The 'Battle of Jordanów' was an early German and Polish clash in the former’s 'Weiss' (i) invasion of Poland (1/3 September 1939)., The battle was fought between the German... Read More

The 'Battle of Kaiapit' was a small-scale battle fought between Australian and Japanese forces in New Guinea during the Markham and Ramu Valley/Finisterre Range campaign (19/2... Read More

The 'Battle of Kałuszyn' was fought between small German and Polish forces in the area of the town of Kałuszyn near Mińsk Mazowiecki as part of the German 'Weiss' (i) invas... Read More

The 'Battle of Kampar' was an engagement in the Malayan northern state of Perak between Japanese and British-led forces during the Japanese 'E' (i) invasion of Malaya (30 Dece... Read More

The 'Battle of Kasserine Pass' was a series of engagements and actions between Axis and Allied forces in the area of the Kasserine Pass, a gap 2 miles (3.2 km) wide in the Dor... Read More

The 'Battle of Kelja' was fought between Soviet and Finnish forces around the village of Kelja within the context of the 'Talvisota' winter war (25/27 December 1939)., In the ... Read More

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The 'Battle of Kępa Oksywska' was fought between German and Polish forces on the Oksywie Heights outside the city of Gdynia within the context of the German 'Weiss' (i) invas... Read More

The 'Battle of Keren' was fought between British and Italian forces for Keren in Italian-controlled Eritrea in the closing stages of 'Excursion' (3 February/27 March 1941)., T... Read More

The 'Battle of Kissoué' was a battle between British-led and Vichy French forces as part of the Allied advance on Damascus in Syria during the 'Exporter' (i) campaign (15/17 ... Read More

The 'Battle of Kobryń' was a battle between German and Polish forces within the context of 'Weiss' (i) (14/18 September 1939)., The forces involved were, on the German side, ... Read More

The 'Battle of Kock' was fought between German and Polish forces within the context of 'Weiss' (i), and was the last battle of Germany’s conquest of western Poland (2/5 Octo... Read More

The 'Battle of Kohima', together with the closely related and simultaneous 'Battle of Imphal', proved to be the turning point of the Japanese 'U' (ii) offensive from Burma int... Read More

The 'Battle of Kolberg' was the fight for the city of Kolberg (now Kołobrzeg) in Pomerania between Soviet and Polish forces and German forces within the context of the 'East ... Read More

The 'Battle of Kollaa' was fought between Soviet and Finnish forces in the Ladoga Karelia region to the north of Lake Ladoga within the context of the Soviet-Finnish winter wa... Read More

The 'Battle of Kolombangara', which is otherwise known as the '2nd Battle of Kula Gulf', was a naval battle fought between US and Japanese naval forces off the north-eastern c... Read More

The 'Battle of Königsberg' was fought between Soviet and German forces for Königsberg in East Prussia as the culmination of the 'Königsberg Offensive Operation' (January/9 ... Read More

The 'Battle of the Koromokina Lagoon' was fought between Japanese and US forces on Bougainville island in the aftermath of the 'Cherryblossom' landing by elements of the US Ma... Read More

The 'Battle of Kos' was fought between German and Allied forces for the island of Kos in the then Italian-held Dodecanese islands group of the Aegean Sea (3/4 October 1943)., ... Read More

The 'Battle of Kozara' which was also known as the 'West-Bosnien' operation, was fought on and round the mountain of Kozara in north-western Bosnia between Axis (German, Croat... Read More

The 'Battle of Kranji' was the second stage of Japan’s invasion of Singapore island in the sector on the island’s northern coast held by Brigadier D. S. Maxwell’s Austra... Read More

The 'Battle of Krasnobród' was fought near Krasnobród between German and Polish forces during the German 'Weiss' (i) invasion of Poland (23 September 1939)., This was one of... Read More

The 'Battle of Krasny Bor' was part of the Soviet 'Polyarnaya Zvezda Offensive Operation' against the Germans on the Eastern Front (10/13 February 1943)., The battle was desig... Read More

The 'Battle of Labuan Island' was an engagement fought between Allied (largely Australian) and Japanese forces on the island of Labuan off the north-western coast Borneo withi... Read More

The 'Battle of Lamon Bay' was a secondary undertaking in the Japanese invasion of Lingayen Gulf during the Japanese conquest of the Philippine islands group (21/23 December 19... Read More

The 'Battle of Lanzerath Ridge' was a small-scale engagement between German an US forces on the first day of 'Wacht am Rhein' (16/17 December 1944)., The engagement took place... Read More

The 'Battle of Legazpi' was the third of the series of Japanese minor landing associated with the 'M' (ii) invasion of Luzon island in the Philippine islands group (12 Decembe... Read More

The 'Battle of Lenino' was a small battle fought between Soviet-supported Polish and German forces in an area to the north of the village of Lenino in the Mogilev region of Be... Read More

The 'Battle of Léros' was fought between German and Allied forces for the island of Léros, and was the central event of the Dodecanese islands campaign (26 September/16 Nove... Read More

The 'Battle of Leyte' was fought between Allied and Japanese forces for the island of Leyte in the Philippine islands group (17 October/26 December 1944)., The 'King II' amphi... Read More

The 'Battle of Lijevče Field' was fought between Croat and Cetnik forces on the Lijevče Field near Banja Luka in what was then the Independent State of Croatia (30 March/8 A... Read More

The 'Battle of Lingayen Gulf' was the main undertaking of the Japanese 'M' (ii) conquest of th Philippine islands group (21/23 December 1941)., Next to the Greater Sunda islan... Read More

The 'Battle of Lone Tree Hill' was a battle between US and Japanese forces in Dutch New Guinea (17 May/2 September 1944)., Part of the Western New Guinea campaign, the battle ... Read More

The 'Battle of Lwów' was the Polish attempt to hold the city of e Siege of Lwów in south-western Poland against German forces advancing from the west and Soviet forces advan... Read More

The 'Battle of Maastricht' was fought between German and Dutch troops as one of the first battles within the 'Gelb' invasion of the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium (10 May... Read More

The 'Battle of Madagascar' was fought between British-led and Vichy French forces for control of the island of Madagascar in the Indian coast off the eastern coast of Africa (... Read More

The 'Battle of Makin' was fought between US and Japanese forces on Makin atoll of the Gilbert islands group (20/24 November 1943)., On 10 December 1941, three days after the '... Read More

The 'Battle of Malaya', otherwise the Malayan campaign, was fought between Japanese and British-led forces for possession of Malaya and Singapore in South-East Asia (8 Decembe... Read More

The 'Battle of Manado' was fought between Japanese and Dutch forces as part of Imperial Japan’s 'H' (i) operation to take the island of Celebes in the Dutch East Indies (11/... Read More

The 'Battle of Manila' was a major battle fought by US and Japanese forces in the Philippine islands campaign (3 February/3 March 1945)., Fought within Manila, the capital of ... Read More

The 'Battle of Marseille' was fought between French and German forces for the city and port of Marseille within the context of 'Dragoon' (i) (21/28 August 1944)., The origins ... Read More

The 'Battle of Meiktila' and the 'Battle of Mandalay' were fought concurrently between British-led and Japanese forces in central Burma (January/march 1945)., These were decis... Read More

The 'Battle of Memel' was fought between Soviet and German forces for the Lithuanian port city of Memel (now Klaipėda) on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea (5 October 1944/... Read More

The 'Battle of Memel' was a battle between Soviet and German forces on the Eastern Front for the port city of Memel on the East Prussian side of the frontier between Germany a... Read More

The 'Battle of Merdjayoun' was a battle between Allied and Vichy French forces near the Lebanese town of Marjayoun during the formers' 'Exporter' operation to take Syria and L... Read More

The 'Battle of Midtskogen' was a minor nocturnal clash between German and Norwegian forces with the 'Weserübung' invasion of Norway (9/10 April 1940)., The Germans were a rai... Read More

The 'Battle of Midway' was a naval battle of strategic significance fought in the Pacific Ocean between Japanese and US forces (4/7 June 1942)., The battle took place six mont... Read More

The 'Battle of Mikołów' was a border battle between the German and Polish forces in the first stage of 'Weiss' (i) (1/2 September 1939). , The battle took place in the area ... Read More

The 'Battle of Milne Bay', otherwise known as the 'Battle of Rabi', was fought between Japanese and Australian forces for Milne Bay, at the south-eastern tip of Papua, as a re... Read More

The 'Battle of Mindanao' resulted in the Japanese seizure of Mindanao, the second largest element of the Philippine islands group, from US and Filipino forces (16 December 194... Read More