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List of theaters and campaigns of World War II The List of theatres and campaigns of World War II subdivides military operations of World War II and contemporary wars by war, then by theater and then by campaign. Pre–World War II Asia * Japanese invasion of Manchuria (September 18, 19 ...

* List of World War II military operations *

List of military operations on the Eastern Front of World War II This is a list of military operations in Europe on the Eastern Front of World War II. These were operations by Germany and its allies on one side and the Soviet Union and its allies on the other and were a consequence of the German invasion in 1941 ...

List of military engagements of World War II This is a list of military engagements of World War II encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bi ...

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Aces

List of World War II air aces Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opport ...

List of World War II aces by country This is a list of fighter aces in World War II, ordered by national origin. See also List of World War II flying aces. Australia There were 103 air aces from Australia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II ...

List of World War II aces from Australia This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Australia. An "ace" is generally considered to be any pilot who has downed five or more enemy aircraft, though the term has never been officially adopted by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) ...

List of World War II aces from Austria This is a list of flying aces in World War II from Austria. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country List Notes and references

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List of World War II aces from Belgium This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Belgium. For other countries, see: List of World War II aces by country. B D H L M O P V References {{Lists of flying aces Belgium Belgium, ; fre ...

* List of World War II aces from Bulgaria *

List of World War II aces from Canada This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Canada. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U ...

List of World War II aces from China This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from China. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country This is a list of fighter aces in World War II, ordered by national origin. See also List of World War II flying aces. Aus ...

List of World War II aces from Croatia This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from the Independent State of Croatia, a puppet state of Nazi Germany from 1941–45, created in the portion of Yugoslavia occupied by the Axis powers. There were 25 fighter aces from the Independent S ...

* List of World War II aces from Czechoslovakia *

List of World War II aces from Denmark This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Denmark. See also *List of World War II aces by country References {{Lists of flying aces Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National ...

List of World War II aces from Finland This list includes of all the 96 fighter aces of World War II from Finland. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country Finnish fighter aces With specific aircraft types Fokker D.XXI Below are all the Finnish aces who have ...

List of World War II aces from France This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from France. A *Paul Abrioux * Jean-Marie Accart * Marcel Albert *Maurice Amarger *Jacques André *Jacques Andrieux *Paul Audrain B *Georges Baptizet *Paul Bardin *Emile Becquet *Didie ...

List of World War II aces from Germany This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Germany. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. It is relatively certain that 2,500 German fighter pilot ...

List of German World War II jet aces This list of German World War II jet aces has a sortable table of notable German jet ace pilots during World War II. Background A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during a ...

* List of World War II aces from Greece *

List of World War II aces from Hungary This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Hungary. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country. B D F H I K L M N P R S T U References *György Punka: Hungarian Ac ...

List of World War II aces from Italy This is a list of aces in World War II from Italy. A flying ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country. See a ...

* List of World War II aces from Japan *

List of World War II aces from New Zealand This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from New Zealand. An "ace" is generally considered to be any pilot who has downed five or more enemy aircraft. Historians have gleaned figures from combat reports, unit histories, personnel records, ...

List of World War II aces from Norway This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Norway. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country External links Article that presents Norwegian ace, Rolf Arne Berg {{Royal Norwegian Air Force Norway Norway, o ...

List of World War II aces from Poland This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Poland. A B C D F G H Herbst, Witold Aleksander I J K L M N P R S T U W Z Key to Awards Abbreviations See ...

List of World War II aces from Rhodesia This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Southern Rhodesia. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country See also *Southern Rhodesia in World War II Notes and references ;Notes ;References {{Lists of flying aces ...

* List of World War II aces from Romania *

List of World War II aces from Slovakia This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Slovakia. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country. List References

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List of World War II aces from South Africa This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from South Africa. See also * List of World War II aces by country. * Military history of South Africa during World War II * South African Air Force Notes *DFC - Distinguished Flying Cross *DFM ...

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List of World War II aces from Spain This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Spain who fought with the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country. B *Vicente Beltrán (USSR) *Luis Azqueta Brunet (Germany) C *Antonio G ...

List of World War II aces from the United Kingdom This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from the United Kingdom and the British Empire (Country names as per name at the time of World War II). For other countries see List of World War II aces by country. For "turret fighters" such as t ...

List of World War II aces from the United States This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from United States. For other countries see List of World War II flying aces by country A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S ...

* List of World War II aces from Yugoslavia

Aircraft

List of aircraft of World War II A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

* List of helicopters used in World War II *

List of jet aircraft of World War II World War II was the first war in which jet aircraft participated in combat with examples being used on both sides of the conflict during the latter stages of the war. The first successful jet aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, flew only five days befo ...

List of aircraft of the French Air Force during World War II A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

* List of aircraft of the British, World War II * List of aircraft of Italy, World War II *

List of aircraft of Japan, World War II A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

List of Japanese trainer aircraft during World War II {{Short description, none This is a List of trainer aircraft (練習機 Renshuu-ki - Trainer) the Japanese used during World War II. Names in quotes are Allied code names for clarity for English speakers and do not reflect the Japanese usage. Purp ...

* List of aircraft of the Luftwaffe, World War II * List of Luftwaffe aircraft prototype projects during World War II * List of Luftwaffe aircraft by manufacturer, World War II * List of aircraft of Russia, World War II * List of aircraft of the U.S. military, World War II * List of undersea-carried planes during World War II *

List of units using the B-26 Marauder during World War II This is a list of Martin B-26 Marauder operators. The main user of the Martin B-26 Marauder was the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). During this period the Martin Marauder was also operated by the US Navy, Free French Air Force, the South Af ...

Strategic bombing lists

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strategic bombing Strategic bombing is a military strategy used in total war with the goal of defeating the enemy by destroying its morale, its economic ability to produce and transport materiel to the theatres of military operations, or both. It is a systematica ...

air raids on various World War II targets: *

Bombing of Berlin in World War II A bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy. Detonations inflict damage principally through ground- and atmosphere-transmitted mechanic ...

* Bombing of Braunschweig in World War II *

Bombing of Bremen in World War II The Bombing of Bremen in World War II by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and US Eighth Air Force involved both indiscriminate "area bombing" and, as capacity improved, more targeted raids upon the city's military-industrial facilities. These ...

Bombing of Bucharest in World War II The Bucharest World War II bombings were primarily Allied bombings of railroad targets and those of the Oil Campaign of World War II, but included a bombing by Nazi Germany after 1944 coup d'état. Bucharest stored and distributed much of P ...

Bombing of Cologne in World War II The German city of Cologne was bombed in 262 separate air raidsBombing of Dresden in World War II The bombing of Dresden was a joint British and American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, during World War II. In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 772 heavy bombers of the Roya ...

Bombing of Duisburg in World War II Duisburg was bombed a number of times by the Allies during World War II. The most devastating air raids on Duisburg occurred during October 1944 when the city was bombed by the Royal Air Force (RAF). Duisburg was a major logistical centre in the ...

Bombing of Essen in World War II During World War II, the industrial town of Essen, was a target of Allied strategic bombing. The Krupp steelworks was an important industrial target, Essen was a "primary target" designated for area bombing by the February 1942 British Area bo ...

* Bombing of Friedrichshafen in World War II * Bombing of Gelsenkirchen in World War II * Bombing of Germany in World War II *

Bombing of Hamburg in World War II The Allied bombing of Hamburg during World War II included numerous attacks on civilians and civic infrastructure. As a large city and industrial centre, Hamburg's shipyards, U-boat pens, and the Hamburg-Harburg area oil refineries were attac ...

* Bombing of Kassel in World War II * Bombing of Kobe in World War II *

Bombing of Leipzig in World War II During World War II, Leipzig was repeatedly attacked by British as well as American air raids. The most severe attack was launched by the Royal Air Force in the early hours of 4 December 1943 and claimed more than 1,800 lives. Large parts of t ...

Bombing of Lübeck in World War II During World War II, the city of Lübeck was the first German city to be attacked in substantial numbers by the Royal Air Force. The attack on the night of 28 March 1942 created a firestorm that caused severe damage to the historic centre, with ...

* Bombing of Nordhausen in World War II * Bombing of Ploiesti in World War II *

Bombing of Sofia in World War II The Bulgarian capital of Sofia suffered a series of Allied bombing raids during World War II, from mid 1941 to early 1944. Bulgaria declared war on the United Kingdom and the United States on 13 December 1941. The Southern Italy-based Allied a ...

Bombing of Tokyo The was a series of firebombing air raids by the United States Army Air Force during the Pacific campaigns of World War II. Operation Meetinghouse, which was conducted on the night of 9–10 March 1945, is the single most destructive bombin ...

in World War II * Bombing of U-boat pens and yards in World War II * Bombing of the United Kingdom in World War II *

Bombing of Vienna in World War II The city of Vienna in Austria was bombed 52 times during World War II, and 37,000 houses of the city were lost, 20% of the entire city. Only 41 civilian vehicles survived the raids, and more than 3,000 bomb craters were counted. History After a ...

Bombing of Würzburg in World War II The Bombing of Würzburg in World War II was a large-scale air attack on the city of Würzburg (in Franconia, in the north of Bavaria), and was part of the strategic bombing campaign by the Allies against Nazi Germany. Although lacking major ...

Bombing of Zagreb in World War II The bombing of Zagreb in World War II was carried out by the Allies from 1944 until 1945. According to a 1950 census of war victims, a total of 327 people were killed by bombing. Over the course of the bombing, the areas of Črnomerec, Borongaj ...

Equipment

* Equipment losses in World War II *

List of aircraft carriers of the Second World War This is a list of aircraft carriers of the Second World War. Aircraft carriers serve as a seagoing airbases, equipped with a flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying and recovering aircraft. Typically, they are the capital shi ...

* List of armoured fighting vehicles of World War II *

List of battlecruisers of the Second World War This is a list of battlecruisers of World War II. A battlecruiser, or battle cruiser, was a capital ship built in the first half of the 20th century. They were similar in size, cost, and carried similar armament to battleships, but they generall ...

List of battleships of the Second World War This is a list of battleships of the Second World War. All displacements are at standard load, in metric tonnes, so as to avoid confusion over their relative displacements. ote: Not all displacements have been adjusted to match this yet Ideally ...

* List of coastal defence ships of the Second World War *

List of common World War II infantry weapons This is a list of infantry weapons which were used in World War II (1939–1945). Albania Sidearms * Bodeo Model 1889 * Beretta M1934 * Luger P08 * Mauser C96 * Walther P38 Submachine guns * Beretta M1918 * Beretta Model 38 * MP 40 Rif ...

List of corvettes of the Second World War This is a list of corvettes of World War II. The List of ships of World War II contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate afte ...

List of cruisers of the Second World War The ''heavy cruiser'' was designed for long range, high speed, and heavy calibre naval guns. The first heavy cruisers were built in 1915, although it only became a widespread classification following the London Naval Treaty in 1930. The heavy cru ...

List of destroyers of the Second World War This is a list of destroyers of the Second World War. The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the ...

List of foreign vehicles used by Nazi Germany in World War II Many foreign vehicles were used by the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. The German terms '' Beutepanzer'' (Loot Tank) and ''Beutefahrzeug'' (Loot Vehicle) were a general application for those vehicles. Whilst the majority were capt ...

List of frigates of the Second World War This is a list of frigates of World War II. The list includes frigate-class ships, such as US Navy "destroyer escorts", and British "escort destroyers" and sloops but US Navy "escort destroyers", are destroyer-class vessels and found in that list ...

List of Japanese military equipment of World War II The following is a list of Japanese military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels, and other support equipment of both the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from operations conducte ...

List of Japanese World War II army bombs This is a complete list of all Aerial bombs used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War. Bombs * Type 92 15 kg High-explosive bomb * Type 99 30 kg High-explosive bomb * Type 94 50 kg High-explosive bomb * Type 94 ...

List of Japanese World War II navy bombs This is a complete list of all aerial bombs used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. Types The Japanese navy produced a large number of different types of bombs, these were sub-divided into three main categories: * Land b ...

* List of Japanese Army military engineer vehicles of World War II *

List of Japanese World War II explosives This is a complete list of Japanese explosives used during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of ...

List of Japanese World War II radar A list of Japanese radars used during World War II. Army radar Radar used by the Imperial Japanese Army. Ground-based radar *Ta-Chi 1 Ground-Based Target Tracking Radar Model 1 - SCR-268 1.5 meter band (200 MHz) derivative built in small n ...

* List of limited service World War II combat vehicles * List of military vehicles of World War II *

List of mine warfare vessels of the Second World War This is a list of mine warfare vessels of World War II. The List of ships of World War II contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immed ...

* List of minor warships of the Second World War * List of monitors of the Second World War * List of prototype World War II combat vehicles *

List of secondary and special-issue World War II infantry weapons A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

List of submarines of the Second World War This is a list of submarines of World War II, which began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ended with the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945. Germany used submarines to devastating effect in the Battle of the At ...

List of ships of the Second World War This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing ...

* List of World War II artillery *

List of World War II British naval radar This page is a List of World War II British naval radar. Nomenclature These sets were initially numbered as wireless telegraph (w/t) sets, but a distinguishing prefix of "2" was soon added. Metric sets were numbered in the 28x and 29x series. Wh ...

List of World War II electronic warfare equipment A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

* List of World War II firearms *

List of World War II firearms of Germany :''Note: Weapons listed were made by or for Germany and do not include captured foreign equipment. Pistols Rifles . Machine guns Submachine guns Anti-tank weapons Other weapons See also * List of equipment used in World War II * Lis ...

List of World War II guided missiles of Germany During World War II, Nazi Germany developed many missile and precision-guided munition systems. These included the first cruise missile, the first short-range ballistic missile, the first guided surface-to-air missiles, and the first anti-ship ...

* List of World War II Infantry Anti-Tank Weapons of Germany * List of World War II military equipment *

List of World War II military gliders This is a complete list of Second World War military gliders. Only vehicles that reached at least the prototype stage are included in this list. Argentina * I.Ae. 25 Mañque, 13 soldliers and 2 crew. 1 built Australia * DHA-G1 and G2, experime ...

List of World War II military vehicles of Germany This is a list of World War II military vehicles of Germany. By name * Artillerie Panzerbeobachtungswagen - artillery observation post tank, multiple chassis variants * Artillerie-Schlepper 35(t) - artillery tractor version of the Panzer ...

List of World War II tanks Tanks were an important weapons system in World War II. Even though tanks in the inter-war years were the subject of widespread research, production was limited to relatively small numbers in a few countries. However, during World War II, mos ...

List of World War II torpedoes of Germany List of World War II ''Kriegsmarine'' torpedoes ''Kriegsmarine'' torpedo designation system The first letter indicates the diameter: * G = 53 cm (21 in) * F = 45 cm (17.7 in) * H = 60 cm (23.7 in) * M = 75 cm (30 ...

* List of World War II weapons *

List of World War II weapons of France This is a list of weapons used by the military forces of the French Third Republic in WW2. Handguns * MAB Model A * MAB Model D pistol * Modèle 1935 pistol * Star Model 14 * MAS 1873 revolver * Modèle 1892 revolver * Ruby pistol * Beretta ...

* List of World War II weapons of Germany * List of World War II weapons of Italy *

List of World War II weapons of the Soviet Union The following is a list of Soviet military equipment of World War II which includes firearms, artillery, vehicles, aircraft and warships. World War II was the deadliest war in history which started in 1939 and ended in 1945. Following political ...

List of World War II weapons of the United Kingdom Small arms Rifles *De Lisle Carbine - "silenced" design firing subsonic pistol ammunition. Specialist issue, 129 made. *Pattern 14 Rifle, Enfield Pattern 14 (P14) - Used as a marksman weapon until the No. IV Mk. I (T) was introduced, also iss ...

* List of World War II weapons of the United States

Miscellaneous

Glossary of German military terms This is a list of words, terms, concepts, and slogans that have been or are used by the German military. Ranks and translations of nicknames for vehicles are included. Also included are some general terms from the German language found frequently i ...

List of Allied propaganda films of World War II During World War II and immediately after it, in addition to the many private films created to help the war effort, many Allied countries had governmental or semi-governmental agencies commission propaganda and training films for home and foreig ...

* List of diplomatic missions during World War II * List of governments in exile during World War II *

List of Japanese-run internment camps during World War II A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

* List of Japanese World War II military specialists on the USSR *

List of Japanese government and military commanders of World War II Central government Supreme head of state *Hirohito, Emperor of Japan: supreme Commander in Chief of Armed Imperial Forces, head of state, and representative of the "Imperial Sun Lineage", State Shinto and Worship national god image, and chief o ...

* List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II *

List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Battle of Iwo Jima The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces. The Battle of Iwo Jima took place in February and March 1945 during World War II and was marked by some of the fierc ...

List of territories occupied by Imperial Japan This is a list of regions occupied or annexed by the Empire of Japan until 1945, the year of the end of World War II in Asia, after the surrender of Japan. Control over all territories except most of the Japanese mainland (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyu ...

List of World War II conferences This is a list of World War II conferences of the Allies of World War II. Conference names in boldface indicate the conferences at which the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union were all present. For the historica ...

List of World War II evacuations Several instances of evacuations (including both emergency evacuations and forced migrations) occurred during and after World War II. Forced migrations * World War II evacuation and expulsion, an overview of the major forced migrations ** Forc ...

List of World War II films This is a list of fictional feature films or miniseries which feature events of World War II in the narrative. There is a separate list of World War II TV series. Criteria * The film or miniseries must be concerned with World War II (or the ...

Lists of World War II prisoner-of-war camps The following list includes prisoner-of-war camps during World War II, both allied and axis: Allied prisoner-of-war camps during World War II *List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in Australia *List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in C ...

List of World War II video games Below is a list of video games that center on World War II for their setting. Adventure games *'' Remembering Pearl Harbor'' (2016) (VR) *'' Paradise Lost (2021 video game)'' (2021) (Alternate history) FMV games Charles Games' FMV series ...

* List of World War II war correspondents (1942–43) {{DEFAULTSORT:World War II