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1923

08 Nov 23: Germany: Day 1 of 2 of the Beer Hall Putsch

1931

18 Sep 31: CBI - China: Day 1 of 154 of the Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

1932

26 Jan 32: CBI - China: Day 1 of 10 of the Battle of Harbin, Manchuria
28 Jan 32: CBI - China: Day 1 of 41 of the 1st Battle of Shanghai

1933

01 Jan 33: CBI - China: Day 1 of 142 of the 1st Battle of Hebei (Battle for the Great Wall)
21 Feb 33: CBI - China: Day 1 of 9 of the Battle of Rehe

1934

1935

1936

26 Feb 36: Japan: Day 1 of 4 of the Ni-Ni-Roku (2-2-6) coup attempt
20 Oct 36: CBI - China: Day 1 of 29 of the 1st Battle of Suiyuan
17 Jul 36: Spain: Day 1 of 985 of the Spanish Civil War

1937

07 Jul 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 2,987 of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War
07 Jul 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 33 of the 2nd Battle of Hebei
07 Jul 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 3 of the Lugou Bridge Incident
14 Jul 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 22 of the Battle of Tainjin-Beijing
01 Aug 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 12 of the Battle of Chahar
13 Aug 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 106 of the 2nd Battle of Shanghai
01 Sep 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 70 of the Battle of Taiyuan
09 Dec 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 54 of the Battle of Nanking
13 Dec 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 50 of the Rape of Nanking

1938

07 Feb 38: CBI - China: Day 1 of 124 of the Battle of Henan
24 Mar 38: CBI - China: Day 1 of 15 of the Battle of Taierzhuang
24 Mar 38: CBI - China: Day 1 of 39 of the Battle of Xuzhou
10 May 38: CBI - China: Day 1 of 3 of the Battle for Amoy Island in the Taiwan Strait
11 Jun 38: CBI - China: Day 1 of 139 of the Battle of Wuhan
29 Jul 38: CBI - Russia: Day 1 of 14 of the Battle of Lake Khasan
12 Oct 38: CBI - China: Day 1 of 81 of Japan's Operation GUANGDONG

1939

17 Mar 39: CBI - China: Day 1 of 54 of the Battle of Nanchang
23 Mar 39: Eastern Front: Day 1 of 13 of the Slovak-Hungarian War (the Little War)
20 Apr 39: CBI - China: Day 1 of 35 of the Battle of Suizao
11 May 39: CBI - Mongolia: Day 1 of 129 of the Battle of Khalkhin Gol
14 Jun 39: CBI - China: Day 1 of 68 of the Battle of Tianjin
21 Jun 39: CBI - China: Day 1 of 7 of Japan's Operation SWATOW
01 Sep 39: Poland: Day 1 of 36 of Germany's Invasion of Poland
13 Sep 39: CBI - China: Day 1 of 26 of the 1st Battle of Changsha
17 Sep 39: Poland: Day 1 of 20 of the USSR's Invasion of Poland
15 Nov 39: CBI - China: Day 1 of 381 of the Battle of South Guangxi
30 Nov 39: Finland: Day 1 of 105 of the Russo-Finnish War (the Winter War)

1940

01 Jan 40: Finland: Day 1 of 7 of the Battle of Raate Road in central Finland
28 Jan 40: CBI - China: Day 1 of 67 of the Battle of Wuyuan
09 Apr 40: ETO - Norway: Day 1 of 63 of the Battle of Norway
01 May 40: CBI - China: Day 1 of 49 of the Battle of Yichang
10 May 40: ETO - Luxembourg: Day 1 of 1 of the German invasion of Luxembourg
10 May 40: ETO - Netherlands: Day 1 of 8 of the Battle of The Netherlands
10 May 40: ETO - Belgium: Day 1 of 19 of the Battle of Belgium
10 May 40: ETO - France: Day 1 of 44 of the Battle of France
27 May 40: ETO - France: Day 1 of 9 of Britain's Operation DYNAMO
10 Jun 40: East Africa: Day 1 of 537 of Italy's East African campaign
10 Jul 40: ETO - UK: Day 1 of 114 of the Battle of Britain
20 Aug 40: CBI - China: Day 1 of 42 of the Hundred Regiments Offensive
05 Sep 40: ETO - UK: Day 1 of 258 of the Blitz
22 Sep 40: CBI - Indochina: Day 1 of 5 of the Japanese invasion of French Indochina
22 Sep 40: CBI - Indochina: Day 1 of 4 of the Battle of Lang Son
01 Oct 40: CBI - Thailand: Day 1 of 221 of the Franco-Thai War (Vichy France vs Thailand)
25 Nov 40: CBI - China: Day 1 of 6 of the Battle of Han River
09 Dec 40: MTO - North Africa: Day 1 of 63 of the UK's Operation COMPASS

1941

30 Jan 41: MTO - Greece: Day 1 of 2 of the sea Battle of Cape Matapan
30 Jan 41: CBI - China: Day 1 of 31 of the Battle of South Henan
05 Feb 41: East Africa - Eritrea: Day 1 of 56 of the Battle of Keren
14 Mar 41: CBI - China: Day 1 of 27 of the Battle of Shanggao
06 Apr 41: MTO - Yugoslavia: Day 1 of 12 of the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia
06 Apr 41: MTO - Greece: Day 1 of 25 of the Battle of Greece
10 Apr 41: MTO - Libya: Day 1 of 256 of the Siege of Tobruk
02 May 41: Middle East: Day 1 of 30 of the Anglo-Iraqi War in Iraq
07 May 41: CBI - China: Day 1 of 21 of the Battle of South Shanxi
20 May 41: MTO - Greece: Day 1 of 13 of the Battle of Crete
26 May 41: Atlantic: Day 1 of 2 of the sinking of the BISMARCK
08 Jun 41: Middle East: Day 1 of 37 of the Battle for Syria and Lebanon
22 Jun 41: Russian Front: Day 1 of 167 of Operation BARBAROSSA, invasion of USSR
22 Jun 41: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 164 of the Battle of Hanko
22 Jun 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 12 of the Battle of Minsk
22 Jun 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 8 of the Battle of Brest, Russia
23 Jun 41: Russian Front - Lithuania: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Raseiniai
23 Jun 41: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 8 of the Battle of Brody, Poland
29 Jun 41: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 142 of Operation SILVER FOX
01 Jul 41: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 140 of Operation ARCTIC FOX
02 Jul 41: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 21 of the Battle of Bessarabia, Russia
05 Jul 41: South America: Day 1 of 27 of the Ecuadorian-Peruvian War
06 Jul 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 31 of the 1st Battle of Smolensk, Russia
10 Jul 41: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 18 of Finland's reconquest of Ladoga, Karelia
13 Jul 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 12 of the Battle of Zhlobin, Belarus
15 Jul 41: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 25 of the Battle of Uman, Ukraine
15 Jul 41: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 3 of the Battle of Nietjarvi, Karelia
24 Jul 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 38 of the Battle of Gomel, Belarus
08 Aug 41: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 70 of the Siege of Odessa, Ukraine
17 Aug 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 23 of the Battle of Dukhovshina, Russia
23 Aug 41: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 35 of the 1st Battle of Kiev, Ukraine
25 Aug 41: Middle East: Day 1 of 24 of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
30 Aug 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 10 of the Battle of Yelnia, Russia
30 Aug 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 14 of the Battle of Roslavl-Novozybkov
04 Sep 41: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 28 of the reconquest of East Karelia
06 Sep 41: CBI - China: Day 1 of 33 of the 2nd Battle of Changsha
08 Sep 41: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 872 of the Siege of Leningrad
26 Sep 41: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 12 of the Battle of the Sea of Azov
02 Oct 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 98 of the Battle of Moscow
20 Oct 41: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 5 of the 1st Battle of Kharkov, Ukraine
30 Oct 41: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 248 of the Siege of Sevastopol
07 Dec 41: PTO - Hawaii: Day 1 of 1 of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
08 Dec 41: CBI - China: Day 1 of 18 of the Battle of Hong Kong
08 Dec 41: CBI - Malaya: Day 1 of 55 of the Battle of British Malaya
08 Dec 41: PTO - Marshall Islands: Day 1 of 17 of the Battle of Wake Island
08 Dec 41: PTO - Mariana Islands: Day 1 of 3 of the 1st Battle of Guam
08 Dec 41: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 152 of the 1st Battle of the Philippines
14 Dec 41: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 164 of Japan's Invasion of Burma
16 Dec 41: PTO - Borneo: Day 1 of 107 of the Battle of Borneo

1942

08 Jan 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 103 of the Battle of Vyazma, Russia
08 Jan 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 103 of the Battle of Sychevsk, Russia
09 Jan 42: Russian Front - North: 1 of 29 of the Battle of Toropets, Russia
11 Jan 42: PTO - Dutch East Indies: Day 1 of 2 of the Battle of Tarakan
14 Jan 42: Atlantic: Day 1 of 169 of Germany's Second "Happy Time"
23 Jan 42: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 103 of the Battle of the Kholm Pocket
23 Jan 42: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 18 of the Battle of Rabaul
23 Jan 42: PTO - Dutch East Indies: Day 1 of 2 of the 1st Battle of Balikpapan
30 Jan 42: PTO - Dutch East Indies: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Ambon
30 Jan 42: CBI - Java: Day 1 of 17 of the Battle of Singapore
08 Feb 42: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 102 of the Battle of the Demyansk Pocket
11 Feb 42: Atlantic: Day 1 of 3 of the German Channel Dash (Operation CERBERUS)
13 Feb 42: CBI - Indonesia: Day 1 of 3 of the Battle of Palembang, Sumatra
14 Feb 42: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of the Bilin River
18 Feb 42: PTO - Dutch East Indies: Day 1 of 3 of the Naval Battle of Badung Strait
19 Feb 42: PTO - Malaysia: Day 1 of 357 of the Battle of Timor Island
19 Feb 42: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Sittang Bridge
25 Feb 42: USA: Day 1 of 1 of the "Battle of Los Angeles"
27 Feb 42: CBI: Day 1 of 3 of the Naval Battle of the Java Sea
28 Feb 42: CBI - Java: Day 1 of 13 of the Battle of Java
03 Mar 42: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Pegu
03 Mar 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 49 of the Battle of Rzhev, Russia
07 Mar 42: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 2 of the Battle of the Taukkyan Roadblock
08 Mar 42: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 6 of the 1st Battle of Lae-Salamaua
30 Mar 42: CBI: Day 1 of 11 of Japanese Naval raids on Allied ships in the Indian Ocean
30 Mar 42: CBI: Day 1 of 2 of the Battle of Christmas Island
11 Apr 42: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 9 of the Battle of Yenangyaung
03 May 42: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Japanese invasion of Tulagi
03 May 42: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 5 of Japan's Operation MO to take New Guinea
04 May 42: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 5 of the Naval Battle of the Coral Sea
05 May 42: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 658 of the Siege of the Kholm Pocket
05 May 42: East Africa: Day 1 of 186 of the Battle of Madagascar
05 May 42: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 2 of the Battle for Corregidor
08 May 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 12 of the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula
12 May 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 17 of the 2nd Battle of Kharkov, Ukraine
15 May 42: CBI - China: Day 1 of 124 of Japan's Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign
26 May 42: MTO - Libya: Day 1 of 27 of the Battle of Gazala
29 May 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 31 of Operation KREMLIN
31 May 42: PTO - Australia: Day 1 of 9 of the Battle at Sydney Harbor
04 Jun 42: ATO - Midway: Day 1 of 4 of the Battle of Midway
07 Jun 42: ATO - Alaska: Day 1 of 435 of the Battle of Kiska
27 Jun 42: Atlantic: Day 1 of 14 of Germany's Hunt for Allied Convoy PQ-17
28 Jun 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 27 of the Battle of Voronezh, Russia
28 Jun 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 150 of Germany's CASE BLUE offensive
01 Jul 42: MTO - Egypt: Day 1 of 27 of the 1st Battle of El Alamein
02 Jul 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 22 of Germany's Operation SEYDLITZ
08 Jul 42: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 3 of the Battle of Someri
21 Jul 42: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 119 of the Battle of the Kokoda Track
23 Jul 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 20 of Germany's Operation EDELWEISS
30 Jul 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 64 of the 1st Battle of Rzhev-Sychevka
07 Aug 42: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 187 of the Battle of Guadalcanal
08 Aug 42: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle of Savo Island
23 Aug 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 165 of the Battle of Stalingrad
24 Aug 42: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle of Eastern Solomons
25 Aug 42: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 14 of the Battle of Milne Bay
12 Sep 42: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 3 of the Battle of Bloody Ridge, Guadalcanal
11 Oct 42: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle of Cape Esperance
23 Oct 42: MTO - Egypt: Day 1 of 20 of the 2nd Battle of El Alamein
25 Oct 42: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 3 of the Naval Battle of Santa Cruz Islands
08 Nov 42: MTO - North Africa: Day 1 of 9 of Operation TORCH, invasion of North Africa
12 Nov 42: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 4 of the Naval Battle off Guadalcanal
17 Nov 42: MTO - Tunisia: Day 1 of 178 of the Battle of Tunisia
19 Nov 42: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 59 of the Battle of Velikiye Luki
19 Nov 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 5 of the USSR's Operation URANUS
19 Nov 42: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 66 of the Battle of Buna-Gona
24 Nov 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 21 of the Battle of Sychevka, Russia
25 Nov 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 26 of the 2nd Battle of Rzhev-Sychevka
25 Nov 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 22 of the Battle of Belyi, Russia
25 Nov 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 17 of the Battle of Luchesa, Russia
25 Nov 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 29 of the Battle of Molodoi Tud River
12 Dec 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 12 of Germany's Operation WINTER STORM
12 Dec 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 69 of USSR's Operation LITTLE SATURN
20 Dec 42: CBI - India: Day 1 of 5 of the Japanese Bombing of Calcutta
21 Dec 42: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 104 of the 1st Battle of Arakan

1943

12 Jan 43: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 19 of USSR Operation ISKRA (SPARK)
28 Jan 43: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 3 of the Battle of Wau
29 Jan 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle of Rennell Island
08 Feb 43: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 79 of the Allied Operation LONGCLOTH
10 Feb 43: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 51 of USSR Operation POLAR STAR
10 Feb 43: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 4 of the Battle of Krasny Bor
14 Feb 43: MTO - Tunisia: Day 1 of 4 of the Battle of Sidi Bouzid
16 Feb 43: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 25 of the 3rd Battle of Kharkov, Ukraine
19 Feb 43: MTO - Tunisia: Day 1 of 7 of the Battle of Kasserine Pass
02 Mar 43: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 30 of the 3rd Battle of Rzhev-Sychevka
02 Mar 43: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 3 of the Naval Battle of the Bismarck Sea
16 Mar 43: MTO - Tunisia: Day 1 of 12 of the UK's Operation PUGILIST
01 Apr 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 16 of Japan's Operation I-GO
22 Apr 43: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 148 of the 2nd Battle of Lae-Salamaua
27 Apr 43: MTO - Tunisia: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Hill 609
11 May 43: ATO - Alaska: Day 1 of 20 of the Battle of Attu
12 May 43: CBI - China: Day 1 of 23 of the Battle of West Hubei
22 May 43: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 20 of the naval, aerial bombardment of Pantelleria Island
31 May 43: USA: Day 1 of 9 of the Los Angeles Zoot Suit Riots
11 Jun 43: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 1 of Operation CORKSCREW, the invasion of Pantelleria
20 Jun 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 67 of the Battle of New Georgia
05 Jul 43: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 50 of the Battle of Kursk, Russia
09 Jul 43: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 40 of the Battle of Sicily (Operation HUSKY)
12 Jul 43: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 38 of the Battle of Orel, Russia
12 Jul 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle off Kolombangara
13 Jul 43: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 48 of the USSR's Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive
23 Jul 43: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 23 of the Battle of Belgorod, Russia
06 Aug 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle of Vella Gulf
07 Aug 43: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 57 of the 2nd Battle of Smolensk, Russia
07 Aug 43: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 14 of the Battle of Spas-Demensk, Russia
13 Aug 43: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 6 of 1st Battle of Dukhovshchina-Demidov
15 Aug 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 56 of the Battle of Vella Lavella
17 Aug 43: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 48 of the Battle of Bryansk, Russia
17 Aug 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle off Horaniu
24 Aug 43: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 122 of the Battle of Lower Dnieper River
19 Sep 43: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 219 of the Battle of Shaggy Ridge
22 Sep 43: PTO - New Guinea:Day 1 of 162 of the Battle of the Huon Peninsula
26 Sep 43: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 15 of USSR Kremenchug Offensive
06 Oct 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 1 of the Naval Battle of Vella Lavella
01 Nov 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 295 of the Battle of the Bougainville Islands
01 Nov 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
02 Nov 43: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 10 of the Bombing of Rabaul, New Britain
02 Nov 43: CBI - China: Day 1 of 49 of the Battle of West Changde
03 Nov 43: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 10 of the 2nd Battle of Kiev, Ukraine
18 Nov 43: ETO - Germany: Day 1 of 135 of the Battle of Berlin (RAF bombing campaign)
20 Nov 43: PTO - Gilbert Islands: Day 1 of 4 of the Battle of Tarawa
20 Nov 43: PTO - Gilbert Islands: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Makin
15 Dec 43: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 597 of the Battle of New Britain
24 Dec 43: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 113 of the Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive
24 Dec 43: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 22 of the Battle of Zhitomir, Russia
30 Dec 43: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 99 of the 2nd Battle of Arakan

1944

05 Jan 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 12 of the Battle of Kirograd, Ukraine
14 Jan 44: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 48 of the Battle toward the Narva River
14 Jan 44: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 17 of the Battle of Krasnoye Selo-Ropsha
14 Jan 44: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 33 of the Battle of Luga, Russia
17 Jan 44: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 123 of the Battle of Monte Cassino
22 Jan 44: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 136 of the Battle of Anzio
24 Jan 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 25 of the Battle of the Korsun Bulge
27 Jan 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 16 of the Battles of Rovno and Lutsk
30 Jan 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 31 of the Battle of Nikopol, Ukraine
31 Jan 44: PTO - Marshall Islands: Day 1 of 8 of the Battle of Kwajalein
02 Feb 44: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 191 of the Battle of the Narva Isthmus
03 Feb 44: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 29 of the Battle of Manila
05 Feb 44: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 19 of the Battle of the Admin Box
16 Feb 44: PTO - Marshall Islands: Day 1 of 8 of the Battle of Eniwetok
16 Feb 44: PTO - Caroline Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle of Truk
20 Feb 44: ETO - Germany: Day 1 of 6 of Operation ARGUMENT, aka BIG WEEK
29 Feb 44: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 80 of the Battle of the Admiralty Islands
04 Mar 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 45 of the Battle of Chernovtsy, Ukraine
05 Mar 44: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 166 of the UK's Operation THURSDAY
06 Mar 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 44 of the Battle of Snigirevka, Ukraine
08 Mar 44: CBI - India: Day 1 of 118 of the Battle of Imphal-Kohima
10 Mar 44: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 147 of the Battle of Myitkyina
18 Mar 44: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 6 of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
12 Mar 44: CBI - India: Day 1 of 7 of the Battle of Sangshak
25 Mar 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 15 of the Battle of Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket
26 Mar 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 20 of the Battle of Odessa, Ukraine
28 Mar 44: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 10 of an action at Nhpum Ga Ridge
01 Apr 44: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 302 of the Chinese Salween Offensive
08 Apr 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 35 of the Battle of the Crimea
08 Apr 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 60 of the Battle of Romania, 1st Offensive
17 Apr 44: CBI - China: Day 1 of 259 of Japan's Operation ICHI-GO
17 Apr 44: CBI - China: Day 1 of 39 of the Battle of Central Henan
22 Apr 44: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 481 of the Battle of Western New Guinea
02 May 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 7 of the 2nd Battle of Targu Frumos
11 May 44: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 8 of Operation DIADEM
27 May 44: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 83 of the Battle of Biak
05 Jun 44: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 16 of the Battle of the Trasimene Line
06 Jun 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 49 of Operation OVERLORD (D-Day)
06 Jun 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 62 of the Battle of Caen
06 Jun 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 25 of the Battle of Cherbourg
10 Jun 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Carentan
10 Jun 44: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 11 of the Battle of Vyborg
14 Jun 44: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 80 of the Battle of Lone Tree Hill
15 Jun 44: PTO - Mariana Islands: Day 1 of 25 of the Battle of Saipan
16 Jun 44: ETO - UK: Day 4 of 86 of the V-1 "Buzz Bomb" offensive on Britain
16 Jun 44: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 34 of the Battle of Ancona
19 Jun 44: PTO - Mariana Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle of the Philippine Sea
21 Jun 44: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 50 of the Battle of Karelia
22 Jun 44: CBI - China: Day 1 of 48 of the Battle of Hengyang
23 Jun 44: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Lake Ladoga
23 Jun 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 6 of the Battle of Orsha, Belarus
23 Jun 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 6 of the Battle of Mogilev, Belarus
24 Jun 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 6 of the Battle of Bobruysk, Belarus
25 Jun 44: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 15 of the Battle of Tali-Ihantala
02 Jul 44: PTO - Dutch New Guinea: Day 1 of 61 of the Battle of Noemfoor
05 Jul 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 16 of the Battle of Vilnius, Lithuania
05 Jul 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 27 of the Battle of Siauliai, Lithuania
05 Jul 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 23 of the Battle of Belostock, Poland
10 Jul 44: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 47 of the Battle of Driniumor River
13 Jul 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 15 of the Battle of Lvov, Poland
13 Jul 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 15 of the Battle of Stanislav, Poland
18 Jul 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 16 of the Battle of Lublin, Poland
21 Jul 44: PTO - Mariana Islands: Day 1 of 21 of the 2nd Battle of Guam
24 Jul 44: PTO - Mariana Islands: Day 1 of 9 of the Battle of Tinian
25 Jul 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 29 of the Breakout Battle of Normandy
25 Jul 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 7 of Operation COBRA
25 Jul 44: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 19 of the Battle of Tannenberg Line, Estonia
26 Jul 44: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 19 of the Battle of Ilomantsi, North Karelia
28 Jul 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 32 of the Battle of Kaunas, Lithuania
28 Jul 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 2 of the Battle of Sandomierz, Poland
01 Aug 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 284 of the Battle of Brittany
06 Aug 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 9 of the Battle of Osovets, Poland
10 Aug 44: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 28 of the Battle of Tartu
15 Aug 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 32 of Operation DRAGOON, southern France invasion
16 Aug 44: Russian Front: Day 1 of 12 of German Operation DOPPELKOPF
20 Aug 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 10 of the Battle of Romania, 2nd Offensive
02 Sep 44: ETO - Belgium: Day 1 of 62 of the liberation of Belgium
14 Sep 44: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 41 of the Battle of Riga, Latvia
14 Sep 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 72 of the Battle into Prussia and Poland
14 Sep 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 72 of the Battle of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
15 Sep 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 236 of the Siege of Dunkirk
15 Sep 44: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 223 of the Lapland War
15 Sep 44: PTO - Palau: Day 1 of 74 of the Battle of Peleliu (Operation STALEMATE II)
17 Sep 44: ETO - Netherlands: Day 1 of 9 of Operation MARKET GARDEN
17 Sep 44: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 10 of the Battle of Porkuni, Estonia
17 Sep 44: PTO - Palau Islands: Day 1 of 36 of the Battle of Angaur
19 Sep 44: ETO - Germany: Day 1 of 145 of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest (Meat Grinder)
02 Oct 44: ETO - Belgium: Day 1 of 38 of the Battle of the Scheldt Estuary
05 Oct 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 18 of the Battle of Memel
06 Oct 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 24 of the Battle of Debrecen, Hungary
07 Oct 44: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 23 of the Petsamo-Kirkenes Offensive
15 Oct 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 206 of the Battle of the Courland Pocket
16 Oct 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 4 of the Bukrin Bridgehead breakout attempt
16 Oct 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 15 of the Battle of Goldap, East Prussia
20 Oct 44: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 299 of the 2nd Battle of the Philippines
20 Oct 44: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 73 of the Battle of Leyte
22 Oct 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 99 of the Siege of Memel
23 Oct 44: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 4 of the Battle of Leyte Gulf
29 Oct 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 108 of the Battle of Budapest, Hungary
11 Nov 44: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 41 of the Naval Battle of Ormoc Bay
14 Nov 44: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 31 of the Battle of Bhamo
15 Dec 44: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 244 of the Battle of Luzon
16 Dec 44: ETO - Belgium: Day 1 of 41 of the Battle of the Bulge
24 Dec 44: CBI - China: Day 1 of 99 of the 3rd Battle of Changsha
24 Dec 44: PTO - Guam: Day 1 of 2 of the Agana Race Riot, aka the 3rd Battle of Guam
31 Dec 44: ETO - Belgium: Day 1 of 26 of Germany's Operation NORDWIND

1945

06 Jan 45: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 4 of the Allied Invasion landing at Lingayen Gulf
12 Jan 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 23 of the Battle of Vistula & Oder Rivers
14 Jan 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 21 of the Battle of Warsaw, Poland
19 Jan 45: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 61 of the Battles of Meiktila and Mandalay
20 Jan 45: ETO: Day 1 of 66 of the Battle to the Rhine
21 Jan 45: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 39 of the Battle of Ramree Island
24 Jan 45: PTO - Indonesia: Day 1 of 6 of British Operation MERIDIAN
25 Jan 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 75 of the Battle of Königsberg
26 Jan 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 63 of the Battle of the Heiligenbeil Pocket
27 Jan 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 17 of the Battle of Rastenburg, East Prussia
31 Jan 45: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 22 of the Battle of the Bataan Peninsula
01 Feb 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 31 of the Battle of Schwedt, Germany
04 Feb 45: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 99 of the Battle of Pakokku and Irrawaddy River
08 Feb 45: ETO - Germany: Day 1 of 16 of Operation GRENADE
08 Feb 45: ETO - Germany: Day 1 of 17 of Operation VERITABLE
08 Feb 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 17 of the USSR's Lower Silesian Offensive
10 Feb 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 54 of the Battle of East Pomerania
13 Feb 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 83 of the German Siege of Breslau
19 Feb 45: PTO: Day 1 of 36 of the Battle of Iwo Jima
20 Feb 45: ETO - Germany: Day 1 of 36 consecutive RAF night raids on Berlin
04 Mar 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 15 of the Battle of Kolberg, Germany
06 Mar 45: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 11 of Operation FRÜHLINGSERWACHEN
06 Mar 45: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 16 of the Battle of Drava, Bulgaria
07 Mar 45: ETO: Day 1 of 20 of the Battle of Ramagen
07 Mar 45: ETO - Germany: Day 1 of 46 of the Battle of the Ruhr Pocket
09 Mar 45: PTO - Japan: Day 1 of 2 of Operation MEETINGHOUSE bombing of Tokyo
10 Mar 45: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 159 of the Battle of Mindanao Island
13 Mar 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 10 of the Battle of Braunsberg
13 Mar 45: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 34 of the Battle of Vienna, Austria
15 Mar 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 17 of the USSR's Upper Silesian Offensive
18 Mar 45: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 135 of the Battle of the Visayas region
26 Mar 45: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 21 of the Battle of Nagykanizsa-Körmend
01 Apr 45: ETO - Germany: Day 1 of 4 of the Battle of Kassel
01 Apr 45: PTO - Japan: Day 1 of 83 of the Battle of Okinawa
01 Apr 45: CBI - China: Day 1 of 91 of the Battle of Zhijiang
04 Apr 45: ETO - Germany: Day 1 of 9 of the Battle of Heilbronn
06 Apr 45: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 27 of Operation GRAPESHOT
09 Apr 45: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 13 of the Battle of Bologna
09 Apr 45: CBI - China: Day 1 of 60 of the Battle of West Hunan
12 Apr 45: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 8 of the Battle of the Argenta Gap
13 Apr 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 13 of the Battle of Zemland, East Prussia
14 Apr 45: ETO - Netherlands: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Groningen
16 Apr 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 23 of the Battle of Settin-Rostock
16 Apr 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 4 of the Battle for the Oder-Neisse Rivers
16 Apr 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 17 of the Battle of Berlin
19 Apr 45: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 5 of a Nisei assault against German Gothic Line
24 Apr 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 8 of the Battle of Halbe, Germany
25 Apr 45: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 12 of the Battle of Rangoon
01 May 45: PTO - Dutch East Indies: Day 1 of 52 of the Battle of Tarakan Island
03 May 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 6 of the Battle of Brandenberg, Germany
05 May 45: Atlantic: Day 1 of 2 of the Battle of Point Judith
06 May 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 6 of the Battle of Prague
15 May 45: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 2 of the Battle of the Malacca Strait
10 Jun 45: PTO - Borneo: Day 1 of 67 of the Battle of North Borneo
01 Jul 45: PTO - Dutch East Indies: Day 1 of 21 of the 2nd Battle of Balikpapan
09 Aug 45: CBI - China: Day 1 of 25 of the Soviet Invasion of Manchuria

This WWII Index was last modified on Thursday, April 5, 2018