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Aerial, the evacuation from north western France, 15-25 June 2008
Altmark incident, 16 February 1940
Angaur and Ulithi, battle for, (Operation Stalemate II), September 1944
Arnhem, battle of 17 - 27 1944
Berlin, battle for, April – May 1945
Boulogne, battle of, 22-25 May 1940
Buna, battle of, 19 November 1942-2 January 1943
Calais, siege of, 23-26 May 1940
Carentan, battle of, 8-13 June 1944
Cherbourg, battle of, 22-29 June 1944
Compass, Operation, part 1 (Desert War, December 1940-January 1941)
Compass, Operation, part 2 (Desert War, December 1940-January 1941)
Compass, Operation, part 3 (Desert War, December 1940-January 1941)
Convoy HX237, attack on, 7-14 May 1943
Convoy HX239, attack on, 22-25 May 1943
Convoy ONS5, attack on, 28 April-6 May 1943
Convoy SC129, attack on, 12-14 May 1943
Convoy SC130, attack on, 18-25 May 1943
Coral Sea, battle of the, 3-8 May 1942
Cotentin Peninsula, battle of the, 6 June-1 July 1944
Crete, German invasion of, Operation Mercury: 20 May-1 June 1941
Cycle, Operation, the evacuation from Havre, 10-13 June 1940
D-Day, 6 June 1944: Main Article
D-Day, 6 June 1944: British Airborne Operations
D-Day, 6 June 1944: US Airborne Operations
Dieppe, raid on, 19 August 1942, (part one)
Dieppe Raid, 19 August 1942 (part two)
Dunkirk, evacuation from, 27 May-4 June 1940 (Operation Dynamo)
Dynamo, Operation, the evacuation from Dunkirk, 27 May-4 June 1940
Empress Augusta Bay, battle of, 2 November 1943
Gona, battle of, 19 November-9 December 1942
Gold Beach, 6 June 1944
Goodenough Island, battle of, 22-24 October 1942
Guadalcanal, battle for (August 1942-February 1943)
Iwo Jima, battle of (Operation Detachment), February - March 1945
Juno Beach, 6 June 1944
Kharkov, February-March 1943: Manstein's Counterblow
Kokoda Trail, battle of the, 23 July-13 November 1942
Makin, battle for, Operation Galvanic (2), November 1943
Market Garden, Operation September 17 - 27 1944
Mercury, Operation: The German Invasion of Crete, 20 May-1 June 1941
Midway, battle of, June 1942 (Pacific Ocean)
Midway: Turning Point in the Pacific Campaign 3 - 7 June 1942 (Longer article)
Milne Bay, battle of, 25 August-7 September 1942
Narvik, first battle of, 10 April 1940
Narvik, second battle of, 13 April 1940
Okinawa, April-June 1945, I: Preparation
Okinawa, April-June 1945, II: The Battle
Omaha Beach, 6 June 1945
Oslo, German attack on, 9 April 1940
Pearl Harbor: The Day of Infamy, 7 December 1941
Peleliu, battle for (Operation Stalemate II) - The Pacific War's Forgotten Battle, September-November 1944
River Plate, battle of the, 13 December 1939
Rennell Island, battle of, 29-30 January 1943
Royal Marine, Operation: Mining the Rhine, May 1940
Rutter, Operation, The Planned Attack on Dieppe, 7 July 1942
St. Nazaire, Raid on, (Operation Chariot), Part One
St. Nazaire, Raid on, (Operation Chariot), Part Two (28 March 1942)
Sanananda, battle of, 19 November 1942-22 January 1943
Sirte, first battle of, 17 December 1941
Sirte, second battle of, 22 March 1942
Spartivento (Sardinia), action off Cape, 27 November 1940
Stalingrad, battle of

Sword Beach, 6 June 1944
Tarawa, battle for, Operation Galvanic (1), November 1943

Utah Beach, 6 June 1944
Wake Island, battle of, 8-23 December 1941
Warsaw uprising see General Bor
Wilfred, Operation, 1940

Operations

Operation Aerial, the evacuation from north western France, 15-25 June 2008
Operation Coat, 15-20 November 1940
Operation Compass, part 1 (Desert War, December 1940-January 1941)
Operation Compass, part 2 (Desert War, December 1940-January 1941)
Operation Compass, part 3 (Desert War, December 1940-January 1941)
Operation Chariot, the St. Nazaire Raid, Part One
Operation Chariot, the St. Nazaire Raid, Part Two (28 March 1942)
Operation Collar, 24-30 November 1940
Operation Cycle, the evacuation from Havre, 10-13 June 1940
Operation Detachment, the battle for Iwo Jima, February - March 1945
Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk, 27 May-4 June 1940
Operation Epsom, 26-30 June 1944
Operation Galvanic (1), battle for Tarawa, November 1943
Operation Gambit, 2-6 June 1944
Operation Galvanic (2), battle for Makin, November 1943
Operation Hats, 30 August-5 September 1940
Operation Hurry, 1-4 August 1940
Operation Market Garden, September 17 - 27 1944
Operation Mercury - the German invasion of Crete: 20 May-1 June 1941
Operation MG1, 19-27 March 1942
Operation Providence
Operation Royal Marine: Mining the Rhine, May 1940
Operation Rutter, the Planned Attack on Dieppe, 7 July 1942
Operation Squawk, 31 August-1 September 1940
Operation Stalemate II, battle for Angaur and Ulithi September 1944
Operation Stalemate II, battle for Peleliu - The Pacific War's Forgotten Battle, September-November 1944
Operation Wilfred, 1940

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