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Battles and operations of World War II involving the United States
- Allied invasion of SicilyThe Casablanca Conference in January 1943 brought together political leaders and military Chiefs of Staff from the United States and Britain to discuss…
- Battle of Guilin–LiuzhouIn August 1944, the Imperial Japanese Army launched a massive offensive known as Operation Ichigo. This campaign aimed to connect scattered territories under…
- Operation OverlordIn May 1943, Allied leaders gathered at the Trident Conference in Washington to make a decision that would alter the course of history.
- Siegfried Line campaignBy September 1944, the Allied armies had advanced faster than their supply lines could support. The U.S. 12th Army Group arrived with four more divisions…
- North African campaignOn the 11th of June 1940, British forces launched raids against Italian positions in Libya. This action followed Italy's declaration of war on France and the…
- Operation TorchThe United States entered the Second World War in December 1941. British and American leaders met at the Arcadia Conference in Washington D.C.
- Western Allied invasion of GermanyBy early 1945, events favored the Allied forces in Europe. On the Western Front, the Allies had been fighting in Germany with campaigns against the Siegfried…
- Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaignThe Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign of 1942 began not with a military objective but with an act of revenge. On the 18th of April 1942, sixteen American B-25…
- Battle of HengyangHengyang in Hunan Province lies in an oval basin surrounded by mountains and hills, with Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, Guizhou and Yunnan to the west…
- Operation Ichi-GoEmperor Hirohito approved the offensive on the 24th of January 1944. The Imperial General Staff sought to secure an overland rail route through French…