The European War
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Re-militarization of Rhineland | 7 Mar 1936 |
| Annexation of Austria | 12 Mar 1938 - 13 Mar 1938 |
| Annexation of Sudetenland | 29 Sep 1938 - 10 Oct 1938 |
| Annexation of Czechoslovakia | 14 Mar 1939 - 17 Mar 1939 |
| Annexation of Memelland | 22 Mar 1939 |
| The Danzig Crisis | 23 Mar 1939 - 29 Aug 1939 |
| Invasion of Albania | 7 Apr 1939 - 12 Apr 1939 |
| Operation Peking | 29 Aug 1939 - 1 Sep 1939 |
| Invasion of Poland | 1 Sep 1939 - 6 Oct 1939 |
| The Winter War | 30 Nov 1939 - 13 Mar 1940 |
| Invasion of Denmark and Norway | 9 Apr 1940 - 10 Jun 1940 |
| Invasion of France and the Low Countries | 10 May 1940 - 22 Jun 1940 |
| Battle of Britain | 10 Jul 1940 - 17 Sep 1940 |
| Balkans Campaign | 28 Oct 1940 - 1 Jun 1941 |
| Attack on Taranto | 11 Nov 1940 - 12 Nov 1940 |
| Battle of Matapan | 28 Mar 1941 |
| Operation Barbarossa | 22 Jun 1941 - 10 Sep 1941 |
| Operation Silver Fox | 22 Jun 1941 - 22 Sep 1941 |
| Siege of Leningrad | 4 Sep 1941 - 27 Jan 1944 |
| Battle of Moscow | 30 Sep 1941 - 7 Jan 1942 |
| Raid on Murmansk | 9 Oct 1941 |
| Fall of Odessa | 16 Oct 1941 |
| First Battle of Kharkov | 20 Oct 1941 - 24 Oct 1941 |
| Battle of Sevastopol | 30 Oct 1941 - 4 Jul 1942 |
| Operation Cerberus | 11 Feb 1942 - 13 Feb 1942 |
| Raid on Saint-Nazaire | 28 Mar 1942 |
| Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | 28 Mar 1942 - 3 Apr 1945 |
| Second Battle of Kharkov | 12 May 1942 - 28 May 1942 |
| Attack on Dieppe | 18 Aug 1942 - 19 Aug 1942 |
| Battle of Stalingrad | 19 Aug 1942 - 2 Feb 1943 |
| Scuttling of the French Fleet | 27 Nov 1942 |
| Third Battle of Kharkov | 16 Feb 1943 - 15 Mar 1943 |
| Khatyn Massacre | 22 Mar 1943 |
| Dambuster Raid | 17 May 1943 |
| Raid on Gorkiy | 4 Jun 1943 - 1 Jul 1943 |
| Battle of Pantelleria and Pelagie Islands | 8 Jun 1943 - 13 Jun 1943 |
| Battle of Kursk | 4 Jul 1943 - 13 Jul 1943 |
| Invasion of Sicily and Italy's Surrender | 10 Jul 1943 - 3 Sep 1943 |
| Operation Tidal Wave | 1 Aug 1943 |
| Italian Campaign | 3 Sep 1943 - 28 Apr 1945 |
| Dodecanese Campaign | 8 Sep 1943 - 20 Nov 1943 |
| Battle of the Black Sea | 6 Oct 1943 |
| Battle of Kiev | 3 Nov 1943 - 10 Dec 1943 |
| Normandy Campaign, Phase 1 | 6 Jun 1944 - 24 Jul 1944 |
| Battle of Tali-Ihantala | 21 Jun 1944 - 9 Jul 1944 |
| Operation Bagration | 22 Jun 1944 - 29 Aug 1944 |
| Normandy Campaign, Phase 2 | 25 Jul 1944 - 22 Aug 1944 |
| Brittany Campaign | 1 Aug 1944 - 11 May 1945 |
| Invasion of Southern France | 15 Aug 1944 - 15 Sep 1944 |
| Liberation of Paris | 25 Aug 1944 |
| Liberation of Belgium | 1 Sep 1944 - 10 Sep 1944 |
| Finland Switched Sides | 4 Sep 1944 - 15 Sep 1944 |
| Operation Market Garden | 17 Sep 1944 - 25 Sep 1944 |
| Battle of Hürtgen Forest | 19 Sep 1944 - 10 Feb 1945 |
| Battle of the Scheldt Estuary | 2 Oct 1944 - 8 Nov 1944 |
| Battle of the Bulge | 16 Dec 1944 - 28 Jan 1945 |
| East Prussian Offensive | 13 Jan 1945 - 26 Apr 1945 |
| Advance to the Rhine | 20 Jan 1945 - 25 Mar 1945 |
| Operation Hannibal | 23 Jan 1945 - 8 May 1945 |
| East Pomeranian Offensive | 24 Feb 1945 - 4 Apr 1945 |
| Crossing the Rhine | 22 Mar 1945 - 1 Apr 1945 |
| Fall of the Ruhr | 25 Mar 1945 - 18 Apr 1945 |
| Battle of Berlin | 16 Apr 1945 - 2 May 1945 |
| Germany's Surrender | 7 May 1945 |
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