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Land battles and operations of World War II involving the United Kingdom
- Operation CrusaderIn August 1941, a German signals unit known as FAK 621 began reading British tactical codes with startling accuracy. This intelligence stream continued…
- Operation CompassOperation Compass began on the night of the 9th of December 1940 with a force of about 31,000 soldiers, 120 guns, 275 tanks, and sixty armoured cars…
- Operation SonnenblumeIn September 1940, the Italian 10th Army advanced about 65 miles into Egypt to seize Sidi Barrani. Marshal Rodolfo Graziani halted his forces there to build…
- 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…
- Fall of SingaporeIn the interwar years, Britain established a naval base in Singapore after the Anglo-Japanese alliance lapsed in 1923. This base formed a key part of British…
- Anglo-Soviet invasion of IranIn 1940, Britain faced a war with Germany in North Africa and grew deeply concerned about German access to the Persian Gulf.
- 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.
- Battle of ImphalIn March 1943, Lieutenant-General Renya Mutaguchi took command of the Fifteenth Army in Burma. He immediately began pushing for an invasion of India with a…
- Battle of KohimaThe Japanese plan to invade India, codenamed U-Go, began as a spoiling attack against the British IV Corps at Imphal in Manipur.
- Operation U-GoIn 1942, the Japanese Army had driven British and Indian troops out of Burma. When monsoon rains stopped campaigning, British forces occupied Imphal, the…
- Battle of MadagascarDiego-Suarez is a large bay with a fine harbour near the northern tip of Madagascar. It has an opening to the east through a narrow channel called Oronjia…
- Japanese invasion of BurmaBefore the Second World War broke out, Burma was part of the British Empire. It had been progressively occupied and annexed following three Anglo-Burmese…
- Battle of CreteHitler signed Directive 28 on the 25th of April 1941, ordering an invasion of Crete. The German Army High Command remained preoccupied with finalizing…