List of theaters and campaigns of World War II
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The List of theaters and campaigns of World War II subdivides military operations of World war II and contemporary wars by war, then by theater and then by campaign.
Contents
Pre–World War II[edit]
- Second Italo-Abyssinian War
- Spanish Civil War
- Second Sino-Japanese War
- Soviet-Japanese Border War (1939)
- Italian invasion of Albania
- Slovak-Hungarian War
Campaigns and theatres of World War II[edit]
European Theatre[edit]
Western Front[edit]
- Phony War
- Invasion of Denmark and Norway (April–June 1940)
- Battle of France (with Benelux countries/Fall Gelb) (May–June 1940)
- Battle of Britain ( + Operation Sea Lion Unternehmen Seelöwe ) (July–October 1940)
- Western Front (1944–1945)
- Battle of Normandy (June–August 1944)
- Northern France Campaign (July–September 1944)
- Southern France Campaign (Operation Dragoon) (August–September 1944)
- Battle of the Siegfried Line (Rhineland Campaign, Ardennes-Alsace Campaign) (August–December 1944)
- Central Europe Campaign (March–May 1945)
Eastern Front[edit]
- Battle of Poland (Operation Fall Weiss) (1939)
- Eastern Front (initially Operation Barbarossa) (June 1941 to May 1945)
- Finland (June 1941-September 1944)
Mediterranean, African and Middle East Theatre[edit]
- East African Campaign
- North African Campaign
- Invasion of Yugoslavia (Operation Punishment) (April 1941)
- Battle of Greece (Operation Marita) (October 1940 to April 1941)
- Battle of Crete (Operation Mercury) (May–June 1941)
- World War II in Yugoslavia (April 1941 to May 1945)
- Anglo-Iraqi War
- Syria-Lebanon campaign
- Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
- Italy (July 1943-May 1945)
Pacific Asian Theatre[edit]
- Sino-Japanese War
- American-British-Dutch-Australian Command
- Pacific Theater of Operations
- South-East Asian Theatre
- Japan
- Soviet Manchurian Campaign 1945
Other Theatres[edit]
- American Theater (World War II)
- Australia
- Arctic and Antarctica
- West Africa 1940
- Battle of Madagascar 1942
[edit]
- Battle of the Atlantic
- Arctic Convoys (operation Rösselsprung)
- Battle of the Mediterranean
- Battle of the Indian Ocean
Air wars[edit]
Contemporary wars[edit]
- Chinese Civil War (April 12, 1927 – May 1, 1950)
- Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945)
- Soviet-Japanese Border War (May 11, 1939 – September 16, 1939)
- Winter War (Russo-Finnish War) (November 30, 1939 – March 13, 1940)
- French-Thai War (September 1, 1940 – May 9, 1941)
- Continuation War (June 25, 1941 – September 19, 1944)
- Ecuadorian-Peruvian War (July 5, 1941 – February 13, 1942)
- Lapland War (October 1, 1944 – April 25, 1945)
- Greek Civil War (December 3, 1944 – October 16, 1949)
- Seven Enemy Offensive (September 27, 1941 – June 6, 1944)
- Anglo-Iraqi War (May 2 – 31, 1941)
