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The European War

Name	Date	Start Date
Invasion of Albania	7 Apr 1939 - 12 Apr 1939	19390407
Operation Peking	29 Aug 1939 - 1 Sep 1939	19390829
Invasion of Poland	1 Sep 1939 - 6 Oct 1939	19390901
The Winter War	30 Nov 1939 - 13 Mar 1940	19391130
Invasion of Denmark and Norway	9 Apr 1940 - 10 Jun 1940	19400409
Invasion of France and the Low Countries	10 May 1940 - 22 Jun 1940	19400510
Bombing of Cities in France and Low Countries	1 Jul 1940 - 7 May 1945	19400701
Battle of Britain	10 Jul 1940 - 31 Oct 1940	19400710
Balkans Campaign	28 Oct 1940 - 1 Jun 1941	19401028
Attack on Taranto	11 Nov 1940 - 12 Nov 1940	19401111
Operation Colossus	10 Feb 1941	19410210
Battle of Matapan	27 Mar 1941 - 29 Mar 1941	19410327
Operation Silver Fox	22 Jun 1941 - 22 Sep 1941	19410622
Operation Barbarossa	22 Jun 1941 - 30 Sep 1941	19410622
Siege of Odessa	8 Aug 1941 - 16 Oct 1941	19410808
Siege of Leningrad	4 Sep 1941 - 27 Jan 1944	19410904
Battle of Moscow	30 Sep 1941 - 7 Jan 1942	19410930
First Battle of Kharkov	20 Oct 1941 - 24 Oct 1941	19411020
Battle of Sevastopol	30 Oct 1941 - 4 Jul 1942	19411030
Rzhev-Vyazma Offensive and the Demyansk Pocket	9 Jan 1942 - 5 May 1942	19420109
Bombing of Rome, Naples, and Other Cities	2 Mar 1942 - 30 Sep 1943	19420302
Raid on Saint-Nazaire	28 Mar 1942	19420328
Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities	28 Mar 1942 - 3 Apr 1945	19420328
Second Battle of Kharkov	12 May 1942 - 28 May 1942	19420512
Battle of Stalingrad	17 Jul 1942 - 2 Feb 1943	19420717
Caucasus Campaign	23 Jul 1942 - 9 Oct 1943	19420723
Attack on Dieppe	18 Aug 1942 - 19 Aug 1942	19420818
Scuttling of the French Fleet	27 Nov 1942	19421127
Third Battle of Kharkov	16 Feb 1943 - 15 Mar 1943	19430216
Khatyn Massacre	22 Mar 1943	19430322
Dambuster Raid	17 May 1943	19430517
Raid on Gorkiy	4 Jun 1943 - 1 Jul 1943	19430604
Battle of Pantelleria and Pelagie Islands	8 Jun 1943 - 13 Jun 1943	19430608
Battle of Kursk	4 Jul 1943 - 13 Jul 1943	19430704
Invasion of Sicily and Italy's Surrender	10 Jul 1943 - 3 Sep 1943	19430710
Operation Tidal Wave	1 Aug 1943	19430801
Battle of Belgorod	3 Aug 1943 - 14 Aug 1943	19430803
Fourth Battle of Kharkov	12 Aug 1943 - 23 Aug 1943	19430812
Operation Avalanche	3 Sep 1943 - 17 Sep 1943	19430903
Dodecanese Campaign	8 Sep 1943 - 20 Nov 1943	19430908
Operation Eiche	12 Sep 1943	19430912
Advance to the Gustav Line	3 Oct 1943 - 15 Jan 1944	19431003
Battle of the Black Sea	6 Oct 1943	19431006
Battle of Kiev	3 Nov 1943 - 10 Dec 1943	19431103
Battle of Monte Cassino	17 Jan 1944 - 18 May 1944	19440117
Battle of Anzio	22 Jan 1944 - 4 Jun 1944	19440122
Jassy-Kishinev Offensive and Romania's Surrender	8 Apr 1944 - 26 Sep 1944	19440408
Exercise Tiger	22 Apr 1944 - 28 Apr 1944	19440422
Operation Frantic	2 Jun 1944 - 22 Sep 1944	19440602
Advance to the Gothic Line	4 Jun 1944 - 31 Jul 1944	19440604
Normandy Campaign, Phase 1	6 Jun 1944 - 24 Jul 1944	19440606
V-Weapons Campaign	13 Jun 1944 - 30 Mar 1945	19440613
Battle of Tali-Ihantala and Battle of Vuosalmi	21 Jun 1944 - 17 Jul 1944	19440621
Operation Bagration	22 Jun 1944 - 29 Aug 1944	19440622
Normandy Campaign, Phase 2	25 Jul 1944 - 22 Aug 1944	19440725
Brittany Campaign	1 Aug 1944 - 11 May 1945	19440801
Operation Aphrodite and Operation Anvil	4 Aug 1944 - 1 Jan 1945	19440804
Invasion of Southern France	15 Aug 1944 - 15 Sep 1944	19440815
Liberation of Paris	25 Aug 1944	19440825
Gothic Line Offensive	25 Aug 1944 - 17 Dec 1944	19440825
Bulgaria Switched Sides	26 Aug 1944 - 8 Sep 1944	19440826
Liberation of Belgium	2 Sep 1944 - 2 Nov 1944	19440902
Finland Switched Sides	4 Sep 1944 - 15 Sep 1944	19440904
Belgrade Strategic Offensive Operation	14 Sep 1944 - 24 Nov 1944	19440914
Operation Market Garden	17 Sep 1944 - 25 Sep 1944	19440917
Battle of Hürtgen Forest	19 Sep 1944 - 10 Feb 1945	19440919
Battle of the Scheldt Estuary	2 Oct 1944 - 8 Nov 1944	19441002
Budapest Strategic Offensive Operation	29 Oct 1944 - 13 Feb 1945	19441029
Battle of Monte Castello	25 Nov 1944 - 22 Feb 1945	19441125
Battle of the Bulge	16 Dec 1944 - 28 Jan 1945	19441216
Battle of Garfagnana	26 Dec 1944 - 28 Dec 1944	19441226
Vistula-Oder Offensive	12 Jan 1945 - 2 Feb 1945	19450112
East Prussian Offensive	13 Jan 1945 - 26 Apr 1945	19450113
Advance to the Rhine	20 Jan 1945 - 25 Mar 1945	19450120
Silesian Offensive and the Siege of Breslau	8 Feb 1945 - 6 May 1945	19450208
East Pomeranian Offensive	24 Feb 1945 - 4 Apr 1945	19450224
Crossing the Rhine	22 Mar 1945 - 1 Apr 1945	19450322
Fall of the Ruhr	25 Mar 1945 - 18 Apr 1945	19450325
Southern Germany Campaign	28 Mar 1945 - 2 May 1945	19450328
Battle of Vienna	2 Apr 1945 - 13 Apr 1945	19450402
Operation Grapeshot and Operation Roast	9 Apr 1945 - 2 May 1945	19450409
Battle of Berlin	16 Apr 1945 - 2 May 1945	19450416
Battles of Collecchio and Fornovo di Taro	26 Apr 1945 - 29 Apr 1945	19450426
Prague Strategic Offensive	6 May 1945 - 11 May 1945	19450506
Germany's Surrender	7 May 1945	19450507

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