Curated playlist
Campaigns, operations and battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom
- North African campaignGerman commanders in North Africa read a US attaché's secret reports.
- Malayan campaignJapanese troops helped win the Malayan campaign by taking bicycles from civilians.
- Tunisian campaignIn May 1943, more than a quarter of a million Axis troops surrendered in Tunisia.
- Western Desert campaignA raid planned for four to five days ended up destroying Italy's 10th Army. Operation Compass captured 133,298 men.
- Anglo-Iraqi WarIn May 1941, a British flying school struck first against a besieging Iraqi army.
- Guadalcanal campaignTwo Japanese battleships fired 973 shells at Henderson Field, yet planes flew from it the next day.
- Syria–Lebanon campaignIn 1941, Australian soldiers fought French troops in the mountains of Lebanon. They fought for Vichy France.
- Dutch East Indies campaignJapan attacked Pearl Harbor to clear the way to Dutch East Indies oil. Japan produced under 10% of its oil needs.
- Battle of the AtlanticChurchill said the Battle of the Atlantic frightened him more than the Battle of Britain.
- Balkans campaign (World War II)Italy invaded Greece on the 28th of October 1940, and the failure pulled Hitler into the Balkans.
- East African campaign (World War II)On the 13th of June 1940, Italian aircraft raided the RAF base at Wajir in Kenya. That raid opened the East African campaign, also known as the Abyssinian campaign. It was fought across Kenya, Sudan, Somaliland, Eritrea and Ethiopia,…
- Greco-Italian WarIn 1940 Italy invaded small Greece, and within weeks the Greeks were advancing.