Category:Battles and operations of World War II
This category contains historical battles fought as part of the Second World War (1939–1945). Please see the category guidelines for more information. A battle during the Second World War was a conceptual component in the hierarchy of warfare between belligerents, with each group seeking to defeat the other within the scope of a military campaign, and are well defined in duration, area and force commitment. The duration is usually less than a month, and the area is occupied by a force larger than an Army Corps, but smaller than a Field Army.
While military campaigns are guided by strategy, battles are executed on a level of staff planning known as operational warfare. A battle during the Second World War was defined by the specific military objectives, within a time-frame of less than a month. Where the duration of the battle was longer than a week, they were often for reasons of staff operational planning called operations. Battles or operations can be planned, encountered, or forced by one force on the other when it is unable to withdraw from combat.
Sometimes combat battles and operations are confused with the combats named operations due to use of a code name, but which are not necessarily either a battle or an operation, such as the Operation Barbarossa which was a campaign.
Related categories: category:Campaigns and theatres of World War II
Subcategories
This category has the following 18 subcategories, out of 18 total.
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- Mutinies in World War II (17 P)
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- Operation Surgeon (5 P)
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- Tank battles of World War II (27 P)
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- World War II battle stubs (37 P)
Pages in category "Battles and operations of World War II"
The following 83 pages are in this category, out of 83 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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- Saar Offensive
- Operation Salam
- Salussola massacre
- Operation Savanna
- Operation Schamil
- Seven Enemy Offensives
- Battle of Sidi Bou Zid
- Operation Sledgehammer
- Slovak National Uprising
- Operation Southeast Croatia
- Operation Span (deception plan)
- Operation Star
- Stracin–Kumanovo operation
- Operation Surgeon
- Syrmian Front
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Media in category "Battles and operations of World War II"
The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total.
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AtlanticGoodwood Battle plan.jpg 263 × 399; 39 KB
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Jupiterpanzergrenadiers.jpg 365 × 273; 22 KB
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