List of theaters and campaigns of World War II

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v • d • e Campaigns of World War II Europe Poland – Phoney War – Finland  – Denmark & Norway France & Benelux – Britain – Eastern Front – North West Europe (1944–45) The Mediterranean, Africa and The Middle East Mediterranean Sea – East Africa – North Africa – West Africa  Balkans (1939–41) – Middle East – Yugoslavia – Madagascar – Italy Asia & The Pacific China – Pacific Ocean – South-East Asia  South West Pacific – Japan – Manchuria Other Campaigns Atlantic – Strategic Bombing – North America Contemporaneous Wars Chinese Civil – Soviet-Japanese Border – French-Thai - Anglo-Iraqi  Invasion of Iran – Sino-Japanese – Ecuadorian-Peruvian

Contents 1 Pre-World War II 2 Campaigns and theatres of World War II 2.1 European Theatre 2.2 Pacific Asian Theatre 2.3 Middle East Theatre 2.4 Mediterranean Theatre 2.5 African Theatre 2.6 Naval wars 2.7 Strategic Air Campaigns 3 Contemporary wars 4 See also

[edit] Pre-World War II

• Second Italo-Abyssinian War
• Spanish Civil War
• Soviet-Japanese Border War (1939)

[edit] Campaigns and theatres of World War II

[edit] European Theatre

• Blitzkrieg
  • Battle of Poland (Operation Fall Weiss) (1939)
  • Phony War
  • Invasion of Denmark and Norway (April-June 1940)
  • Battle of France (Fall Gelb) (May-June 1940)
  • Battle of Britain ( + Operation Sealion Unternehmen Seelöwe ) (July-October 1940)
  • 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)
• Eastern Front (initially Operation Barbarossa) (June 1941 to May 1945)
• Western Front (1944–1945)
  • Battle of Normandy (ETO: Normandy Campaign) (June-August 1944)
  • Northern France Campaign (July-September 1944)
  • Southern France Campaign (Operation Dragoon) (August-September 1944)
  • Battle of the Siegfried Line (ETO: Rhineland Campaign, Ardennes-Alsace Campaign) (August-December 1944)
  • Central Europe Campaign (March-May 1945)

[edit] Pacific Asian Theatre

• Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
• American-British-Dutch-Australian Command
• Pacific Theater of Operations
  • Pacific Ocean Areas
  • South West Pacific Area
• South-East Asian Theatre
  • Burma Campaign
  • China Burma India Theatre
• Soviet Manchurian Campaign 1945

[edit] Middle East Theatre

• Middle East Campaign
  • Anglo-Iraqi War
  • Syria-Lebanon campaign
  • Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
• East African Campaign
• Western Desert Campaign

[edit] Mediterranean Theatre

• North African Campaign
  • Tunisia Campaign
• Italian Campaign (World War II)

[edit] African Theatre

• East African Campaign
• North African Campaign
• West African campaign 1940
• Battle of Madagascar 1942

[edit] Naval wars

• Battle of the Atlantic
  • Arctic Convoys (operation Rösselsprung)
• Battle of the Mediterranean
• Battle of the Indian Ocean

[edit] Strategic Air Campaigns

• Strategic Bombing During World War II

[edit] Contemporary wars

• Chinese Civil War
• Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
• Soviet-Japanese Border War (1939) (May 11 - September 16, 1939)
• Winter War (Russo-Finnish War) (November 30, 1939 – March 13, 1940)
• Anglo-Iraqi War (18 April – 30 May 1941)
• French-Thai War (October, 1940 - May 9, 1941)
• Continuation War (25 June 1941–19 September 1944)
• Lapland War (October 1, 1944 – April 25, 1945)
• Greek Civil War (December 1944 - October 16, 1949)

[edit] See also

• Campaigns of World War II
• List of operations and projects (military and non-military)