The European War
| Name | Date | Start Date |
| Invasion of Albania | 7 Apr 1939 - 12 Apr 1939 | 19390407 |
| Operation Peking | 29 Aug 1939 - 1 Sep 1939 | 19390829 |
| Invasion of Poland | 1 Sep 1939 - 6 Oct 1939 | 19390901 |
| The Winter War | 30 Nov 1939 - 13 Mar 1940 | 19391130 |
| Invasion of Denmark and Norway | 9 Apr 1940 - 10 Jun 1940 | 19400409 |
| Invasion of France and the Low Countries | 10 May 1940 - 22 Jun 1940 | 19400510 |
| Bombing of Cities in France and Low Countries | 1 Jul 1940 - 7 May 1945 | 19400701 |
| Battle of Britain | 10 Jul 1940 - 31 Oct 1940 | 19400710 |
| Balkans Campaign | 28 Oct 1940 - 1 Jun 1941 | 19401028 |
| Attack on Taranto | 11 Nov 1940 - 12 Nov 1940 | 19401111 |
| Operation Colossus | 10 Feb 1941 | 19410210 |
| Battle of Matapan | 27 Mar 1941 - 29 Mar 1941 | 19410327 |
| Operation Silver Fox | 22 Jun 1941 - 22 Sep 1941 | 19410622 |
| Operation Barbarossa | 22 Jun 1941 - 30 Sep 1941 | 19410622 |
| Siege of Odessa | 8 Aug 1941 - 16 Oct 1941 | 19410808 |
| Siege of Leningrad | 4 Sep 1941 - 27 Jan 1944 | 19410904 |
| Battle of Moscow | 30 Sep 1941 - 7 Jan 1942 | 19410930 |
| First Battle of Kharkov | 20 Oct 1941 - 24 Oct 1941 | 19411020 |
| Battle of Sevastopol | 30 Oct 1941 - 4 Jul 1942 | 19411030 |
| Rzhev-Vyazma Offensive and the Demyansk Pocket | 9 Jan 1942 - 5 May 1942 | 19420109 |
| Bombing of Rome, Naples, and Other Cities | 2 Mar 1942 - 30 Sep 1943 | 19420302 |
| Raid on Saint-Nazaire | 28 Mar 1942 | 19420328 |
| Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | 28 Mar 1942 - 3 Apr 1945 | 19420328 |
| Second Battle of Kharkov | 12 May 1942 - 28 May 1942 | 19420512 |
| Battle of Stalingrad | 17 Jul 1942 - 2 Feb 1943 | 19420717 |
| Caucasus Campaign | 23 Jul 1942 - 9 Oct 1943 | 19420723 |
| Attack on Dieppe | 18 Aug 1942 - 19 Aug 1942 | 19420818 |
| Scuttling of the French Fleet | 27 Nov 1942 | 19421127 |
| Third Battle of Kharkov | 16 Feb 1943 - 15 Mar 1943 | 19430216 |
| Khatyn Massacre | 22 Mar 1943 | 19430322 |
| Dambuster Raid | 17 May 1943 | 19430517 |
| Raid on Gorkiy | 4 Jun 1943 - 1 Jul 1943 | 19430604 |
| Battle of Pantelleria and Pelagie Islands | 8 Jun 1943 - 13 Jun 1943 | 19430608 |
| Battle of Kursk | 4 Jul 1943 - 13 Jul 1943 | 19430704 |
| Invasion of Sicily and Italy's Surrender | 10 Jul 1943 - 3 Sep 1943 | 19430710 |
| Operation Tidal Wave | 1 Aug 1943 | 19430801 |
| Battle of Belgorod | 3 Aug 1943 - 14 Aug 1943 | 19430803 |
| Fourth Battle of Kharkov | 12 Aug 1943 - 23 Aug 1943 | 19430812 |
| Operation Avalanche | 3 Sep 1943 - 17 Sep 1943 | 19430903 |
| Dodecanese Campaign | 8 Sep 1943 - 20 Nov 1943 | 19430908 |
| Operation Eiche | 12 Sep 1943 | 19430912 |
| Advance to the Gustav Line | 3 Oct 1943 - 15 Jan 1944 | 19431003 |
| Battle of the Black Sea | 6 Oct 1943 | 19431006 |
| Battle of Kiev | 3 Nov 1943 - 10 Dec 1943 | 19431103 |
| Battle of Monte Cassino | 17 Jan 1944 - 18 May 1944 | 19440117 |
| Battle of Anzio | 22 Jan 1944 - 4 Jun 1944 | 19440122 |
| Jassy-Kishinev Offensive and Romania's Surrender | 8 Apr 1944 - 26 Sep 1944 | 19440408 |
| Exercise Tiger | 22 Apr 1944 - 28 Apr 1944 | 19440422 |
| Operation Frantic | 2 Jun 1944 - 22 Sep 1944 | 19440602 |
| Advance to the Gothic Line | 4 Jun 1944 - 31 Jul 1944 | 19440604 |
| Normandy Campaign, Phase 1 | 6 Jun 1944 - 24 Jul 1944 | 19440606 |
| V-Weapons Campaign | 13 Jun 1944 - 30 Mar 1945 | 19440613 |
| Battle of Tali-Ihantala and Battle of Vuosalmi | 21 Jun 1944 - 17 Jul 1944 | 19440621 |
| Operation Bagration | 22 Jun 1944 - 29 Aug 1944 | 19440622 |
| Normandy Campaign, Phase 2 | 25 Jul 1944 - 22 Aug 1944 | 19440725 |
| Brittany Campaign | 1 Aug 1944 - 11 May 1945 | 19440801 |
| Operation Aphrodite and Operation Anvil | 4 Aug 1944 - 1 Jan 1945 | 19440804 |
| Invasion of Southern France | 15 Aug 1944 - 15 Sep 1944 | 19440815 |
| Liberation of Paris | 25 Aug 1944 | 19440825 |
| Gothic Line Offensive | 25 Aug 1944 - 17 Dec 1944 | 19440825 |
| Bulgaria Switched Sides | 26 Aug 1944 - 8 Sep 1944 | 19440826 |
| Liberation of Belgium | 2 Sep 1944 - 2 Nov 1944 | 19440902 |
| Finland Switched Sides | 4 Sep 1944 - 15 Sep 1944 | 19440904 |
| Belgrade Strategic Offensive Operation | 14 Sep 1944 - 24 Nov 1944 | 19440914 |
| Operation Market Garden | 17 Sep 1944 - 25 Sep 1944 | 19440917 |
| Battle of Hürtgen Forest | 19 Sep 1944 - 10 Feb 1945 | 19440919 |
| Battle of the Scheldt Estuary | 2 Oct 1944 - 8 Nov 1944 | 19441002 |
| Budapest Strategic Offensive Operation | 29 Oct 1944 - 13 Feb 1945 | 19441029 |
| Battle of Monte Castello | 25 Nov 1944 - 22 Feb 1945 | 19441125 |
| Battle of the Bulge | 16 Dec 1944 - 28 Jan 1945 | 19441216 |
| Battle of Garfagnana | 26 Dec 1944 - 28 Dec 1944 | 19441226 |
| Vistula-Oder Offensive | 12 Jan 1945 - 2 Feb 1945 | 19450112 |
| East Prussian Offensive | 13 Jan 1945 - 26 Apr 1945 | 19450113 |
| Advance to the Rhine | 20 Jan 1945 - 25 Mar 1945 | 19450120 |
| Silesian Offensive and the Siege of Breslau | 8 Feb 1945 - 6 May 1945 | 19450208 |
| East Pomeranian Offensive | 24 Feb 1945 - 4 Apr 1945 | 19450224 |
| Crossing the Rhine | 22 Mar 1945 - 1 Apr 1945 | 19450322 |
| Fall of the Ruhr | 25 Mar 1945 - 18 Apr 1945 | 19450325 |
| Southern Germany Campaign | 28 Mar 1945 - 2 May 1945 | 19450328 |
| Battle of Vienna | 2 Apr 1945 - 13 Apr 1945 | 19450402 |
| Operation Grapeshot and Operation Roast | 9 Apr 1945 - 2 May 1945 | 19450409 |
| Battle of Berlin | 16 Apr 1945 - 2 May 1945 | 19450416 |
| Battles of Collecchio and Fornovo di Taro | 26 Apr 1945 - 29 Apr 1945 | 19450426 |
| Prague Strategic Offensive | 6 May 1945 - 11 May 1945 | 19450506 |
| Germany's Surrender | 7 May 1945 | 19450507 |
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