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The Battle of Thermopylae during World War II occurred in 1941 following the retreat from the Olympus and Servia passes. British Commonwealth forces began to set up defensive position at the historic pass at Thermopylae. (Thermopylae is famous for the 300 Spartans under King Leonidas who fought to the death against a gigantic Persian army in 480 BC.) General Bernard Freyberg was given the task of defending the coastal pass with Mackay defending the village of Brallos. In the New Zealand sector, the 5th Brigade was deployed along the coastal road, the foothills south of Lamia, and the Spercheios River. The 4th Brigade was on the right where it had established coast-watching patrols, and the 6th was in reserve. In the Australian sector, the 19th Brigade, comprising the 2/4th and 2/8th Battalions, defended Brallos. On 19 April the 2/1st and 2/5th Battalions were placed under the comand of Maj Gen George Vasey, and that day and during the early hours of the next, 2/11th Battalion rejoined the brigade. Generals Freyberg and Mackay had been informing their subordinates that there would be no more withdrawals, both unaware of the higher level discussions on the evacuation. After the battle Mackay was quoted as saying.[1] Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
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The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (popularly abbreviated as ANZAC) was originally an army corps of Australian and New Zealand troops who fought in World War I at Gallipoli against the Turks. ...
Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...
Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO and three Bars (March 21, 1889 — July 4, 1963), arguably New Zealands most famous soldier and military commander, also served as Governor-General of New Zealand. ...
Major General George Alan Vasey, CB, CBE, DSO (29 March 1895 - 05 March 1945) was an Australian Army Divisional Commander during World War II. Vasey is argued to be the best divisional commander that has ever been produced by Australia. ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
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The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the old Persian homeland, and beyond in Western Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus. ...
Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO and three Bars (March 21, 1889 — July 4, 1963), arguably New Zealands most famous soldier and military commander, also served as Governor-General of New Zealand. ...
Sir Iven Giffard Mackay CMG, KBE, DSO, VD (7 April 1882 - 30 September 1966) was a prominent Australian soldier. ...
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The Spercheios (Greek: ΣπεÏχειός, Latin: Spercheus) is a river in Thessaly, Greece. ...
The 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion was a battalion of the 6th Australian Division raised as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force for World War II. It was raised Victoria Barracks, New South Wales on 3 November 1939. ...
The 2/8th Australian Infantry Battalion was a battalion of the 6th Australian Division raised as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force for World War II. It was raised at Puckapunyal, Victoria on 15 April 1940. ...
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The 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion was a battalion of the Australian Army was raised at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, on 16 October 1939 as part of the 16th Brigade of the 6th Australian Division for World War II. The battalion embarked for overseas service on 10 January 1940 and arrived...
The 2/5th Australian Infantry Battalion was a battalion of the 6th Australian Division raised as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force for World War II. It was raised Puckapunyal, Victoria on 2 November 1939. ...
Major General George Alan Vasey, CB, CBE, DSO (29 March 1895 - 05 March 1945) was an Australian Army Divisional Commander during World War II. Vasey is argued to be the best divisional commander that has ever been produced by Australia. ...
The 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion was a battalion of the 6th Australian Division raised as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force for World War II. It was raised at Northam, Western Australia mber 1939. ...
| “ | I thought that we'd hang on for about a fortnight and be beaten by weight of numbers[1] | ” | When the order to retreat was received on the morning of the 23rd it was decided that each of the two positions was to be held by one brigade each. These brigades, the Australian 19th and 6th New Zealand were to hold the passes as long as possible, allowing the other units to withdraw. General Vasey, commander of the 19th Brigade said: | “ | Here we bloody well are and here we bloody well stay[1] | ” | This was interpreted by his brigade major as the "Brigade will hold its present defensive positions come what may".[1] The Germans attacked on 24 April, met fierce resistance, lost fifteen tanks and sustained considerable casualties. The Allies held out the entire day. With the delaying action accomplished, they retreated in the direction of the evacuation beaches and set up another rearguard at Thebes.[2] is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Thebes (Demotic Greek: Θήβα — ThÃva; Katharevousa: — Thêbai or ThÃvai) is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range, which divides Boeotia from Attica, and on the southern edge of the Boeotian plain. ...
References
- ^ a b c d Official Histories – Second World War Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 1 – Army Volume II – Greece, Crete and Syria (1st edition, 1953) accessed 13 October 2006.
- ^ Bailey, p. 33.
See also | v • d • e Greece in World War II | | 1940-41 Balkans Campaign | Occupation and Resistance | Greek government in exile | | Greco-Italian War Battles: Kalamas • Pindus • Italian Spring Offensive • Cape Matapan Combatants Germany, Italy, Bulgaria Greece, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand Commanders Wilhelm List, Maximilian von Weichs Alexander Papagos, Henry Maitland Wilson, Thomas Blamey Strength Germany: 680,000 men,[1] 1200 tanks, 700 aircraft, Italy: 529,000 men Greece: 350,000 men, British Commonwealth: 58,000 men Casualties Italy: 13,755...
Greece dealt the first victory for the allies by resisting initial attempts of Italian invasion and pushing Mussolinis forces back into Albania. ...
Combatants Germany Italy Bulgaria Albania Greece United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Yugoslavia Commanders Maximilian von Weichs Giovanni Messe Alexander Papagos Henry Maitland Wilson The Balkans Campaign was the Italian and German invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia during World War II. It began with Italys annexation of Albania in April...
German soldiers raising the Reich War Flag over the Acropolis. ...
An ELAS fighter The Greek Resistance (Greek: , i. ...
Combatants Italy Greece Commanders Sebastiano Visconti Prasca Ubaldo Soddu Ugo Cavallero Giovanni Messe Alexander Papagos Strength 529,000 men Under 300,000 men Casualties 13,755 dead, 50,874 wounded, 25,067 missing, 12,368 incapacitated by frostbites, ca. ...
The Battle of Pindus took place in the Pindus Mountains in Epirus, Greece in 1940. ...
Combatants United Kingdom, Australia Italy Commanders Andrew Cunningham Angelo Iachino Strength 1 carrier 3 battleships 7 light cruisers 17 destroyers 1 battleship 6 heavy cruisers 2 light cruisers 17 destroyers Casualties 1 torpedo plane destroyed 1 battleship damaged 3 cruisers sunk 2 destroyers sunk The Battle of Cape Matapan was...
Commanders:
Greece
Ioannis Metaxas • Alexander Papagos • Charalambos Katsimitros
Italy
Sebastiano Visconti Prasca • Ubaldo Soddu • Ugo Cavallero • Giovanni Messe Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece_(1828-1978). ...
Ioannis Metaxas (Greek Ιωάννης Μεταξάς, April 12, 1871 – January 29, 1941) was a Greek General and the Prime Minister of Greece from 1936 until his death in 1941. ...
Alexander Papagos (in Greek:ΑλÎξανδÏος Παπάγος, Alexandros Papagos). ...
General Katsimitros Charalambos Katsimitros (Greek: ΧαÏάλαμπος ΚατσιμήτÏος) (1886 in Kleitsos, Evrytania - 1962 in Athens) was a Greek General who distinguished himself during the Italian invasion of Greece. ...
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Sebastiano Visconti Prasca (1883 - 1961) was an Italian military officer, supreme commands in Greco-Italian War and noble family member of Visconti 1940 Commander in Chief Albania Category: ...
Ubaldo Soddu (1883 - 1949) was an Italian military officer, high commands in Greco-Italian War 1939 - 1940 Under-secretary of Ministry of War 1940 Commander in Chief Army Group Albania Category: ...
Ugo Cavallero Conte Ugo Cavallero (September 20, 1880 – September 13, 1943) was a prominent Italian military commander before and during World War II. Born in Piemonte, Italy, Cavallero had a privileged childhood as a member of the Italian nobility. ...
Giovanni Messe Giovanni Messe (December 10, 1883 - December 19, 1968) was an Italian soldier, politician and quite possibly the most distinguished Italian Field Marshal. ...
Battles: Metaxas Line • Vevi • Thermopylae • Crete Combatants Germany, Italy, Bulgaria Greece, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand Commanders Wilhelm List, Maximilian von Weichs Alexander Papagos, Henry Maitland Wilson, Thomas Blamey Strength Germany: 680,000 men,[1] 1200 tanks, 700 aircraft, Italy: 529,000 men Greece: 350,000 men, British Commonwealth: 58,000 men Casualties Italy: 13,755...
The Metaxas Line was a chain of fortifications constructed along the line of the Graeco-Bulgarian border, designed to protect Greece in case of a Bulgarian invasion during World War II. It was named after Ioannis Metaxas, the then dictatorial ruler of Greece, and chiefly consists of tunnels that led...
Combatants Australia United Kingdom New Zealand Greece Germany Commanders Iven Mackay (operational); George Vasey (infantry) Fritz Witt Strength About 2,000 personnel, including some artillery support About 1,500 personnel, including artillery support and some tanks (see below) Casualties Australian: about 25 dead N.Z.: about 12 dead; U.K...
Combatants Greece United Kingdom New Zealand Australia Germany Italy Commanders Bernard Freyberg Kurt Student Strength United Kingdom: 15,000 Greece: 11,000 Australia: 7,100 New Zealand: 6,700 Total: 40,000 (10,000 without fighting capability. ...
Commanders:
Greece
Alexander Papagos • G. Tsolakoglou
British Expeditionary Corps
Henry Maitland Wilson • Thomas Blamey
Germany
Wilhelm List • Kurt Student Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece_(1828-1978). ...
Alexander Papagos (in Greek:ΑλÎξανδÏος Παπάγος, Alexandros Papagos). ...
Georgios Tsolakoglou (Greek: , Agrafa, April 1886 - Athens, May 1948) was a Greek military officer who became the countrys first quisling Prime Minister during the Axis Occupation in 1941-1942. ...
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Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson of Libya (5 September 1881 - 31 December 1964), better known as Jumbo Wilson was a senior British General during World War II. He saw active service in the Boer War and the First World War. ...
See also Field Marshal (Australia) Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey GBE KCB CMG DSO ED (24 January 1884 – 27 May 1951) was an Australian General of World War II, and Australias first (and only) Field Marshal. ...
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Wilhelm List (Siegmund Wilhelm von List) (May 14, 1880 - August 17, 1971), was a German Field Marshal during World War II. He entered the Army in 1898 and served as a staff officer in the First World War. ...
Kurt Student Kurt Student (May 12, 1890-July 1, 1978) was a German Luftwaffe General who fought as a pilot on the Eastern Front during the First World War and as the commander of the German parachute troops during the Second World War. ...
| Occupation authorities Occupation Authorities:
Germany
Hermann Neubacher • Walter Schimana • Alexander Löhr • Helmuth Felmy
Italy
Pellegrino Ghigi • Carlo Geloso
Bulgaria
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Alexander Löhr (May 20, 1885–February 26, 1947) was an Austrian Air Force commander during the 1930s before the Anschluss and, later on, a Luftwaffe Commander during the Second World War. ...
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Atrocities: Doxato • Kommeno • Kalavryta • Distomo • The Holocaust in Greece The Holocaust of the city of Kalavryta or Massacre and Annihilation of Kalavryta refer to the extermination of the male population and the subsequent total destruction of the town of Kalavryta, in Greece, by German occupying forces during World War II on 13 December 1943. ...
The Distomo Massacre was the extermination of 218 Greek citizens in the village Distomo, Boeotia Prefecture in Greece, on 10 June 1944 by Nazi forces. ...
German soldiers raising the Reich War Flag over the Acropolis. ...
Other topics: Greek famine of 1941-42
Collaborators People: G. Tsolakoglou • K. Logothetopoulos • Ioannis Rallis • Georgios Poulos Georgios Tsolakoglou (Greek: , Agrafa, April 1886 - Athens, May 1948) was a Greek military officer who became the countrys first quisling Prime Minister during the Axis Occupation in 1941-1942. ...
Konstantinos Logothetopoulos was a distinguished Greek medical doctor who became Prime Minister of a quisling government during the Axis occupation of Greece. ...
Ioannis Rallis (1878-1946) was the third Nazi collaborator prime minister of Greece, from 7 April 1943 to 12 October 1944, succeeding Konstantinos Logothetopoulos in the Nazi-held puppet government in Athens. ...
Colonel Georgios Poulos was a Nazi collaborator during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II. He participated in Sonderkommando 2000, a German plan which aimed at infiltrating the Greek resistance movement. ...
Organizations: Security Battalions • ESPO • EEE The Security Battalions (Greek: Τάγματα Ασφαλείας, Tágmata AsfalÃas) were Greek collaborationist military groups, formed during World War II in order to support the German occupation troops. ...
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The National Union of Greece (Greek: Εθνική Ενωσις Ελλάς, Ethniki Enosis Ellas EEE) was an anti-Semitic nationalist party established in the Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1927. ...
| National Liberation Front (EAM) People: Aris Velouchiotis • Stefanos Sarafis • Georgios Siantos • Markos Vafiades • Evripidis Bakirtzis Aris Velouchiotis (ΆÏης Βελουχιώτης), (August 27, 1905-June 16, 1945, real name Thanassis Klaras/Θανάσης ΚλάÏας) was a prominent leader of the communist segment of Greek guerrilla resistance during World War II which was followed by the Greek Civil War. ...
Stefanos Sarafis (Greek: , 1890 - 31 May 1957) was an officer of the Hellenic Army who played an important role during the Greek Resistance. ...
Georgios Siantos (Greek: , 1890 - May 20, 1947) was a prominent figure of the Greek Communist party (Greek: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, Kommunistiko Komma Elladas) who served as acting general secretary of the party and as a leader of the EAM/ELAS Resistance movement during the German occupation of Greece in World War II. // Siantos...
Markos Vafiadis. ...
Evripidis Bakirtzis (Greek: ) (1895 - 1947) was de facto Prime Minister of Greece from 10 March to 18 April 1944 as head of the Political Committee of National Liberation, a government of resistance-held territories during World War II. Categories: | | | | ...
Organizations: KKE • EAM • ELAS • PEEA • EPON • OPLA KKE sticker The Communist Party of Greece, better known by its acronym KKE (Greek: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, Kommunistiko Komma Elladas), is the major communist party in Greece. ...
The National Liberation Front (EAM) (Greek: , Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo) was the main movement of the Greek Resistance during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II. It was founded in 27 September 1941 by representatives of four left-wing parties : Lefteris Apostolou for the Communist Party of Greece (KKE...
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The Political Committee of National Liberation (Greek: , Politiki Epitropi Ethikis Apeleftherosis (PEEA)) was a communist-dominated government established in Greece in 1944 in opposition to both the collaborationist German-controlled government at Athens and to the royal government-in-exile in Cairo. ...
Right-wing Resistance People: Napoleon Zervas • Dimitrios Psarros Napoleon Zervas ( Arta, May 17, 1891 - 1957) was a Greek general and resistance leader during World War II. He organized and led the National Republican Greek League (EDES), a resistance organization against the Nazi occupation of Greece. ...
Dimitrios Psarros (Greek: ) was a Greek army officer and resistance leader. ...
Organizations: EDES • EKKA • YBE/PAO • ΕΟΚ The National Republican Greek League (Greek: , Ethnikos Dimokratikos Ellinikos Syndesmos, abbreviated EDES) was a World War II Greek resistance movement. ...
National and Social Liberation (Greek: , Ethniki Kai Koinoniki Apeleftherosis), also known by its initials EKKA, was the Greek Resistance movement founded by Colonel Dimitrios Psarros during Axis occupation of Greece. ...
Operations: Operation Harling The Special Operations Executive (SOE), sometimes referred to as the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organization initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ...
People: Edmund Myers • Chris Woodhouse • Patrick Leigh Fermor Christopher Woodhouse might refer to: Christopher Montague Woodhouse, 5th Baron Terrington (1917–2001), Conservative Member of Parliament for Oxford 1959–1966 and 1970–1974 Christopher Woodhouse, 6th Baron Terrington (born 1946), urologist Category: ...
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| Events: El Alamein • Dodecanese Campaign • April 1944 mutiny • Rimini For the Battle of Alam Halfa, which is also often termed the Second Battle of El Alamein, see Battle of Alam Halfa Combatants British Eighth Army: United Kingdom Australia New Zealand South Africa India Panzer Army Africa: Nazi Germany Fascist Italy Commanders Bernard Montgomery Erwin Rommel Strength 220,000 men...
Combatants Great Britain Italy Greece Germany Commanders Brigadier Robert Tilney Generalleutnant Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller The Dodecanese Campaign of World War II was an attempt by Allied forces, mostly British, to capture the Italian-held Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea following the surrender of Italy in September 1943, and...
German defensive positions in Northern Italy 1944 370th Infantry Regiment walking toward the mountains at north of Prato - April 1945 The Gothic Line, also known as Linea Gotica, formed Field Marshal Albert Kesselrings last major line of defence in the final stages of World War II along the summits...
People: King George II • Emm. Tsouderos • Panagiotis Kanellopoulos George II (Greek: ΓεώÏγιος [GeÅrgios]; 20 July 1890 — 1 April 1947), King of the Hellenes (Greece) ruled from 1922-1924 and 1935-1947. ...
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Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (1902-1986) was a distinguished Greek politician and Prime Minister. ...
Notable units: III Mountain Brigade • Sacred Band • Vasilissa Olga • Adrias Sacred Band can refer to one of two elite military units of the ancient world: the Sacred Band of Thebes the Sacred Band of Carthage This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Vasilissa Olga (Greek: ) was a Greek destroyer of the Vasilefs Georgios (modified G) class, which served with the Royal Hellenic Navy during the Second World War, becoming its most distinguished and successful ship until her loss in 1943. ...
Adrias (Greek ΑδÏίας) was a Hunt class destroyer which originally built for Royal Navy as HMS Border (L67) but never commissioned to Royal Navy, before her completion loaned to Royal Hellenic Navy in July 20, 1942 and commissioned as Adrias (L67) in August 5, 1942 in order to relief heavy loss...
Events: Lebanon conference • Caserta agreement • Moscow percentages agreement • Dekemvriana Combatants Hellenic Army, Royalist forces, Republicans, British troops Communist guerillas (ELAS, DSE) Commanders Alexander Papagos, Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, James Van Fleet Markos Vafiadis Strength 150,000 men 50,000 men and women Casualties 15,000 killed 32,000+ killed or captured The Greek Civil War (Greek: ) was fought between 1946 and...
Combatants Hellenic Army, Royalist forces, Republicans, British troops Communist guerillas (ELAS, DSE) Commanders Alexander Papagos, Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, James Van Fleet Markos Vafiadis Strength 150,000 men 50,000 men and women Casualties 15,000 killed 32,000+ killed or captured The Greek Civil War (Greek: ) was fought between 1946 and...
People: Ronald Scobie • George Papandreou • Archbishop Damaskinos Sir Ronald MacKenzie Scobie KBE, CBE, CB, MC was a British Army officer. ...
George Papandreou could be George Papandreou, senior, Giorgos Papandreou (1888-1968) Three time Prime Minister of Geece (1944-1945; 1963; 1964-1965) George Andreas Papandreou, (1952- ), grandson of George Papandreou, senior, former Foreign Minister of Greece from 1999 till 2004. ...
Statue of Archbishop Damaskinos near the Athens Cathedral. ...
| | v • d • e World War II Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
| | Western Europe · Eastern Europe · China · Africa · Mediterranean · Asia and the Pacific · Atlantic During World War II, the Western Front was the theater of fighting west of Germany, encompassing the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Denmark. ...
Combatants Soviet Union,[1] Poland, Tannu Tuva (until 1944 incorporation with USSR), Mongolia Germany,[2] Italy (to 1943), Romania (to 1944), Finland (to 1944), Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Spain (to 1943, unofficial) Commanders Joseph Stalin, Aleksei Antonov, Ivan Konev, Rodion Malinovsky, Ivan Bagramyan, Kirill Meretskov, Ivan Petrov, Alexander Rodimtsev, Konstantin Rokossovsky...
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The Mediterranean region. ...
Combatants China Allies (entered 1941): United States United Kingdom Australia Free France Netherlands New Zealand Canada Soviet Union (1945) Japan Germany (from 1941) Manchukuo Thailand (from 1942) Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Franklin D. Roosevelt Winston Churchill John Curtin Charles de Gaulle Hirohito Hideki Tojo Kuniaki Koiso Kantaro Suzuki Campaigns and...
Combatants Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy United States Navy (1941–5) Kriegsmarine Regia Marina (1940–3) Commanders Sir Percy Noble Sir Max K. Horton Percy W. Nelles Leonard W. Murray Ernest J. King Erich Raeder Karl Dönitz Casualties 30,248 merchant sailors 3,500 merchant vessels 175 warships 28...
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| Timeline This is a timeline of events that stretched over the period of World War II. // 1: The Invasion of Poland begins at 4:30 a. ...
| Aspects | To 1945 unless otherwise indicated.
Principal co-belligerents in italics. | Prelude
• Causes
• in Asia
• Japanese invasion of China
• in Europe This article is concerned with the events that preceded World War II in Asia. ...
Combatants China Japan Commanders Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Cheng, Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, Li Zongren, Xue Yue, Bai Chongxi, Mao Zedong, Peng Dehuai Hirohito, Hideki Tojo, Kotohito Kanin, Matsui Iwane, Hajime Sugiyama, Shunroku Hata, Toshizo Nishio, Yasuji Okamura, Umezu Yoshijiro, Fumimaro Konoe Strength 58,600,000 4,100,000...
In Europe, the origins of the war are closely tied to the rise of fascism, especially in Nazi Germany. ...
1939
• Invasion of Poland
• Phoney War
• Soviet invasion of Finland
• Battle of the Atlantic3 Combatants Poland Germany, Slovakia, Soviet Union Commanders Edward Rydz-ÅšmigÅ‚y Fedor von Bock (Army Group North), Gerd von Rundstedt (Army Group South), Mikhail Kovalov (Belorussian Front), Semyon Timoshenko (Ukrainian Front), Ferdinand ÄŒatloÅ¡ (Field Army Bernolak) Strength 39 divisions, 16 brigades, 4,300 guns, 880 tanks, 400 aircraft Total: 950...
British Ministry of Home Security Poster of a type that was common during the Phoney War The Phoney War[1] was a phase in early World War II marked by few military operations in Continental Europe, in the months following the German invasion of Poland and preceding the Battle of...
Combatants Finland Soviet Union Commanders Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Kliment Voroshilov, later Semyon Timoshenko Strength 250,000 men 30 tanks 130 aircraft[1][2] 1,000,000 men 3,000 tanks 3,800 aircraft[3][4] Casualties 26,662 dead 39,886 wounded 1,000 captured[5] 126,875 dead...
Combatants Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy United States Navy (1941–5) Kriegsmarine Regia Marina (1940–3) Commanders Sir Percy Noble Sir Max K. Horton Percy W. Nelles Leonard W. Murray Ernest J. King Erich Raeder Karl Dönitz Casualties 30,248 merchant sailors 3,500 merchant vessels 175 warships 28...
1940
• Denmark and Norway
• Battle of France
• Battle of Britain
• Soviet invasion of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
• Soviet invasion of Bessarabia and Bukovina
• Japanese invasion of Indochina
• Italian invasion of Greece Combatants Germany Denmark Norway Operation Weserübung was the German codename for Nazi Germanys assault on Denmark and Norway during World War II and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign. ...
Combatants France United Kingdom Canada Czechoslovakia Poland Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Germany Italy Commanders Maurice Gamelin, Maxime Weygand (French) Lord Gort (British Expeditionary Force) Leopold III (Belgian) H.G. Winkelman (Dutch) Gerd von Rundstedt (Army Group A) Fedor von Bock (Army Group B) Wilhelm von Leeb (Army Group C) H.R...
Combatants United Kingdom Including combatants from:[1] Poland New Zealand Canada Czechoslovakia Belgium Australia South Africa France Ireland United States Jamaica Palestine Rhodesia Germany Including combatants from Italy Commanders Hugh Dowding Hermann Göring Strength 754 single-seat fighters 149 two-seat fighters 560 bombers 500 coastal 1,963 total...
The occupation of Baltic states generally refers to the occupation of the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) by the Soviet Union or Nazi Germany during World War II, and to the Soviet presence in the Baltics from 1945 until the re-establishment of their independence. ...
On June 28, 1940 Bessarabia and northern Bukovina were occupied by the Soviet Union. ...
Combatants Imperial Japanese Army, Japan French Army, France Commanders Lt. ...
Combatants Italy Greece Commanders Sebastiano Visconti Prasca Ubaldo Soddu Ugo Cavallero Giovanni Messe Alexander Papagos Strength 529,000 men Under 300,000 men Casualties 13,755 dead, 50,874 wounded, 25,067 missing, 12,368 incapacitated by frostbites, ca. ...
1941
• East Africa
• Invasion of Yugoslav republics
• German invasion of the USSR
• Iraq, Syria-Lebanon, Iran
• Siege of Leningrad
• Japan attacks the USA Combatants United Kingdom Sudan British Somaliland British East Africa British India Gold Coast Nigeria N. Rhodesia S. Rhodesia Union of S. Africa Free France Belgian Congo Ethiopian rebels Italy Italian East Africa Commanders Archibald Wavell William Platt Alan Cunningham Duke of Aosta Guglielmo Nasi Luigi Frusci Pietro Gazzera Carlo De...
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Combatants Germany, Romania, Finland, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia Soviet Union Commanders Adolf Hitler Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Fedor von Bock Gerd von Rundstedt C.G.E. Mannerheim Giovanni Messe, CSIR Italo Gariboldi, ARMIR Joseph Stalin Kliment Voroshilov Semyon Timoshenko Fyodor Kuznetsov Dmitry Pavlov Ivan Tyulenev Ivan Konev Semyon Budyonny Georgy Zhukov...
The Middle East Campaign was a part of the Middle East Theatre of World War II. // This campaign included: The British police actions in Palestine. ...
Combatants Germany Spanish Blue Division Soviet Union Commanders Wilhelm von Leeb Georg von Küchler AgustÃn Muñoz Grandes Kliment Voroshilov Georgiy Zhukov Strength 725,000 930,000 Casualties Unknown Red Army: 332,059 KIA 24,324 non-combat dead 111,142 missing 16,470 civilians 1 million civilians...
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1942
• Battle of Midway
• Battle of Stalingrad
• 2nd Battle of El Alamein
• Guadalcanal campaign Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Chester W. Nimitz Frank J. Fletcher Raymond A. Spruance Isoroku Yamamoto Chuichi Nagumo Tamon Yamaguchi †Strength 3 carriers, ~50 support ships, 233 carrier aircraft, 127 land-based aircraft 4 carriers, 7 battleships, ~150 support ships, 248 carrier aircraft, 16 floatplanes Casualties 1 carrier...
Combatants Germany Romania Italy Hungary Soviet Union Commanders Adolf Hitler Friedrich Paulus # Erich von Manstein Hermann Hoth Petre Dumitrescu Constantin Constantinescu Italo Garibaldi Gusztav Jany Vasiliy Chuikov Aleksandr Vasilyevskiy Georgiy Zhukov Semyon Timoshenko Konstantin Rokossovskiy Rodion Malinovskiy Andrei Yeremenko Strength Army Group B: German Sixth Army German Fourth Panzer Army...
For the Battle of Alam Halfa, which is also often termed the Second Battle of El Alamein, see Battle of Alam Halfa Combatants British Eighth Army: United Kingdom Australia New Zealand South Africa India Panzer Army Africa: Nazi Germany Fascist Italy Commanders Bernard Montgomery Erwin Rommel Strength 220,000 men...
Combatants Allied forces including: United States Australia New Zealand British Solomon Is. ...
| 1943
• End in Africa
• Battle of Kursk
• Solomon Islands campaign
• Allied invasion of Italy5 Combatants United Kingdom United States France Germany Italy Commanders Dwight D. Eisenhower Harold Alexander Keneth Anderson Bernard Montgomery Albert Kesselring Erwin Rommel Hans-Jürgen von Arnim Giovanni Messe The Tunisia Campaign (also known as the Battle of Tunisia), was a series of World War II battles that took place...
Combatants Germany Soviet Union Commanders Erich von Manstein Günther von Kluge Hermann Hoth Walther Model Georgiy Zhukov Konstantin Rokossovskiy Nikolay Vatutin Ivan Konyev Strength 2,700 tanks 800,000 infantry 2,000 aircraft 3,600 tanks 1,300,000 infantry and supporting troops 2,400 aircraft Casualties German Kursk...
The Solomon Islands Campaign was a large series of battles that occurred in the Pacific Theater of World War II. This was the first large-scale campaign in the War in the Pacific, and the victories achieved by the Americans in the battles of this campaign helped secure vital bases...
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1944
• Battle of Normandy
• Germans ousted from Belorussia and Ukraine
• Battle of Romania
• Allied occupation of Paris
• Operation Market Garden
• Battle of Leyte Gulf Combatants United States United Kingdom Canada Free France Poland Germany Commanders Dwight Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander) Bernard Montgomery (land) Bertram Ramsay (sea) Trafford Leigh-Mallory (air) Omar Bradley (U.S. 1st Army) Miles Dempsey (UK 2nd Army) Harry Crerar (Canadian 1st Army) Gerd von Rundstedt (OB WEST) Erwin Rommel (Heeresgruppe...
Combatants Germany Soviet Union Commanders Ernst Busch Walther Model Ferdinand Schörner Konstantin Rokossovsky Georgy Zhukov Aleksandr Vasilevsky Strength 800,000 1,700,000 Casualties : 400,000 killed, 158,000 POWs, 590,000 wounded : 260,000 killed, 250,000 wounded 116,000 POWs 60,000 KIA/MIA, 110,000 WIA...
Combatants Soviet Union Germany Romania Commanders Rodion Malinovsky Fyodor Tolbukhin Johannes Friessner Ion Antonescu Strength 1,341,200, 1,874 tanks and assault guns ca. ...
The Liberation of Paris in World War II took place in late August 1944 after the battle of Normandy. ...
Combatants United Kingdom United States Canada Poland Germany Commanders Bernard Montgomery Brian Horrocks Roy Urquhart James M. Gavin Maxwell Taylor Stanislaw Sosabowski Walter Model Wilhelm Bittrich Kurt Student Strength 35,000 20,000 Casualties 11,377 dead,wounded or missing 6,450 Captured 2,000 Killed 6,000 Wounded Operation...
Combatants United States Australia Empire of Japan Commanders William Halsey, Jr (3rd Fleet) Thomas C. Kinkaid (7th Fleet) Takeo Kurita (Centre Force) Shoji Nishimura†(Southern Force) Kiyohide Shima (Southern Force) Jisaburo Ozawa (Northern Force) Strength 17 aircraft carriers 18 escort carriers 12 battleships 24 cruisers 141 destroyers and destroyer escorts...
1945
• Battle of Okinawa
• Battle of Berlin
• Germany surrenders
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Japan surrenders Combatants United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand Empire of Japan Commanders Simon B. Buckner†, Joseph W. Stilwell, Ray Spruance Mitsuru Ushijima†Isamu Cho†Strength 548,000 regulars, 1300 ships, ? aircraft 100,000 regulars and militia, ? ships, ? aircraft Casualties 12,513 dead or missing, 38,916 wounded, 33,096...
Combatants Soviet Union Communist Poland Nazi Germany Commanders 1st Belorussian Front – Georgiy Zhukov 2nd Belorussian Front – Konstantin Rokossovskiy 1st Ukrainian Front – Ivan Konev Army Group Vistula – Gotthard Heinrici then Kurt von Tippelskirch[2] Army Group Centre – Ferdinand Schörner Berlin Defense Area – Helmuth Reymann then Helmuth Weidling #[3] Strength 2...
During the Battle for Berlin, the Red Flag was raised over the Reichstag, May 1945. ...
The Fat Man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rises 18 km (11 mi, 60,000 ft) into the air from the hypocenter. ...
The Japanese representatives on board USS Missouri during the surrender ceremonies on 2 September 1945. ...
Aftermath and Consequences
• Effects
• Casualties
• Expulsion of Germans
• Occupation of Germany
• Morgenthau plan
• Territorial changes
• Occupation of Japan
• Cold War
• in contemporary culture
• World War III (close calls/hypothetical)
The immediate aftermath of the Second World War had far-reaching repercussions for the international community. ...
Piechart showing percentage of military and civilian deaths by alliance during World War II. World War II was the single deadliest conflict the world has ever seen, causing many tens of millions of deaths. ...
Germans expelled from the Sudetenland // The expulsion of Germans after World War II refers to the forced migration of people considered Germans (Reichsdeutsche and some Volksdeutsche) from various European states and territories during 1945 and in the first three years after World War II 1946-48. ...
The C-Pennant Occupation zones in Germany (1945) Capital Berlin (de jure) Political structure Military occupation Governors (1945) - UK zone F.M. Montgomery - French zone Gen. ...
The Morgenthau Plan showing the planned partitioning of Germany into a North State, a South State, and an International zone. ...
The Oder-Neisse line (Polish: , German: ) marked the border between German Democratic Republic and Poland between 1950 and 1990. ...
Capital Tokyo Language(s) Japanese Political structure Military occupation Military Governor of Japan - 1945-1951 Douglas MacArthur - 1951-1952 Matthew Ridgway Emperor - 1926-1989 Hirohito Historical era Post-WWII - Surrender of Japan August 15, 1945 - San Francisco Peace Treaty April 28, 1952 At the end of the Second World War...
For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ...
The influence of World War II has been profound and diverse, having an impact on many parts of life. ...
World War III (abbreviated WWIII), or the Third World War, is a term used to describe a hypothetical conflict on the scale of World War I and World War II, or even larger, such as a nuclear holocaust. ...
| • Attacks on North America
• Blitzkrieg
• Comparative military ranks
• Cryptography
• Home front
• Military awards
• Military equipment
• Military production
• Resistance
• Technology
• Total war Attacks on North America during World War II by the Axis Powers were rare, mainly due to the continents geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict in Europe and Asia. ...
The defining characteristic of what is commonly known as Blitzkrieg is that it is a highly mobile form of mechanized warfare. ...
The following table shows comparative officer ranks of major Allied and Axis powers during World War II. For modern ranks refer to Comparative military ranks. ...
Cryptography was used extensively during World War II, with a plethora of code and cipher systems fielded by the nations involved. ...
Publicity photo of American machine tool worker in Texas. ...
Military awards of World War II were presented by most of the combatants. ...
// Aircraft List of aircraft of World War II List of World War II military aircraft of Germany List of aircraft of the Armée de lAir, World War II List of aircraft of the USAAF, World War II List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force, World War II...
During World War II women worked in factories throughout much of the West and East. ...
Members of the Dutch Eindhoven Resistance with troops of the US 101st Airborne Division in front of the Eindhoven cathedral during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. ...
Technology during World War II played a crucial role in determining the outcome of the war. ...
Total war is a military conflict in which nations mobilize all available resources in order to destroy another nations ability to engage in war. ...
Civilian impact and atrocities
• Allied war crimes
• Japanese war crimes
• German war crimes
• Soviet war crimes
• The Holocaust
• Bombing of civilians
Allied war crimes were violations of the laws of war committed by the Allies of World War II against civilian populations or the soldiers of the Axis Armed Forces. ...
Japanese war crimes occurred during the period of Japanese imperialism. ...
Germany committed war crimes in both World War I and World War II. The most notable of these is the Holocaust, where millions of people, about half of which were Jews, were murdered. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Soviet war crimes (WWII). ...
“Shoah†redirects here. ...
Strategic Bombing during World War II was unlike anything the world had previously witnessed. ...
| | Allies | Axis | at war from 1937
China A representation of the changes in territory controlled by Allies and Axis powers over the course of the war. ...
Area under Axis control over the course of the war shown in black The Axis powers, also interpreted as Axis alliance, Axis nations, Axis countries or sometimes just the Axis were those countries opposed to the Allies during the Second World War. ...
Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China. ...
entered 1939
Poland
UK
India
France
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Canada Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ...
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Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ...
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Image File history File links Canadian_Red_Ensign_1921. ...
entered 1940
Norway
Belgium
Netherlands
Greece Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ...
Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ...
Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ...
Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece_(1828-1978). ...
| entered 1941
Yugoslavia
USSR
USA Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia_(state). ...
Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in the Latin alphabet, ЈугоÑлавија in Cyrillic; English: Land of the South Slavs) describes three political entities that existed one at a time on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century. ...
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entered 1942
Brazil Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...
entered 1943
Italy Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946)_crowned. ...
entered 1944
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland File links The following pages link to this file: Axis Powers Flag of Romania Categories: Flag images ...
Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria_(1878-1944). ...
Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ...
Combatants Germany Finland Commanders Lothar Rendulic Hjalmar Siilasvuo Strength 200,000 60,000 Casualties 950 killed 2,000 wounded 1,300 captured 774 killed 3,000 wounded 262 missing The Lapland War (Finnish: ; German: ; Swedish: ) is a name used for the hostilities between Finland and Germany between September 1944 and...
• others A representation of the changes in territory controlled by Allies and Axis powers over the course of the war. ...
| at war from 1937
Japan Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_-_variant. ...
entered 1939
Germany
Slovakia
Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ...
Image File history File links 1stslovakia_flag_large. ...
entered 1940
Italy (to 1943)
RSI (to 1945) Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946)_crowned. ...
Image File history File links Flag_of_RSI.svg‎ File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Axis powers of World War II Flag of Italy Italian Social Republic Il Cuore nel Pozzo Kingdom of Italy (Savoy) ...
Anthem Giovinezza (The Youth)¹ Capital Salò Language(s) Italian Religion Roman Catholicism Government Republic Head of State Benito Mussolini Historical era World War II - Established September 23, 1943 - Disestablished April 25, 1945 ¹ External link The Italian Social Republic (Repubblica Sociale Italiana or RSI) was a Nazi puppet state led by...
entered 1941
Bulgaria (to 1944)
Hungary
Romania (to 1944)
Finland (to 1944) Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria_(1878-1944). ...
Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary_1940. ...
File links The following pages link to this file: Axis Powers Flag of Romania Categories: Flag images ...
Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ...
Finnish ski troops in Northern Finland in January 1940 The Military history of Finland during World War II covers the history of Finland from 1939 to 1944. ...
entered 1942
Thailand Image File history File links Flag_of_Thailand. ...
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• others Area under Axis control over the course of the war shown in black The Axis powers, also interpreted as Axis alliance, Axis nations, Axis countries or sometimes just the Axis were those countries opposed to the Allies during the Second World War. ...
| | • Allied Leaders
• Axis Leaders
• Commanders
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with World War II Allied Leaders. ...
// Adolf Hitler Karl Dönitz Joseph Goebbels Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk Adolf Hess Victor Emmanuel III Benito Mussolini ShÅwa Fumimaro Konoe Hideki Tojo Kuniaki Koiso Miklós Horthy Ferenc Szálasi Pál Teleki László Bárdossy Miklós Kállay Döme Sztójay Géza...
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| Resistance movements Austria · Baltic2 · Bessarabia1 · Czechia · Denmark · Ethiopia · France · Nazi Germany · Greece · Italy · Jewish · Korea · Netherlands · Moldavia1 · Norway · Poland · Thailand · USSR · Slovakia4 · Ukraine3 · Vietnam · Yugoslavia · others Members of the Dutch Eindhoven Resistance with troops of the US 101st Airborne Division in front of the Eindhoven cathedral during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. ...
The Forest Brothers (also: Brothers of the Forest, Forest Brethren; Forest Brotherhood; in Estonian: metsavennad, in Latvian meža brÄļi, in Lithuanian miÅ¡ko broliai) were Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian partisans who waged guerrilla warfare against Soviet rule and for German Nazis during the Soviet invasion and occupation of...
Czech resistance during the Second World War is a scarcely documented subject, by and large a result of little formal resistance and an effective German policy that deterred acts of resistance or annihilated organizations of resistance. ...
Bust of Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (Memorial to the German Resistance, Berlin) The German Resistance refers to those individuals and groups in Nazi Germany who opposed the regime of Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1945. ...
The Jewish resistance during the Holocaust was the resistance of the Jewish people against Nazi Germany leading up to and through World War II. Due to the careful organization and overwhelming military might of the Nazi German State and its supporters, many Jews were unable to resist the killings. ...
The Korean Liberation Army was the armed force of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, and was created on September 17, 1941 in Chongqing, China. ...
Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in the Latin alphabet, ЈугоÑлавија in Cyrillic; English: Land of the South Slavs) describes three political entities that existed one at a time on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century. ...
Members of the Dutch Eindhoven Resistance with troops of the US 101st Airborne Division in front of the Eindhoven cathedral during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. ...
| | Lists | | Category · Topics · Conferences // Military engagements For military topics (land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges), please see List of military engagements of World War II. Political and social aspects of the war Causes of World War II Appeasement Occupation of Denmark Netherlands in World War II...
List of World War II conferences of the Allied forces In total Churchill attended 14 meetings, Roosevelt 12, Stalin 5. ...
| | 1 Anti-Soviet.
2 Anti-Soviet(and anti-Nazi from 1941-1943).
3 Anti-Nazi, anti-Polish, and anti-Soviet.
4 Anti-Magyar, anti-Nazi, and anti-Soviet.
5 Lasted to May 1945.
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