battle of Gazala: May – June 1942
Battle of Bir Hakeim: 26th May – 11th June 1942
First Battle of El Alamein: July 1942
Battle of Alam el Halfa: August – September 1942
Second Battle of El Alamein: October – November 1942
Battle of El Agheila: December 1942
East African Campaign: June 1940 – November 1941
Italian capture of Kassala: July 1940
Italian conquest of British Somaliland: August 1940
Attack on Convoy BN 7: October 1940
Battle of Agordat: January 1941
Battle of Keren: February – April 1941
Battle of Amba Alagi: May 1941
Battle of Culqualber: August – November 1941
Battle of Gondar: November 1941
West African Campaign: September–November 1940
Battle of Dakar: September 1940
Battle of Gabon: November 1940
Iraq Campaign: May 1941
Syria–Lebanon Campaign: June – July 1941
Iran Campaign: August–September 1941
Operation Torch: November 1942
Operation Terminal: 8th November 1942
Naval Battle of Casablanca
Tunisia Campaign: November 1942 – May 1943
Battle of the Kasserine Pass: February 1943
Battle of Sidi Bou Zid: February 1943
Battle of Medenine: March 1943
Battle of the Mareth Line: March 1943
Battle of El Guettar: March – April 1943
Operation Flax: April 1943
Battle of Hill 609: April – May 1943
Operation Vulcan: May 1943
Operation Retribution: May 1943
Mediterranean Front
Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
Attack on Mers-el-Kébir: 3rd July 1940
Siege of Malta: June 1940 – December 1942
Balkan campaign: October 1940 – June 1941
Greco-Italian war: October 1940 – April 1941
Battle of Yugoslavia: April 1941
Battle of Greece: April 1941
Battle of Crete: May 1941
Operation Strangle: March 1943 – June 1944
Battle of Sicily: July–August 1943
Operation Ladbroke
Operation Fustian
Battle of Troina
Allied invasion of Italy: September 1943
Operation Slapstick
Dodecanese Campaign: September–October 1943
Battle of Leros
Battle of Kos
Battle of Naples: September 1943
Volturno Line: October–November 1943
Barbara Line: October–November 1943
Air Raid on Bari: December 1943
Battle of Ortona: December 1943
Bernhardt Line: December 1943 – January 1944
Moro River Campaign: December 1943
Battle of Monte Cassino: January–May 1944
Operation Diadem
Battle of Anzio: January–June 1944
Battle of Cisterna
Trasimene Line: June–July 1944
Battle of Ancona: June–July 1944
Gothic Line: August–December 1944
Battle of Gemmano
Battle of Rimini
Battle of San Marino: September 1944
Battle of Garfagnana: December 1944
Battle of Monte Castello: November 1944 – February 1945
Spring 1945 offensive in Italy: April–May 1945
Battle of Bologna:
Battle of Collecchio:
Battle of the Argenta Gap:
Western Front
Western Front (World War II)
Saar Offensive September 1939
Operation Weserübung: April–June 1940
Norwegian Campaign
Battles of Narvik
Invasion of Denmark: April 1940
Battle of the Netherlands: May 1940
Battle of Rotterdam
Battle of Zeeland
Battle of the Afsluitdijk
Battle of the Grebbeberg
Battle for The Hague
Battle of Maastricht
Battle of Belgium: May 1940
Battle of Fort Eben-Emael
Battle of Hannut
Battle of Gembloux
Battle of France: May–June 1940
Battle of Sedan
Battle of Arras
Siege of Calais
Siege of Lille
Operation Paula
Battle of Dunkirk
Battle of Saumur
Battle of Britain: July–October 1940
The Hardest Day
Battle of Britain Day
Battle of Graveney Marsh
The Blitz: September 1940 – May 1941
Operation Cerberus: February 1942
Operation Donnerkeil: February 1942
St. Nazaire Raid: March 1942
Dieppe Raid: August 1942
Battle of Berlin (air): November 1943 – March 1944
Operation Overlord: June–August 1944
Battle of Normandy
Invasion of Normandy
Battle for Caen
Operation Perch
Battle of Carentan
Battle of Cherbourg
Battle of Villers-Bocage
Battle of Bloody Gulch
Operation Epsom
Operation Windsor
Operation Charnwood
Operation Jupiter
Second Battle of the Odon
Operation Goodwood
Operation Atlantic
Battle of Verrières Ridge
Operation Spring
Operation Cobra
Operation Totalize
Operation Lüttich
Operation Tractable
Battle of Hill 262
Falaise pocket
Battle for Brest: August–September 1944
Operation Dragoon: August–September 1944
Operation Romeo
Battle of Port Cros
Battle of La Ciotat
Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine: August–September 1944
Clearing the Channel Coast: September–November 1944
Operation Astonia
Siege of Dunkirk (1944)
Operation Wellhit
Operation Undergo
Operation Market Garden: September 1944
Battle of Arnhem
Lorraine Campaign: September–December 1944
Battle of Metz: September–December 1944
Battle of Nancy: September 1944
Battle of Moerbrugge: September 1944
Battle of Hürtgen Forest: September 1944 – February 1945
Battle of Hill 400
Battle of Overloon: October 1944
Battle of Aachen: October 1944
Battle of Crucifix Hill
Battle of the Scheldt: October–November 1944
Operation Queen: November–December 1944
Operation Clipper: November 1944 – January 1945
Battle of the Bulge: December 1944 – January 1945
Battle of Vianden
Battle of St. Vith
Battle of Kesternich
Battle of Foy
Battle of Lanzerath Ridge
Losheim Gap
Battle of Clervaux
Battle of Elsenborn Ridge
Operation Stösser
Siege of Bastogne
Operation Bodenplatte
Operation Nordwind: January 1945
Operation Blackcock: January 1945
Colmar Pocket: January–February 1945
Western Allied invasion of Germany: February–May 1945
Operation Veritable
Operation Grenade
Operation Lumberjack
Operation Plunder
Operation Varsity
Operation Undertone
Operation Amherst
Battle of Kassel
Battle of Heilbronn
Ruhr Pocket
Battle of Groningen: April 1945
Atlantic
Battle of the Atlantic: 1939–1945
Battle of the River Plate
Altmark Incident
Convoy SC 7
Convoy HX 84
Operation Berlin
Action of 4th April 1941
Action of 9th May 1941
Battle of the Denmark Strait
Battle of the Bismarck
Operation Drumbeat
Battle of Torpedo Alley
Action of 27th March 1942
Battle of the St. Lawrence
Action of 6th June 1942
Convoy PQ 17\\
Naval Battle of Casablanca
Battle of the Barents Sea
Battle of the North Cape
Operation Stonewall
Operation Teardrop
Action of 13th May 1944
Battle of Ushant
Battle of Pierres Noires
Action of 9th February 1945
Battle of Point Judith
Eastern Front
Eastern Front (World War II)
Invasion of Poland: September–October 1939
Battle of Mlawa
Battle of Tuchola Forest
Battle of Jordanów
Battle of Borowa Góra
Battle of Wizna
Battle of Piotrków Trybunalski
Battle of Hel
Battle of the Bzura
Siege of Warsaw
Battle of Lwów
Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski
Battle of Krasnobród
Battle of Kock
Soviet invasion of Poland: September–October 1939
Battle of Wilno
Battle of Grodno
Battle of Szack
Battle of Wytyczno
Winter War: November 1939 – March 1940
Battle of Suomussalmi
Battle of Summa
Battle of Raate Road
Battle of Kollaa
Battle of Petsamo
Operation Barbarossa: June–December 1941
Battle of Białystok-Minsk: June 1941
Operation Arctic Fox: July–November 1941
Operation Bagration: June–August 1944
Bobruysk Offensive: June 1944
Battle of the Bay of Viipuri: June–July 1944
Belostock Offensive: July 1944
Battle of Berlin: April–May 1945
Battle of Bautzen (1945): April 1945
Battle at Borodino Field: October 1941 – January 1942
Operation Braunschweig: July–November 1942
Defense of Brest Fortress: June 1941
Siege of Breslau: February–May 1945
Battle of Brody (1941): June 1941
Battle of Bryansk (1941): October 1941
Budapest Offensive: October 1944 – February 1945
Siege of Budapest: December 1944 – February 1945
Operation Büffel: March 1943
Case Blue: June–November 1942
Battle of the Caucasus
Concert (operation)
Continuation War
Courland Pocket
Battle of the Crimea (1941)
Battle of the Crimea (1944)
Battle of Debrecen
Demyansk Pocket
Operation Doppelkopf
Battle of the Dnieper
Battle of the Transdanubian Hills
Battle of the Dukla Pass
East Pomeranian Offensive
East Prussian Offensive
Operation Edelweiss
Operation Frühlingserwachen
Gumbinnen Operation
Battle of Halbe
Battle of Hel
Heiligenbeil Pocket
Operation Iskra
Jassy-Kishinev Operation
Kamenets-Podolsky pocket
Kaunas Offensive
Battle of the Kerch Peninsula
Kerch-Eltigen Operation
First Battle of Kharkov
Second Battle of Kharkov
Third Battle of Kharkov
Fourth Battle of Kharkov
Occupation of Kharkov
Battle of Kiev (1941)
Battle of Kiev (1943)
Battle of Kolberg
Battle of Königsberg
Operation Konrad
Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket
Battle of Krasny Bor
Operation Kremlin
Battle of Kursk
Operation Kutuzov
Siege of Leningrad
Battle of Lenino
Lower Silesian Offensive
Lublin–Brest Offensive
Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Lötzen decision
Operation Margarethe
Battle of Memel
Minsk Offensive
Mogilev Offensive
Moonzund Landing Operation
Battle of Moscow
Malaya Zemlya
Operation Mars
Nagykanizsa–Kermend Offensive
Battle of Narva (1944)
Battle for Narva Bridgehead
Battle of Tannenberg Line
Nevsky Pyatachok
Battle of Nikolayevka
Operation Nordlicht (1942)
Operation Nordlicht (1944-1945)
Battle of the Oder-Neisse
Siege of Odessa (1941)
Osovets Offensive
Ostrogozhsk-Rossosh Operation
Operation Panzerfaust
Operation Platinum Fox
Polotsk Offensive
Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda
Battle of Porkuni
Battle of Poznań (1945)
Prague Offensive
Pripyat swamps (punitive operation)
Battle of Prokhorovka
Battle of Radzymin (1944)
Battle of Raseiniai
Operation Renntier
Riga Offensive (1944)
Battle of Rostov
Battles of Rzhev
Operation Saturn
Defense of Schwedt Bridgehead
Sea of Azov coastal advance
Battle of the Seelow Heights
Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)
Shyaulyay Offensive
Silesian Offensives
Operation Silver Fox
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
Battle of Smolensk (1943)
Operation Solstice
Battle of Someri
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Studzianki
Battle of Tali-Ihantala
Bombing of Tallinn in World War II
Evacuation of Tallinn (1941)
Tallinn Offensive
Battle of Târgul Frumos
Tatsinskaya Raid
Toropets-Kholm Operation
Battle of Uman
Upper Silesian Offensive
Operation Uranus
Battle for Velikiye Luki (1943)
Vienna Offensive
Vilnius Offensive
Vistula–Oder Offensive
Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive
Battle of Voronezh (1942)
Battle of Voronezh (1943)
Warsaw Uprising
Battle of Westerplatte
Operation Wintergewitter
Battle of Wizna
Operation Wotan
Yelnya Offensive
Zemland Offensive
Operation Valkyrie
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean theatre of World War II
Action of 27th February 1941
Action of 8th May 1941
Japanese occupation of the Andaman Islands: 1942–1945
Battle of Christmas Island: March–April 1942
Indian Ocean raid: March–April 1942
Easter Sunday Raid: April 1942
Battle of Madagascar: May–November 1942
Cocos Island Mutiny: May 1942
Battle of La Réunion: November 1942
Indian Ocean raid (1944): March 1944
Pacific Theatre of War WWII
Japanese Invasion of U.S.
Attack on Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941
Battle of Guam (1941): December 1941
Battle of Wake Island: December 1941
Battle of Dutch Harbor, June 1942
Japanese occupation of Kiska: June 1942
Japanese occupation of Attu: June 1942
Japanese occupation of Hongkong: December 1941
Japanese occupation of Philippines: December 1941 – May 1942
Battle of Bataan
Battle of Corregidor
Japanese occupation of Dutch East Indies: December 1941 – March 1942
Battle of Borneo (1941–42)
Battle of Manado (1942)
Battle of Tarakan (1942)
Battle of Balikpapan (1942)
Battle of Ambon (1942)
Battle of Makassar Strait (1942)
Battle of Palembang (1942)
Battle of Badung Strait (1942)
Battle of Timor (1942–43)
Battle of the Java Sea (1942)
Battle of Sunda Strait (1942)
Battle of Java (1942)
Second Battle of the Java Sea (1942)
Japanese Invasion of Rabaul, January–February 1942
Japanese Invasion of Australia: February 1942 – June 1942
Attack on Darwin: February 1942
Attack on Broome: March 1942
Attack on Sydney Harbour: May – June 1942
Japanese Invasion of Salamaua-Lae, March 1942
Japanese Invasion of Tulagi, May 1942
Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
Battle of Midway: June 1942
Japanese Invasion of Buna-Gona, July 1942
Kokoda Track campaign, July–November 1942
Battle of Milne Bay, August–September 1942
Guadalcanal Campaign: August 1942 – February 1943
Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo, August 1942
Battle of Savo Island, August 1942
Makin Island raid, August 1942
Battle of the Tenaru: August 1942
Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August 1942
Battle of Edson’s Ridge: September 1942
Actions along the Matanikau: September–October 1942
Battle of Cape Esperance, October 1942
Battle for Henderson Field: October 1942
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942
Matanikau Offensive: November 1942
Koli Point action: November 1942
Carlson’s Patrol: November–December 1942
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. November 1942
Battle of Tassafaronga, November 1942
Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse: December 1942
Battle of Rennell Island: January 1943
New Guinea campaign: October 1942 – August 1945
Battle of Goodenough Island, October 1942
Battle of Buna–Gona, November 1942 – January 1943
Battle of Wau, January 1943
Battle of the Bismarck Sea, March 1943
Salamaua–Lae campaign, April–September 1943
Finisterre Range campaign, September 1943 – April 1944
Huon Peninsula campaign, September 1943 – March 1944
Bougainville Campaign, November 1943 – August 1945
New Britain campaign, December 1943 – August 1945
Battle of Cape Gloucester: December 1943 – April 1944
Admiralty Islands campaign, February–May 1944
Western New Guinea campaign, April 1944 – August 1945
Aitape–Wewak campaign, November 1944 – August 1945
Aleutian Islands Campaign, March 1943 – August 1943
Battle of the Komandorski Islands: March 1943
Battle of Attu: May 1943
Operation Vengeance: April 1943
Solomon Islands Campaign, June 1943 – November 1943
New Georgia Campaign, June–August 1943
Battle of Kula Gulf: July 1943
Battle of Kolombangara: July 1943
Battle of Vella Gulf: August 1943
Land Battle of Vella Lavella: August – October 1943
Naval Battle of Vella Lavella: October 1943
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay: November 1943
Battle of Cape St. George: November 1943
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, November 1943 – February 1944
Battle of Tarawa, November 1943
Battle of Kwajalein, February 1944
Battle of Eniwetok, February 1944
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, June – November 1944
Battle of Saipan, June 1944
Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 1944
Battle of Guam (1944), July – August 1944
Battle of Tinian, July – August 1944
Battle of Peleliu, September – November 1944
Battle of Angaur, September – October 1944
Battle of Noemfoor: July–August 1944
Battle of Morotai: September–October 1944
Philippines Campaign (1944–45): October 1944 – September 1945
Battle of Leyte: October–December 1944
Battle of Leyte Gulf: October 1944
Battle off Samar: 25th October 1944
Battle of Luzon: January–August 1945
Battle of Manila (1945): February–March 1945
Battle of Iwo Jima: February–March 1945
Battle of Okinawa: April–June 1945
Battle of Balikpapan (1945): July 1945
China Theatre of War WWII
Second Sino-Japanese War: (1937–1945)
Battle of Changsha (1942): January 1942
Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road: March 1942
Battle of Toungoo
Battle of Yenangyaung
Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi: April 1942
Battle of West Hubei: May 1943
Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan: October 1943
Battle of Changde: November 1943
Operation Ichi-Go
Operation Kogo Battle of Central Henan: April 1944
Operation Togo 1 Battle of Changsha (1944)
Operation Togo 2 and Operation Togo 3 Battle of Guilin-Liuzhou: August 1944
Battle of West Hunan: April–June 1945
Second Guangxi Campaign: April–July 1945
Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation: August–September 1945
Battle of Mutanchiang: August 1945
Southeast Asia Theatre of War WWII
Japanese invasion of French Indochina: September 1940
Battle of Lang Son: September 1940
Thailand invasion of French Indochina : October 1940 – May 1941
Battle of Ko Chang: January 1941
Japanese invasion of Thailand: December 1941
Battle of Prachuap Khiri Khan: Desember 1941
Japanese-Thai occupation of Malaya: December 1941 – January 1942
Battle of Kota Bharu
Bombing of Singapore (1941)
Operation Krohcol
Naval Battle of Malaya
Battle of Jitra
Battle of Kampar
Battle of Slim River
Battle of Muar
Battle of Gemas
Battle off Endau
Bombing of Bangkok: 1942–1945
Japanese conquest of Burma: January–May 1942
Bombing of Rangoon (1941-1942)
Battle of Bilin River
Battle of Sittang Bridge
Battle of Pegu
Taukkyan Roadblock
Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road
Battle of Tachiao
Battle of Oktwin
Battle of Toungoo
Battle of Yenangyaung
Japanese occupation of Singapore: February 1942
Battle of Sarimbun Beach
Battle of Kranji
Battle of Bukit Timah
Battle of Pasir Panjang
Burma Campaign 1942–1945
Arakan Campaign 1942–1943
Chindits Raid: 1942–1945
Burma Campaign 1944
Battle of the Admin Box
Siege of Myitkyina
Japanese invasion of India: March–June 1944
Battle of Imphal
Battle of Sangshak
Battle of Kohima
Burma Campaign 1944–1945
Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
Battle of Mount Song
Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay
Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations
Battle of Hill 170
Battle of Ramree Island
Operation Dracula
Battle of Elephant Point
Allies bombing of South-East Asia: 1944–1945
Operation Matterhorn: 1944
Battle of the Malacca Strait: May 1945
Operation Tiderace: September 1945
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