World War II Battles were military engagements that took place during World War II (1939-1945). World War II is unique for having the bloodiest battle (Stalingrad), largest tank battle (Kursk), largest encirclement (Kiev), largest invasion (Barbarossa), largest amphibious invasion (Normandy), and largest airborne invasion (Market Garden). Huge naval battles included the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf.

Partial List

Eastern Front

• Operation Barbarossa
• Siege of Leningrad
• Stalingrad
• Kharkov?
• Kursk
• Bagration
• Battle of Berlin

Western Front

• Fall of France
• Dunkirk Evacuation
• El Alamein
• Kasserine Pass
• Monte Cassino
• Anzio
• Invasion of Normandy
• Market Garden
• Battle of the Bulge

Pacific

• Pearl Harbor
• Wake Island?
• Coral Sea?
• Midway
• Tarawa?
• Guadalcanal
• Philippine Sea
• Leyte Gulf?
• Iwo Jima
• Okinawa