World War II/Related Articles

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War: A state of violent conflict which exists between two or more independent nations or groups, each seeking to impose its will on the others. ^[e]
military history: The study of armed conflict between nations or other identifiable groups, and the many components, background factors, and implications and impact of those conflicts on nations, individuals and perceptions. ^[e]
Military: The standing armed forces of a country, that are directed by the national government and are tasked with that nation's defense. ^[e]
World War II in the Pacific: Operations between Japan and Allied forces, 1941-1945 ^[e]
World War II, air war: Air operations in the Second World War ^[e]

Phoney War: The period of the Second World War between the fall of Poland in October 1939 and the invasion of Norway in April 1940. ^[e]
Battle for France and the Low Countries: Add brief definition or description
Battle of Britain: Those German offensive air strikes, and British defense, with which the Germans had intended to establish air supremacy for their proposed invasion of Britain ^[e]
Battle of the Atlantic: A major campaign to secure Anglo-American shipping routes in the face of German opposition, principally submarine but also involving long-range aircraft and commerce raiding; eventually won by Allied technology, organization and industrial production ^[e]
Invasion of Normandy: Add brief definition or description
Northwest Europe Campaign: Add brief definition or description
Southern France: Add brief definition or description
Crossing the Rhine: Add brief definition or description

Invasion of Greece: Add brief definition or description
Invasion of Yugoslavia: Add brief definition or description
North Africa: Add brief definition or description
Battle of Sicily: In the Mediterranean Theater and Italian Campaign of the Second World War, an Allied invasion of Sicily night of 9 July, 1943, ending 17 August in an Allied victory with the Axis troops either surrendering or withdrawing to the mainland ^[e]
Italian Campaign: Add brief definition or description

CBI: Add brief definition or description
Second Sino-Japanese War: The extension of border clashes between Japan's Kwangtung Army and China, into full-scale war, beginning in 1937 and merging into World War Two in the Pacific ^[e]

Battle of Pearl Harbor: Add brief definition or description
Battle of Midway: Generally considered to be the turning point of the Pacific Theater in the Second World War, a Japanese force intending to capture Midway Island was turned back with the loss of four aircraft carriers, at the cost of one U.S. carrier; it was the last major Japanese offensive of the war ^[e]
Battle of Coral Sea: Add brief definition or description
Battle of Guadalcanal: The first Allied offensive campaign of the Pacific theater in WWII, fought August 7, 1942 and February 9, 1943; Allied victory ^[e]

Battle of the Philippine Sea: A major defeat of the Japanese Navy in World War II by the U. S. Navy in June 1944. ^[e]
Battle of Leyte Gulf: An American victory over Japan during World War II and the largest naval battle in history. ^[e]
Battle of Iwo Jima: Add brief definition or description
Battle of Okinawa: Add brief definition or description