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    This document summarizes 53 major battles and military operations in the European Theater of Operations during World War 2. It details key German invasions and offensives in Poland, France, the Low Countries, Yugoslavia, Greece, the Soviet Union, and North Africa. It also covers major Allied counteroffensives including the British evacuation at Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, El Alamein, Normandy, and the final battles for Berlin. Overall, it provides a chronological overview of the major military events between 1939 and 1945 across Europe during World War 2.

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    This document summarizes 53 major battles and military operations in the European Theater of Operations during World War 2. It details key German invasions and offensives in Poland, France, the Low Countries, Yugoslavia, Greece, the Soviet Union, and North Africa. It also covers major Allied counteroffensives including the British evacuation at Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, El Alamein, Normandy, and the final battles for Berlin. Overall, it provides a chronological overview of the major military events between 1939 and 1945 across Europe during World War 2.

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    World War II Battle Summary

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    This document summarizes 53 major battles and military operations in the European Theater of Operations during World War 2. It details key German invasions and offensives in Poland, France, the Low Countries, Yugoslavia, Greece, the Soviet Union, and North Africa. It also covers major Allied counteroffensives including the British evacuation at Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, El Alamein, Normandy, and the final battles for Berlin. Overall, it provides a chronological overview of the major military events between 1939 and 1945 across Europe during World War 2.

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    World War II Battle Summary: ETO (European Theater of Operations)

    Modern World: Dr. Westrate Victory

    1. German invasion and conquest of Poland: (Sept 1-Oct. 6, 1939) German


    2. Russian invasion and conquest of Poland: (Sept. 17-Oct. 6, 1939) Soviet
    3. Russo-Finnish War: (Nov. 30, 1939-March 13, 1940) Soviet
    4. Sinking of the Graf Spee, Battle of the River Plate (Dec. 17, 1939) British
    5. Phony War or Sitzkrieg: (Sept. 3, 1939-May 10, 1940) German
    6. German invasion of Denmark: (April 9, 1940) German
    7. German invasion of Norway: (April 9-June 10, 1940) German
    8. Narvik Expedition: ((April 9-June 8, 1940) German
    9. German invasion of Holland: (May 10-14, 1940) German
    10. German invasion of Belgium: ( May 10-28, 1940) German
    11. German invasion of Luxembourg: (May 10, 1940) German
    12. German invasion of France: (May 10-June 25, 1940) German
    13. Dunkirk evacuation—Operation Dynamo: (May26-June 3, 1940) British
    14. Siege of Malta: June 11, 1940-Nov. 20, 1942 British
    15. Mers-el-Kebir—Oran: (July 3, 1940) British
    16. Battle of Britain: (July 10-Oct. 31, 1940) British
    17. British invasion of Ethiopia (East African Campaign): (June 10, 1940-November 27, 1941) British
    18. Italian invasion of Egypt: (September 13, 1940) British
    19. Hunt for the ‘Bismarck’: (May 26-27, 1941) British
    20. Allied Invasion of Syria and Lebanon: (June 8-July14, 1941) Allies
    21. The ‘Blitz’: (Sept. 7, 1940-May 10, 1941) British
    22. Italian invasion of Greece: (Oct. 28, 1940-April 23, 1941) Greece
    23. Battle of the Atlantic: (Sept. 3, 1939-May 8, 1945) Allies
    24. German invasion of Yugoslavia: (April 6-17, 1941) German
    25. German invasion of Greece: (April 6-30, 1941) German
    26. German invasion of Crete: (May 20-June 1, 1941) German
    27. German invasion of the Soviet Union—Operation Barbarossa: (June 22-Dec. 5, 1941) German
    28. Battle of Moscow: (Oct. 2, 1941-Jan. 7, 1942) Soviet
    29. Dieppe Raid: (Aug. 19, 1942) German
    30. Siege of Leningrad: (Sept. 8, 1941-Jan. 27, 1944) Soviet
    31. Battle of Stalingrad: (Aug. 23, 1942-Feb. 2, 1943) Soviet
    32. German intervention in Libya and invasion of Egypt: (Feb. 12, 1941-May 13, 1943) German
    33. Battle of El Alamein: (Oct. 23-Nov. 5, 1942) British
    34. Anglo-American invasion of Morocco and Algeria—Operation Torch: (Nov. 8-16, 1942) Allied
    35. Battle of Kasserine Pass: (Feb. 19-25, 1943) German
    36. Axis surrender in North Africa (Tunisia): May 13, 1943) Allies
    37. Battle of Kursk—Operation Citidel: (July 4-Aug. 23, 1943) Soviet
    38. Anglo-American invasion of Sicily—Operation Husky: (July 9-August 17, 1943) Allies
    39. Allied invasion of Italy: (Sept. 3-16, 1943) Allies
    40. Battle of Anzio: (Jan. 22-June 5, 1944) German
    41. Battle of Monte Cassino: (Jan. 17-May 18, 1944) Allies
    42. Liberation of Rome: (June 4, 1944) Allies
    43. Invasion of Normandy—Operation Overlord: (June 6, 1944) Allies
    44. Battle of Normandy: (June 6-Aug. 25, 1944) Allies
    45. Allied breakout in Normandy—Operation Cobra: (July 25-Aug. 25, 1944) Allies
    46. Liberation of Paris: (Aug. 19-25, 1944) Allies
    47. Allied invasion of southern France—Operation Anvil: (Aug. 15-Sept. 14, 1945) Allies
    48. Warsaw Uprising: (Aug. 1-Oct. 2, 1944) German
    49. Allied invasion of Holland—Operation Market-Garden: (Sept. 17-25, 1944) German
    50. Hurtgen Forest: (Sept. 19, 1944-Feb. 10, 1945) Allies (Pyrrhic)
    51. Battle of the Bulge—Operation Wacht am Rhein: (Dec. 16, 1944-Jan. 25, 1945) Allies
    52. Battle of Berlin: (April 16-May 2, 1945) Soviet

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