Country Index: USA: Battles

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Battles

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A

Abraham Island (Ennugarret), occupation of, 31 January 1944
Aisne, Third Battle of the, 27 May-3 June 1918
Aisne-Marne Offensive, 18 July-6 August 1918
Aitape, battle of, 22-24 April 1944
Albert Island (Ennumennet), occupation of, 31 January 1944
Allen Island (Ennubirr), occupation of, 31 January 1944
Angaur and Ulithi, battle for, (Operation Stalemate II), September 1944
Antietam, battle of, 17 September 1862
Anzio, battle of (Operation Shingle), 22 January-5 June 1944
Apamama, battle of, 21-25 November 1943
Appease, Operation - the battle of Talasea, 6-11 March 1944
Arawe, 15 December 1943-16 January 1944
Arezzo Line, battle of the, 3-18 July 1944
Arkansas Post, battle of, 10-11 January 1863
Arnhem, battle of 17 - 27 1944
Arundel Island, battle of, 27 August-20 September 1943
Atlanta, battle of, 22 July 1864
Avalanche, Operation, the battle of Salerno, 9-18 September 1943
Averasborough, battle of, 16 March 1865

B

Baanga Island, battle of, 12-22 August 1943
Bairoko, battle of, 20 July 1943
Ball’s Bluff, 21 October 1861
Barbara Line, battle of, 31 October-4 November 1943
Barclay, Operation
Bastogne, siege of, 18-26 December 1944
Baton Rouge, battle of, 5 August 1862
Bayou Forche or Little Rock, 10 September 1863
Bean's Station, 14 December 1863
Beaver Dams, battle of, 24 June 1813
Belleau Wood, battle of, 6-26 June 1918
Belmont, battle of, 7 November 1861
Bemis Heights, battle of (Second Saratoga), 7 October 1777
Bennett Island, occupation of, 5 February 1944
Bennington, battle of, 16 August 1777
Bentonville, battle of, 19-21 March 1865
Bernhardt Line, battle of the, 5 November-17 December 1943
Biak Island, battle of, 27 May-29 July 1944
Biferno, battle of the, 1-7 October 1943
Big Bethel, battle of, 10 June 1861
Big Black River, battle of, 17 May 1863
Bismarck Sea, battle of the, 2-4 March 1943
Bladensburg, battle of, 24 August 1814
Blissful, Operation - The Choiseul Raid, 27 October-4 November 1943
Bodenplatte, Operation, 1 January 1945
Bologna, battle of - Operation Craftsman, 14-21 April 45
Bougainville, invasion of, 1 November 1943-March 1944 (Operation Cherryblossom)
Brandy Station, battle of, 9 June 1863
Brandywine, battle of, 11 September 1777
Brest, siege, 6 August-18 September 1944
Brice’s Crossroad, battle of, 10 June 1864
Bristoe Station, battle of, 14 October 1863
Brittany Campaign, August 1944
Bulge, battle of the, 16 December 1944-25 January 1945
Bull Run, 1st battle of, 21 July 1861
Bull Run, 2nd battle of, 29-30 August 1862
Buna, battle of, 19 November 1942-2 January 1943
Bunker Hill, 17 June 1775
Burton Island, occupation of, 3-4 February 1944

C

Cambrai-St. Quentin, battle of, 27 September-9 October 1918
Camden, battle of, 16 August 1780
Campbell's Station, battle of, 16 November 1863
Cantigny, battle of, 28 May 1918
Cape Engano, battle of, 25 October 1944
Cape Esperance, 11-12 October 1942
Cape Gloucester, battle of, 26 December 1943-April 1944
Cape Saint George, battle of, 25 November 1943
Carentan, battle of, 8-13 June 1944
Carlos Island, occupation of, 31 January 1944
Carlson Island, occupation of, 31 January 1944
Carnifex Ferry, battle of, 10 September 1861
Carter Island, occupation of, 31 January 1944
Cassino, first battle of, 12 January-12 February 1944
Cassino, second battle of , 15-18 February 1944
Cassino, third battle of, 15-22 March 1944
Cassino, fourth battle of, 11- 18 May 1944 (Operation Diadem)
Catchpole, Operation, 17-22 February 1944
Cecil Island, occupation of, 31 January 1944
Cedar Creek, battle of, 19 October 1864
Cedar Mountain, battle of 8, August 1862
Champagne-Marne Offensive, 15-18 July 1918
Champion’s Hill, battle of, 16 May 1863
Chancellorsville, battle of, 2-5 May 1863
Chantilly, battle of, 1 September 1862
Charleston, siege of, 1 April-12 May 1780
Chateauguay River, battle of, 26 October 1813
Château Thierry, battle of, 1-4 June 1918
Chauncey Island, occupation of, 31 January-2 February 1944
Cheat Mountain, 10-15 September 1861
Cherbourg, battle of, 22-29 June 1944
Chickamauga, battle of, 19-20 September 1863
Chickasaw Bluffs, battle of, 29 December 1862
Chippawa, battle of, 5 July 1814
Choiseul Raid, 27 October-4 November 1943 (Operation Blissful)
Chronicle, Operation, Woodlark and Kiriwina Islands (30 June 1943)
Cleanslate, Operation, the occupation of the Russell Islands, 21 February 1943
Clouds, battle of the, 16 September 1777
Cobra, Operation, 25-31 July 1944
Cold Harbor, battle of, 31 May-3 June 1864
Concord & Lexington, 19 April 1775
Constitution vs Guerrière
Constitution vs Java
Coral Sea, battle of the, 3-8 May 1942
Corinth, battle of, 3-4 October 1862
Corkscrew, Operation - Invasion of Pantelleria, 11 June 1943
Corrick’s Ford, battle of, 13 July 1861
Cotentin Peninsula, battle of the, 6 June-1 July 1944
Cowpens, battle of, 17 January 1781
Craftsman, Operation - Battle of Bologna, 14-21 April 45
Crampton’s Gap, 14 September 1862
Crater, battle of the, 30 June-3 April 1864
Cross Keys, Battle of 8 June 1862
Crysler’s Farm, battle of, 11 November 1813

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D-Day, 6 June 1944: Main Article
D-Day, 6 June 1944: US Airborne Operations
Detroit, battle of, 16 August 1812
Drewry’s Bluff, battle of, 15 May 1862
Drewry’s Bluff, 16 May 1864
Driniumor River, battle of the, 10 July-25 August 1944

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Eastern Solomon Islands, battle of the, 24-25 August 1942
Eilbote (Courier), Operation, 18 January-February 1943
Elba, battle of, 17-19 June 1944
Elizabeth City, battle of, 10 February 1862
Elsenborn Ridge, battle of the, 16-23 December 1944
Emirau, occupation of, 20 March 1944
Empress Augusta Bay, battle of, 2 November 1943
Encore, Operation, 19 February-5 March 1945
Engebi, battle of, 17-18 February 1944
Eniwetok, battle of, 18-21 February 1944
Enogai Inlet, battle for, 5 -11 July 1943
Eutaw Springs, battle of, 8 September 1781
Ezra Church, battle of, 28 July 1864

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Fair Oaks or Seven Pines, battle of, 31 May-1 June 1862
Fair Oaks or Seven Pines, armies at, 31 May-1 June 1862
Falaise Gap, battle of the, 8-20 August 1944
Finschhafen, battle of, 22 September-28 October 1943
Fisher’s Hill, battle of, 22 September 1864
Five Forks, battle of, 1 April 1865
Flintlock, Operation - Kwajalein Atoll and Majuro (31 January-4 February 1944)
Formosa, battle off, 12-16 October 1944
Fort Donelson, siege of, 12-16 February 1862
Fort Fisher, siege of, 13-15 January 1865
Fort Frontenac, fall of, 26 August 1758
Fort George, battle of, 25-27 May 1813
Fort Henry, siege of, 6 February 1862
Fort Macon, siege of, 29 March-26 April 1862
Fort Meigs, siege of, 1-9 May 1813
Fort Pillow, 10 May 1862
Fort Pillow Massacre, 12 April 1864
Fort Pulaski, 10-11 April 1862
Fort Steadman, battle of, 25 March 1865
Fort Sumter, siege of, 12-13 April 1861
Fort Wagner, battle of, 11 and 18 July 1863
Fort Washington, siege of, 15-16 November 1776
Fourth Term, Operation, 8-11 February 1945
Franklin, battle of, 30 November 1864
Frayser’s Farm see Glendale, battle of, 30 June 1862
Fredericksburg, battle of, 13 December 1862
Frenchman’s Creek/ Red House, skirmishes at, 28 November 1812
Frenchtown, battle of, 22 January 1813
Front Royal, battle of, 23 May 1862
Frühlingswind (Spring Wind), Operation, 14-18 February 1943
Funafuti Atoll, occupation of (Operation Fetlock), 2 October 1942

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Gaines’s Mill, battle of, 27 June 1862
Garfagnana, battle of/ Operation Wintergewitter , 26-28 December 1944
Gauley Bridge, Skirmish at, 3 September 1861
Germantown, battle of, 4 October 1777
Gettysburg, battle of, 1-3 July 1863
Ghormley, Vice-Admiral Robert Lee, 1883-1958
Giant I (Revised), Operation, 13-14 September 1943
Giant III, Operation, 14-15 September 1943
Giant IV, Operation, 14-15 September 1943
Glendale, battle of, 30 June 1862
Goodtime, Operation - the invasion of the Treasury Islands (27 October 12 November 1943)
Gothic Line, first attack on (Operation Olive,25 August-October 1944)
Grapeshot, Operation - the Allied Spring Offensive in Italy (9 April-2 May 1945)
Green Islands, battle of the, 15-20 February 1944
Greif, Operation (16 December 1944 onwards)
Groveton, battle of, 28 August 1862
Guadalcanal, battle for (August 1942-February 1943)
Guadalcanal, naval battle of, 13-15 November 1942
Guam, battle of, 10 December 1941
Guam, battle of, 21 July-9 August 1944
Guilford Courthouse, battle of, 15 March 1781

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Hampton Roads, 8-9 March 1862
Harper’s Ferry, siege of, 13-15 September 1862
Hatchie Bridge, skirmish at, 5 October 1862
Hatteras, battle of, 28-29 August 1861
Hauwei Island, battle of, 11-13 March 1944
Helena, Arkansas, battle of, 4 July 1863
Hobkirk's Hill, battle of, 25 April 1781
Hollandia, battle of, 22-27 April 1944
Horaniu, action off, 18 August
Hornet vs Peacock, 24 February 1813
Hornet vs Penguin, 23 March 1815
Horseshoe Bend, battle of, 27 March 1814 (U.S.A.)
Huon Peninsula Campaign, 22 September 1943-24 April 1944
Husky, Operation - the Invasion of Sicily, 10 July- 17 August 1943
Husky No.1, Operation, 9 July 1943
Husky No.2, Operation, 11-12 July 1943

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I-Go/ Operation 'I', 7-16 April 1943
Island No. 10, battle of, 7 April 1862
Iuka, battle of, 19 September 1862
Ivan Island (Mellu), occupation of, 31 January 1944
Iwo Jima, battle of (Operation Detachment), February - March 1945

J

Jackson, battle of, 14 May 1863
Jacob Island (Ennuebing), 31 January 1944
Jonesborough, battle of, 31 August 1864

K

Kankiryo Saddle, 20 January-1 February 1944
Kasserine Pass, battle of the, 19-22 February 1943
Kenesaw Mountain, battle of, 27 June 1864
Kernstown, First Battle of, 23 March 1862
Kernstown, First Battle of, 23 March 1862, armies at
King's Mountain, battle of, 7 October 1780
Knoxville, battle of, 29 November 1863
Koiari Raid, 29 November 1943
Kolombangara, battle of, 13 July 1943
Kula Gulf, action in, 6 March 1943
Kula Gulf, battle of, 6 July 1943
Kwajalein, battle of, 1-4 February 1944

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Lae, battle of, 4-16 September 1943
Lee's Mill, battle of, 16 April 1862
Lexington, siege of, 18-20 September 1862
Leyte Gulf, battle of, 23-26 October 1944
Lone Tree Hill/ Wakde-Sarmi, battle of, 17 May-2 September 1944
Long Island, battle of, 26-29 August 1776
Lookout Mountain, battle of, 24 November 1863
Los Negros, battle of, 29 February-8 March 1944
Lundy's Lane, battle of, 25 July 1814
Lynchburg, battle of, 17-18 June 1864

M

Mackinac Island, battle of, 17 July 1812
Majuro, occupation of, 31 January 1944
Makin, battle for, Operation Galvanic (2), November 1943
Malvern Hill, battle of, 1 July 1862
Manassas, 1st battle of, 21 July 1861
Manassas, 2nd battle of, 29-30 August 1862
Manus, battle of, 12-25 March 1944
Market Garden, Operation September 17 - 27 1944
Marne, second battle of the, 15 July to 17 July or 5 August 1918
Marshall Islands Campaign (31 January-22 February 1944)
McDowell, Battle of, 8 May 1862
Mechanicsville, battle of, 26 June 1862
Medenine, battle of, 6 March 1943
Memphis, naval battle of, 6 June 1862
Memphis, navies at the battle of, 6 June 1862
Meuse River-Argonne Forest Offensive, 26 September-11 November 1918
Mobile Bay, battle of, 5 August 1864
Midway, June 1942 (Pacific Ocean)
Midway: Turning Point in the Pacific Campaign 3 - 7 June 1942 (Longer article)
Mill Springs or Logan Cross Roads, 19 January 1862
Milliken’s Bend, battle of, 7 June 1863
Milne Bay, battle of, 25 August-7 September 1942
Mincemeat, Operation
Missionary Ridge, battle of, 25 November 1863
Munda, battle of, 2 July-5 August 1943
Munfordville, Kentucky, Confederate capture of, 13-17 September 1862
Murfreesborough or Stone River, battle of, 31 December 1862-2 January 1863
Monmouth, battle of, 28 June 1778
Monocacy River, battle of, 9 July 1864
Monongahela, battle of the, 9 July 1755 (America)
Morgenluft, Operation, 16-18 February 1943
Morotai, battle of, 15 September to 4 October 1944

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Nadzab, battle of, 5 September 1943
Namur, battle of, 1-2 February 1944
Nanomea Atoll, occupation of, 18 August 1943
Nashville, battle of, 15-16 December 1864
Nassau Bay, battle of, 30 June-2 July 1943
New Berne, battle of, 14 March 1862
New Hope Church, battle of, 25-28 May 1864
New Madrid, battle of, 13 March 1862
New Market, battle of, 15 May 1864
New Orleans, capture of, 18-29 April 1862
Newtonia, battle of, 30 September 1862
Ninety-Six, siege of, 22 May-19 June 1781
Noemfoor, battle of, 2 July-30 August 1944
Normandy, battle of / Operation Overlord (6 June to 25 August 1944)
North Anna River, battle of the, 23-26 May 1864
Noyon-Montdidier, battle of, 9-13 June 1918
Nukufetu Atoll/ Motolalo Island, occupation of, 27 August 1943

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Oak Grove, battle of, 25 June 1862
Ochenskopf, Operation, 26 February – 19 March 1943
Okinawa, April-June 1945, I: Preparation
Okinawa, April-June 1945, I: The Battle
Old Fort Wayne, battle of, 22 October 1862
Olive, Operation (25 August-October 1944) - First attack on the Gothic Line
Omaha Beach, 6 June 1945
Orchard Knob, battle of, 23 November 1863
Overland Campaign against Richmond, 1864

P

Pantelleria, Invasion of (Operation Corkscrew), 11 June 1943
Paoli Massacre, 20-21 September 1777
Parry, battle of, 22 February 1944
Peachtree Creek, battle of, 20 July 1864
Pea Ridge or Elkhorn Tavern, Battle of, 7-8 March 1862
Pearl Harbor: The Day of Infamy, 7 December 1941
Petersburg, battle of, 15-18 June 1864
Peleliu, battle for (Operation Stalemate II) - The Pacific War's Forgotten Battle, September-November 1944
Perryville, battle of, 8 October 1862
Perryville, battle of, 8 October 1862, armies at
Philippi, battle of, 4 June 1861
Philippine Sea, battle of , 19-20 June 1944
Piedmont, battle of, 5 June 1864
Pine Bluff, battle of, 25 October 1863
Pittsburg Landing, battle of, 6-7 April 1862
Pleasant Hill, Battle of, 9 April 1864
Port Gibson, battle of, 1 May 1863
Port Republic, battle of, 9 June 1862
Port Royal, Battle of, 7 November 1861
Prairie Grove, 7 December 1862
Princeton, Battle of, 3 January 1777
Providence, Operation
Puruata Island, invasion of, 1-2 November 1943

Q

Queenston Heights, battle of, 13 October 1812

R

Rabaul, Reduction of, Operation Cartwheel, (30 June 1943- January 1944)
Rapido River, battle of, 20-22 Jan 1944
Rappahannock Redoubts, action at, 7 November 1863
Raymond, battle of, 12 May 1863
Rendova Island, invasion of, 30 June 1943
Rennell Island, battle of, 29-30 January 1943
Resaca, battle of, 13-15 May 1864
Rich Mountain, battle of, 12 July 1861
Richmond, Kentucky, battle of, 30 August 1862
Roanoke Island, battle of, 7-8 February 1862
Roi, battle of, 1 February 1944

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Sabine Crossroads or Mansfield, battle of, 8 April 1864
St. Mihiel, battle of, 12-13 September 1918
Saidor, battle of, 2 January 1944
Saint-Lo, battle, 7-19 July 1944
St. Malo, siege (4-17 August 1944)
St Vith, battle of, 18-23 December 1944
Saipan, battle of, 15 June 1944-9 July 1944
Salamaua, battle of, 30 June-11 September 1943
Salerno, battle of (Operation Avalanche), 9-18 September 1943
Samar, battle of, 25 October 1944
Sanananda, battle of, 19 November 1942-22 January 1943
Sansapor, landings at, 30-31 July 1944
Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942
Saratoga, 1777
Saratoga, First battle of (Freeman's Farm), 19 September 1777
Saratoga, Second battle of, (Bemis Heights), 7 October 1777
Sattelberg, 29 October-25 November 1943
Savage’s Station, battle of, 29 June 1862
Savo Island, battle of, 9 August 1942
Second Wind, Operation, 5-19 April 1945
Seven Oaks or Fair Oaks, battle of, 31 May-1 June 1862
Seven Oaks or Fair Oaks, armies at, 31 May-1 June 1862
Shaggy Ridge, battle of, 10 October 1943-23 January 1944
Sharpsburg, battle of, 17 September 1862
Shiloh, battle of, 6-7 April 1862
Shiloh, battle of, 6-7 April 1862, armies at
Shingle, Operation - Battle of Anzio, 22 January-5 June 1944
Ship Island, capture of, 17 September 1861
Sibuyan Sea, battle of the, 23-24 October 1944
Sicily, invasion of (Operation Husky), 10 July- 17 August 1943
Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane (CH-54 Tarhe)
South Mills, battle of, 19 April 1862
South Mountain, 14 September 1862
Spotsylvania, battle of, 8-21 May 1864
Spring Hill, action at, 29 November 1864
Stoney Creek, battle of, 6 June 1813
Strike, Operation/ battle of Tunis, 5-13 May 1943
Surigao Strait, 25 October 1944

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Tarawa, battle for, Operation Galvanic (1), November 1943
Tassafaronga, battle of, 30 November 1942
Ticonderoga, defence of, 6-7 July 1758 (America)
Ticonderoga, capture of, 11 May 1775
Tinian, battle of, 24 July-1 August 1944
Toenails, Operation, the invasion of New Georgia (30 June-5 August 1943)
Torch, Operation, 8-11 November 1942
Trasimeno or Albert Line, battle of the, 20 June-2 July 1944
Trenton, battle of, 26 December 1776
Trevilian Station, battle of, 11-12 June 1864
Trigno, battle of the, 27 October-4 November 1943
Tunis, battle of/ Operation Strike, 5-13 May 1943
Tunisian Campaign, November 1942-May 1943
Tupelo, battle of, 14-15 July 1864

U

United States vs Macedonian
Utah Beach, 6 June 1944

V

Valparaiso, battle of, 28 March 1814
Vella Gulf, battle of, 6 August 1943
Vella Lavella, battle of, 6 October 1943
Vella Lavella, land battle of, 15 August-7 October 1943
Vicksburg, siege of, 19 May-4 July 1863
Viru, battle of, 30 June-1 July 1943
Volturno Line, battle of, 9-19 October 1943
Vulcan, Operation, 22-28 April 1943

W

Wakde-Sarmi/ Lone Tree Hill, battle of, 17 May-2 September 1944
Wakde Island, battle of, 18-21 May 1944
Wake Island, battle of, 8-23 December 1941
Wareo, battle of, 26 November-10 December 1943
Wasp vs Avon, 1 September 1814
Wasp vs Frolic, 18 October 1812
Wasp vs Reindeer, 28 June 1814
Wau, battle of, 28-30 January 1943
Wauhatchie, battle of, 28-29 October 1863
Waynesborough, battle of, 2 March 1865
White Oak Swamp see Glendale, battle of, 30 June 1862
Wilderness, battle of the, 4-7 May 1864
Williamsburg, battle of, 5 May 1862
Williamsburg, battle of, 5 May 1862, armies at
Wilson’s Creek, battle of, 10 August 1861
Winchester, First Battle of, 25 May 1862
Winchester, Second Battle of, 14-15 June 1863
Winchester, Third Battle of, 19 September 1864
Wintergewitter, Operation/ battle of Garfagnana, 26-28 December 1944
Wop, Operation, 16-23 March 1943

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Y

York, battle of, 27 April 1813
Yorktown, siege of, 28 September – 19 October 1781
Yorktown, siege of, 4 April to 4 May 1862

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