This is a list of all battles involving the United States during World War II.
Name | Start Date | End | Location | Campaign | U.S. Casualties | Result | Opposing Force | Notes |
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Battle of the Atlantic | September 13, 1941 | May 8, 1945 | Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Irish Sea, Labrador Sea, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Outer Banks, Arctic Ocean | Around 18,000 sailors and merchant seamen killed [1] [2] | Allied victory | Germany, Japan (Possibly), Currently unknown |
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Operation Torch | November 8, 1942 | November 10, 1942 | Morocco and Algeria | North African Campaign | 1,200 (479 killed, 720 wounded) [3] | Allied victory | Vichy France Germany |
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Battle of the Kasserine Pass | February 19, 1943 | February 25, 1943 | Kasserine Pass, Tunisia | Tunisia Campaign | 6,500 (1,000+ killed); [3] [4] or, 9,195 (2,572 killed, 56 wounded and 10 captured or missing) [5] | Axis victory | Germany and Italy |
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Battle of El Guettar | March 23, 1943 | April 7, 1943 | El Guettar, Tunisia | Tunisia Campaign | ~5,000 [6] | Indecisive | Germany and Italy | |
Battle of Gela | July 10, 1943 | July 12, 1943 | Gela, Sicily | Italian Campaign | 2,300, 1 destroyer sunk [3] | Allied victory | Germany and Italy |
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Battle of Salerno | September 9, 1943 | September 16, 1943 | Salerno, Italy | Italian Campaign | 4,870 [7] | Allied victory | Germany and Italy |
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Battle of Monte Cassino | January 17, 1944 | May 18, 1944 | Monte Cassino, Italy | Italian Campaign | 100,000+ (Total allied casualties) [3] | Allied victory | Germany |
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Battle of Anzio | January 22, 1944 | June 5, 1944 | Anzio and Nettuno, Italy | Italian Campaign | 23,173 (5,538 killed, 15,558 wounded and 2,947 captured or missing) [8] | Allied victory | Germany |
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Battle of Normandy | June 6, 1944 | July 24, 1944 | Normandy, France | Operation Overlord | 63,360 (16,293 killed, 43,221 wounded and 6,180 captured or missing) [8] | Allied victory | Germany |
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Battle of Graignes | June 10, 1944 | June 12, 1944 | Graignes, France | Operation Overlord | 32 (17 executed) [3] | American victory | Germany |
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Battle of Carentan | June 10, 1944 | June 14, 1944 | Carentan, France | Operation Overlord | American victory | Germany |
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Battle for Brest | August 7, 1944 | September 19, 1944 | Brittany, France | Operation Overlord | ~4,000 [9] | Allied victory | Germany |
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Operation Dragoon | August 15, 1944 | September 14, 1944 | Southern France | Operation Overlord | 15,574 (7,301 killed, 5,804 wounded, 3,098 captured or missing) [5] | Allied victory | Germany |
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Battle of Nancy | September 5, 1944 | September 15, 1944 | Nancy, France | Siegfried Line campaign | 2,851+ [3] | American victory | Germany |
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Operation Market Garden | September 17, 1944 | September 25, 1944 | The Netherlands | Siegfried Line campaign | 3,974 [3] | Allied operational failure | Germany |
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Battle of Hürtgen Forest | September 19, 1944 | February 10, 1945 | Hurtgen Forest, German-Belgian border | Siegfried Line campaign | 33,000 [3] | German defensive victory | Germany |
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Battle of Metz | September 27, 1944 | December 13, 1944 | Metz, France | Siegfried Line campaign | 2,851+ [3] | American tactical victory, German strategic victory | Germany |
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Battle of Aachen | October 2, 1944 | October 21, 1944 | Aachen, Germany | Siegfried Line campaign | 5,000 [3] | American victory | Germany |
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Battle of the Bulge | December 16, 1944 | January 25, 1945 | The Ardennes, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany | Siegfried Line campaign | 89,500 (19,000 killed, 47,500 wounded, 23,000 missing) [10] | Allied victory | Germany |
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Operation Nordwind | January 1, 1945 | January 25, 1945 | Alsace and Lorraine, France | Siegfried Line campaign | 12,000 (3,000 killed, 9,000 wounded or missing) [11] | German operational failure | Germany |
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Colmar Pocket | January 20, 1945 | February 9, 1945 | Alsace, France | Siegfried Line campaign | 8,000 [3] | Allied victory | Germany |
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Ruhr Pocket | March 7, 1945 | April 21, 1945 | Ruhr Area, Germany | Western Allied invasion of Germany | Allied victory | Germany |
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Operation Varsity | March 24, 1945 | Wesel, Germany | Western Allied invasion of Germany | 2,700 [3] | Allied victory | Germany |
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Battle of Frankfurt | March 26, 1945 | March 29, 1945 | Frankfurt, Germany | Western Allied invasion of Germany | unknown [3] | American victory | Germany |
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Battle of Paderborn | March 30, 1945 | March 31, 1945 | Paderborn, Germany | Western Allied invasion of Germany | American victory | Germany |
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Battle of Kassel | April 1, 1945 | April 4, 1945 | Kassel, Germany | Western Allied invasion of Germany | Unknown [3] | American victory | Germany |
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Battle of Heilbronn | April 4, 1945 | April 12, 1945 | Heilbronn, Germany | Western Allied invasion of Germany | 422 (60 killed, 250 wounded, 112 missing) [3] | American victory | Germany |
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Battle of Nuremberg | April 16, 1945 | April 20, 1945 | Nuremberg, Germany | Western Allied invasion of Germany | American victory | Germany |
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Spring 1945 offensive in Italy | April 6, 1945 | May 2, 1945 | Northern Italy | Italian Campaign | 16,258 (1,288 killed, 15,453 wounded and 93 missing) [3] | Allied victory | Germany |
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Attack on Pearl Harbor | December 7, 1941 | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States | 3,592 (2,345 killed and 1,247 wounded) [3] | Japanese tactical victory | Japan |
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Battle of Wake Island | December 8, 1941 | December 23, 1941 | Wake Island | 627 (130 killed, 49 wounded and 448 captured) [3] | Japanese victory | Japan |
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Battle of Bataan | January 7, 1942 | April 9, 1942 | Bataan Peninsula, Philippines | Philippines campaign (1941–1942) | 15,000 captured and interned [3] | Japanese victory | Japan |
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Doolittle Raid | April 18, 1942 | Tokyo and other Japanese cities | 3 killed and 8 later died in captivity/executed | US propaganda victory | Japan |
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Battle of the Coral Sea | May 4, 1942 | May 8, 1942 | Coral Sea, between Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands | New Guinea campaign | 656 killed | Japanese tactical victory, Allied strategic victory | Japan |
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Battle of Milne Bay | August 25, 1942 | September 7, 1942 | Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea | New Guinea campaign | 14 killed [3] | Allied victory | Japan |
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Battle of Wau | 29 January 1943 | February 4, 1943 | Wau, Papua New Guinea | New Guinea campaign | Allied victory | Japan |
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Battle of Wakde | 18 May 1944 | 21, May 1944 | Wakde, Indonesia | New Guinea campaign | 147 (40 killed, 107 wounded) [3] | American victory | Japan |
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Battle of Biak | 27 May 1944 | August 17, 1944 | Biak, Indonesia | New Guinea campaign | Allied victory | Japan |
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Battle of Driniumor River | July 10, 1944 | August 25, 1944 | Near Aitape, Papua New Guinea | New Guinea campaign | 3,000 (440 killed and 2,560 wounded) [3] | American victory | Japan |
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Battle of Sansapor | July 30, 1944 | August 31, 1944 | Bird's Head Peninsula, Indonesia | New Guinea campaign | 49 (15 killed and 35 wounded) [3] | American victory | Japan | |
Battle of Midway | June 3, 1942 | June 7, 1942 | Near Midway Atoll | 307 killed [12] | American victory | Japan |
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Battle of Guadalcanal | August 7, 1942 | February 9, 1943 | Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands campaign | ~6,000 (1,600 killed, 4,400 wounded and missing they were never found) [13] | Allied victory | Japan |
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Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands | October 25, 1942 | October 27, 1942 | Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands campaign | 266 killed [3] | Japanese tactical victory, American strategic victory | Japan |
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Battle of Tarawa | November 20, 1943 | November 23, 1943 | Betio, Tarawa Atoll | Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign | 3,296 (1,000 killed and 2,296 wounded) [3] | American victory | Japan |
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Battle of Makin | November 20, 1943 | November 24, 1943 | Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands | Gilber and Marshall Islands campaign | 948 (763 killed and 185 wounded) [3] | American victory | Japan | |
Battle of Kwajalein | January 31, 1944 | February 3, 1944 | Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands | Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign | 1,964 (372 killed and 1,592 wounded) [3] | American victory | Japan |
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Battle of Eniwetok | February 17, 1944 | February 23, 1944 | Enewetok Atoll, Marshall Islands | Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign | 1,269 (313 killed, 879 wounded, 77 missing) [3] | American victory | Japan |
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Battle of Saipan | June 15, 1944 | July 9, 1944 | Saipan, Mariana Islands | Mariana and Palau Islands campaign | 13,313 (2,949 killed and 10,364 wounded) [3] | American victory | Japan |
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Battle of the Philippine Sea | June 19, 1944 | June 20, 1944 | Philippine Sea | Mariana and Palau Islands campaign | 109 killed [3] | American victory | Japan |
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Battle of Guam | July 21, 1944 | August 8, 1944 | Guam, Mariana Islands | Mariana and Palau Islands campaign | 7,800 (1,747 killed and 6,053 wounded) [3] | Allied victory | Japan | |
Battle of Tinian | July 24, 1944 | August 1, 1944 | Tinian, Mariana Islands | Mariana and Palau Islands campaign | 1,919 (326 killed and 1,593 wounded) [3] | American victory | Japan |
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Battle of Peleliu | September 15, 1944 | November 27, 1944 | Peleliu, Palau Islands | Mariana and Palau Islands campaign | 9,804 (1,794 killed and 8,010 wounded) [3] | American victory | Japan |
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Battle of Angaur | September 17, 1944 | September 30, 1944 | Angaur, Palau Islands | Mariana and Palau Islands campaign | 260 killed [3] | American victory | Japan |
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Battle of Leyte Gulf | October 23, 1944 | October 26, 1944 | Leyte Gulf, Philippines | Philippines campaign (1944–45) | ~1,500 killed [3] | Allied victory | Japan |
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Battle of Luzon | January 9, 1945 | August 15, 1945 | Luzon, Philippines | Philippines campaign (1944–45) | ~37,870 (8,310 killed and 29,560 wounded) [3] | Allied victory | Japan |
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Battle of Manila | February 3, 1945 | March 3, 1945 | Manila, Philippines | Philippines campaign (1944–45) | 6,575 (1,010 killed and 5,565 wounded) [3] | Allied victory | Japan |
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Battle of Bessang Pass | June 1, 1945 | June 15, 1945 | Ilocos Sur, Philippines | Philippines campaign (1944–45) | 339 (119 killed and 220 wounded) [3] | Allied victory | Japan |
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Battle of Iwo Jima | February 19, 1945 | March 26, 1945 | Iwo Jima, Japan | Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign | 26,038 (6,821 killed and 19,217 wounded) [3] | American victory | Japan |
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Battle of Okinawa | April 1, 1945 | June 22, 1945 | Okinawa, Japan | Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign | 51,429 (12,513 killed and 38,916 wounded) [3] | Allied victory | Japan |
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Battle of Java Sea | February 27, 1942 | February 27, 1942, | Java Sea | Java Sea | (2300 Americans Killed) | Japanese victory |
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