World War II event

A World War II event is a historically significant occurrence between 1939 and 1945 that directly influenced the political, military, social, or economic course of the global conflict.

Aliases (9)

• World War II operation ×21
• battle of World War II ×4
• event of World War II ×4
• World War II atrocity ×1
• World War II declaration ×1
• World War II home front event ×1
• World War II naval operation ×1
• World War II–related event ×1
• event in 1939 ×1

Instances (49)

• The Blitz ("event of World War II")
• Italian armistice of 1943
• Reorganization of the Indian Army during World War II ("World War II–related event")
• Operation Ten-Go ("World War II operation")
• LiberationOfAuschwitz
• Altmark Incident
• Italian invasion of Albania ("event in 1939")
• Operation Berlin ("World War II naval operation")
• Japanese occupation of Singapore
• Japanese occupation of Malaya
• Operation Slapstick ("World War II operation")
• Operation Anthropoid ("World War II operation")
• Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) ("battle of World War II")
• Big Week ("World War II operation")
• Husky ("World War II operation")
• Leyte
• Japanese occupation of Hong Kong
• German occupation of Dunkirk ("event of World War II")
• Operation Mondscheinsonate ("World War II operation")
• Japanese coup d’état in French Indochina
• Operation Biting (Bruneval Raid support lineage) ("World War II operation")
• Bombing of Wieluń ("event of World War II")
• Operation Galvanic ("World War II operation")
• Operation Dragoon ("World War II operation")
• Kharkov defensive operations (1941) ("battle of World War II")
• Operation Ostra Brama ("World War II operation")
• Operation Dracula ("World War II operation")
• bombing of Coventry
• Axis occupation of Greece
• Avalanche ("World War II operation")
• Operation Cherryblossom ("World War II operation")
• Operation Chronicle ("World War II operation")
• Operation Postern ("World War II operation")
• Operation Blissful ("World War II operation")
• Operation Chastise ("World War II operation")
• Capture of Cologne ("battle of World War II")
• Capture of Frankfurt ("battle of World War II")
• Baedeker Blitz
• German occupation of Italy ("event of World War II")
• Cowra
• Retreat from Normandy
• Operation Tempest in eastern Poland ("World War II operation")
• Operation Plunder ("World War II operation")
• Moscow Declaration ("World War II declaration")
• Allied reconquest of British Somaliland ("World War II operation")
• Japanese American internment ("World War II home front event")
• Operation Bodyguard ("World War II operation")
• Slovak National Uprising
• Wawer massacre ("World War II atrocity")