World War II battles

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collection of military engagements

World War II battles were a series of major global military conflicts from 1939 to 1945 involving the Allied and Axis powers across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific.

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Label Occurrences
World War II battles canonical 7
World War II military operations 7
Second World War land campaigns 1

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf collection of military engagements ⓘ
hasLocation Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasNotableBattle Battle of Aachen ⓘ
Battle of Anzio ⓘ
Operation Market Garden ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Arnhem

Operation Market Garden ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)

Battle of Berlin ⓘ
Battle of Britain ⓘ
Siege of Budapest ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Budapest

Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ
Battle of Changsha ⓘ
Battle of Crete ⓘ
Dieppe Raid ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Dieppe

Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
Battle of El Alamein ⓘ
Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Falaise Pocket

Battle of France ⓘ
Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
Battle for Henderson Field ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Henderson Field

Battle of Hong Kong ⓘ
Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ
Battle of Kasserine Pass ⓘ
Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
Battle of Kohima ⓘ
Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Leningrad

Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Battle of Malta ⓘ
Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Manila Bay (1945)

Battle of Midway ⓘ
Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ
Battle of Moscow ⓘ
Battle of Narvik ⓘ
Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Nomonhan (Khalkhin Gol)

Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
Battle of Peleliu ⓘ
Invasion of Poland ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Poland

Battle of Kursk ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Prokhorovka

Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Rzhev

Battle of Saipan ⓘ
Battle of Savo Island ⓘ
Battle of Shanghai (1937) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Shanghai (1937–1938)

Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Shuri Line

Battle of Singapore ⓘ
Battle of Tikhvin ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Smolensk

Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
Battle of Tannenberg Line ⓘ
Battle of Tarawa ⓘ
Siege of Tobruk ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Tobruk

Battle of Wake Island ⓘ
Siege of Warsaw (1939) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Warsaw (1939)

Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea

Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Battle of the River Plate ⓘ
Battle of the Seelow Heights ⓘ
hasTimePeriod 1939–1945 ⓘ
involvesParticipant Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied powers

Axis powers ⓘ
partOf World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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Marshall Islands → historicalEventSite → World War II battles ⓘ
Ironbottom Sound → famedFor → World War II battles ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II naval battles
El Alamein → knownFor → World War II battles ⓘ
Western Desert → knownFor → World War II battles ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II military operations
Volcano Islands → strategicImportance → World War II battles ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II military operations
Novorossiysk → hasHistoricalEvent → World War II battles ⓘ
Saipan → knownFor → World War II battles ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II battlefields
Kerch Strait → wasSiteOf → World War II battles ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II military operations
Right-bank Ukraine → wasSceneOf → World War II battles ⓘ
Tobruk → knownFor → World War II battles ⓘ
Tobruk → knownFor → World War II battles ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II sieges
France and Italy → shareHistoricalConflict → World War II battles ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II border campaigns
Pechenga → hasHistoricalSignificance → World War II battles ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II military operations
Don River → historicalEvent → World War II battles ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II military operations
Meuse valley → hasCulturalSignificance → World War II battles ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II campaigns
Suursaari → historicalEvent → World War II battles ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II military operations
United States Navy aircraft carriers → historicalUse → World War II battles ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II operations
Belgorod → historicallySignificantFor → World War II battles ⓘ
Castelforte → hasRoleIn → World War II battles ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II battles near the Gustav Line
Lae → historicalEvent → World War II battles ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II military operations
Vyazma → knownFor → World War II battles ⓘ
Giulio Cesare → category → World War II battles ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II battleships
Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson → participantIn → World War II battles ⓘ
subject surface form: Kenneth Anderson
this entity surface form: Second World War land campaigns