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10 May 40: ETO - Luxembourg: Day 1 of 1 of the German invasion of Luxembourg
07 Dec 41: PTO - Hawaii: Day 1 of 1 of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
25 Feb 42: USA: Day 1 of 1 of the "Battle of Los Angeles"
11 Jun 43: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 1 of Operation CORKSCREW, the invasion of Pantelleria
06 Oct 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 1 of the Naval Battle of Vella Lavella

08 Nov 23: Germany: Day 1 of 2 of the Beer Hall Putsch
30 Jan 41: MTO - Greece: Day 1 of 2 of the sea Battle of Cape Matapan
26 May 41: Atlantic: Day 1 of 2 of the sinking of the BISMARCK
11 Jan 42: PTO - Dutch East Indies: Day 1 of 2 of the Battle of Tarakan
23 Jan 42: PTO - Dutch East Indies Day 1 of 2 of the 1st Battle of Balikpapan
07 Mar 42: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 2 of the Battle of the Taukkyan Roadblock
30 Mar 42: CBI: Day 1 of 2 of the Battle of Christmas Island
03 May 42: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Japanese invasion of Tulagi
05 May 42: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 2 of the Battle for Corregidor
08 Aug 42: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle of Savo Island
24 Aug 42: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle of Eastern Solomons
11 Oct 42: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle of Cape Esperance
29 Jan 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle of Rennell Island
12 Jul 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle off Kolombangara
06 Aug 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle of Vella Gulf
17 Aug 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle off Horaniu
01 Nov 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
16 Feb 44: PTO - Caroline Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle of Truk
19 Jun 44: PTO - Mariana Islands: Day 1 of 2 of the Naval Battle of the Philippine Sea
28 Jul 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 2 of the Battle of Sandomierz, Poland
24 Dec 44: PTO - Guam: Day 1 of 2 of the Agana Race Riot, aka the 3rd Battle of Guam
09 Mar 45: PTO - Japan: Day 1 of 2 of Operation MEETINGHOUSE bombing of Tokyo
05 May 45: Atlantic: Day 1 of 2 of the Battle of Point Judith
15 May 45: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 2 of the Battle of the Malacca Strait

07 Jul 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 3 of the Lugou Bridge Incident
10 May 38: CBI - China: Day 1 of 3 of the Battle for Amoy Island in the Taiwan Strait
08 Dec 41: PTO - Mariana Islands: Day 1 of 3 of the 1st Battle of Guam
11 Feb 42: Atlantic: Day 1 of 3 of the German Channel Dash (Operation CERBERUS)
15 Jul 41: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 3 of the Battle of Nietjarvi, Karelia
13 Feb 42: CBI - Indonesia: Day 1 of 3 of the Battle of Palembang, Sumatra
18 Feb 42: PTO - Dutch East Indies: Day 1 of 3 of the Naval Battle of Badung Strait
27 Feb 42: CBI: Day 1 of 3 of the Naval Battle of the Java Sea
08 Jul 42: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 3 of the Battle of Someri
12 Sep 42: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 3 of the Battle of Bloody Ridge, Guadalcanal
25 Oct 42: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 3 of the Naval Battle of Santa Cruz Islands
28 Jan 43: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 3 of the Battle of Wau
02 Mar 43: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 3 of the Naval Battle of the Bismarck Sea

26 Feb 36: Japan: Day 1 of 4 of the Ni-Ni-Roku (2-2-6) coup attempt
22 Sep 40: CBI - Indochina: Day 1 of 4 of the Battle of Lang Son
04 Jun 42: ATO - Midway: Day 1 of 4 of the Battle of Midway
12 Nov 42: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 4 of the Naval Battle off Guadalcanal
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
20 Nov 43: PTO - Gilbert Islands: Day 1 of 4 of the Battle of Tarawa
16 Oct 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 4 of the Bukrin Bridgehead breakout attempt
23 Oct 44: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 4 of the Battle of Leyte Gulf
06 Jan 45: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 4 of the Allied Invasion landing at Lingayen Gulf
01 Apr 45: ETO - Germany: Day 1 of 4 of the Battle of Kassel
16 Apr 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 4 of the Battle for the Oder-Neisse Rivers

22 Sep 40: CBI - Indochina: Day 1 of 5 of the Japanese invasion of French Indochina
23 Jun 41: Russian Front - Lithuania: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Raseiniai
20 Oct 41: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 5 of the 1st Battle of Kharkov, Ukraine
30 Jan 42: PTO - Dutch East Indies: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Ambon
14 Feb 42: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of the Bilin River
19 Feb 42: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Sittang Bridge
03 Mar 42: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Pegu
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
19 Nov 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 5 of the USSR's Operation URANUS
20 Dec 42: CBI - India: Day 1 of 5 of the Japanese Bombing of Calcutta
27 Apr 43: MTO - Tunisia: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Hill 609
20 Nov 43: PTO - Gilbert Islands: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Makin
10 Jun 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Carentan
23 Jun 44: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Lake Ladoga
14 Apr 45: ETO - Netherlands: Day 1 of 5 of the Battle of Groningen
19 Apr 45: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 5 of a Nisei assault against German Gothic Line

25 Nov 40: CBI - China: Day 1 of 6 of the Battle of Han River
08 Mar 42: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 6 of the 1st Battle of Lae-Salamaua
13 Aug 43: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 6 of 1st Battle of Dukhovshchina-Demidov
20 Feb 44: ETO - Germany: Day 1 of 6 of Operation ARGUMENT, aka BIG WEEK
18 Mar 44: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 6 of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
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
24 Jan 45: PTO - Indonesia: Day 1 of 6 of British Operation MERIDIAN
03 May 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 6 of the Battle of Brandenberg, Germany
06 May 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 6 of the Battle of Prague

21 Jun 39: CBI - China: Day 1 of 7 of Japan's Operation SWATOW
01 Jan 40: Finland: Day 1 of 7 of the Battle of Raate Road in central Finland
19 Feb 43: MTO - Tunisia: Day 1 of 7 of the Battle of Kasserine Pass
12 Mar 44: CBI - India: Day 1 of 7 of the Battle of Sangshak
02 May 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 7 of the 2nd Battle of Targu Frumos
25 Jul 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 7 of Operation COBRA

10 May 40: ETO: Day 1 of 8 of the Battle of The Netherlands
22 Jun 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 8 of the Battle of Brest, Russia
23 Jun 41: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 8 of the Battle of Brody, Poland
31 Jan 44: PTO - Marshall Islands: Day 1 of 8 of the Battle of Kwajalein
16 Feb 44: PTO - Marshall Islands: Day 1 of 8 of the Battle of Eniwetok
11 May 44: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 8 of Operation DIADEM
12 Apr 45: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 8 of the Battle of the Argenta Gap
24 Apr 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 8 of the Battle of Halbe, Germany

21 Feb 33: CBI - China: Day 1 of 9 of the Battle of Rehe
27 May 40: ETO - France: Day 1 of 9 of Britain's Operation DYNAMO
11 Apr 42: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 9 of the Battle of Yenangyaung
31 May 42: PTO - Australia: Day 1 of 9 of the Battle at Sydney Harbor
08 Nov 42: MTO - North Africa: Day 1 of 9 of Operation TORCH, invasion of North Africa
31 May 43: USA: Day 1 of 9 of the Los Angeles Zoot Suit Riots
24 Jul 44: PTO - Mariana Islands: Day 1 of 9 of the Battle of Tinian
06 Aug 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 9 of the Battle of Osovets, Poland
17 Sep 44: ETO - Netherlands: Day 1 of 9 of Operation MARKET GARDEN
04 Apr 45: ETO - Germany: Day 1 of 9 of the Battle of Heilbronn

26 Jan 32: CBI - China: Day 1 of 10 of the Battle of Harbin, Manchuria
30 Aug 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 10 of the Battle of Yelnia, Russia
02 Nov 43: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 10 of the Bombing of Rabaul, New Britain
03 Nov 43: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 10 of the 2nd Battle of Kiev, Ukraine
28 Mar 44: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 10 of an action at Nhpum Ga Ridge
20 Aug 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 10 of the Battle of Romania, 2nd Offensive
17 Sep 44: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 10 of the Battle of Porkuni, Estonia
13 Mar 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 10 of the Battle of Braunsberg

30 Mar 42: CBI: Day 1 of 11 of Japanese Naval raids on Allied ships in the Indian Ocean
10 Jun 44: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 11 of the Battle of Vyborg
06 Mar 45: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 11 of Operation FRÜHLINGSERWACHEN

01 Aug 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 12 of the Battle of Chahar
06 Apr 41: MTO - Yugoslavia: Day 1 of 12 of the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia
22 Jun 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 12 of the Battle of Minsk
13 Jul 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 12 of the Battle of Zhlobin, Belarus
26 Sep 41: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 12 of the Battle of the Sea of Azov
08 May 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 12 of the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula
12 Dec 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 12 of Germany's Operation WINTER STORM
16 Mar 43: MTO - Tunisia: Day 1 of 12 of the UK's Operation PUGILIST
05 Jan 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 12 of the Battle of Kirograd, Ukraine
16 Aug 44: Russian Front: Day 1 of 12 of German Operation DOPPELKOPF
25 Apr 45: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 12 of the Battle of Rangoon

23 Mar 39: Eastern Front: Day 1 of 13 of the Slovak-Hungarian War (the Little War)
20 May 41: MTO - Greece: Day 1 of 13 of the Battle of Crete
28 Feb 42: CBI - Java: Day 1 of 13 of the Battle of Java
09 Apr 45: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 13 of the Battle of Bologna
13 Apr 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 13 of the Battle of Zemland, East Prussia

29 Jul 38: CBI - Russia: Day 1 of 14 of the Battle of Lake Khasan
30 Aug 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 14 of the Battle of Roslavl-Novozybkov
27 Jun 42: Atlantic: Day 1 of 14 of Germany's Hunt for Allied Convoy PQ-17
25 Aug 42: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 14 of the Battle of Milne Bay
07 Aug 43: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 14 of the Battle of Spas-Demensk, Russia

24 Mar 38: CBI - China: Day 1 of 15 of the Battle of Taierzhuang
26 Sep 43: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 15 of USSR Kremenchug Offensive
25 Mar 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 15 of the Battle of Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket
25 Jun 44: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 15 of the Battle of Tali-Ihantala
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
16 Oct 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 15 of the Battle of Goldap, East Prussia
04 Mar 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 15 of the Battle of Kolberg, Germany

27 Jan 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 16 of the Battles of Rovno and Lutsk
01 Apr 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 16 of Japan's Operation I-GO
05 Jun 44: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 16 of the Battle of the Trasimene Line
05 Jul 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 16 of the Battle of Vilnius, Lithuania
18 Jul 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 16 of the Battle of Lublin, Poland
08 Feb 45: ETO - Germany: Day 1 of 16 of Operation GRENADE
06 Mar 45: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 16 of the Battle of Drava, Bulgaria

08 Dec 41: PTO - Marshall Islands: Day 1 of 17 of the Battle of Wake Island
30 Jan 42: CBI - Java: Day 1 of 17 of the Battle of Singapore
12 May 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 17 of the 2nd Battle of Kharkov, Ukraine
25 Nov 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 17 of the Battle of Luchesa, Russia
14 Jan 44: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 17 of the Battle of Krasnoye Selo-Ropsha
27 Jan 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 17 of the Battle of Rastenburg, East Prussia
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
15 Mar 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 17 of the USSR's Upper Silesian Offensive
16 Apr 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 17 of the Battle of Berlin

10 Jul 41: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 18 of Finland's reconquest of Ladoga, Karelia
08 Dec 41: CBI - China: Day 1 of 18 of the Battle of Hong Kong
23 Jan 42: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 18 of the Battle of Rabaul
05 Oct 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 18 of the Battle of Memel

10 May 40: ETO - Belgium: Day 1 of 19 of the Battle of Belgium
12 Jan 43: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 19 of USSR Operation ISKRA (SPARK)
05 Feb 44: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 19 of the Battle of the Admin Box
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

17 Sep 39: Poland: Day 1 of 20 of the USSR's Invasion of Poland
23 Jul 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 20 of Germany's Operation EDELWEISS
23 Oct 42: MTO - Egypt: Day 1 of 20 of the 2nd Battle of El Alamein
11 May 43: ATO - Alaska: Day 1 of 20 of the Battle of Attu
22 May 43: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 20 of the naval, aerial bombardment of Pantelleria Island
26 Mar 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 20 of the Battle of Odessa, Ukraine
07 Mar 45: ETO: Day 1 of 20 of the Battle of Ramagen

07 May 41: CBI - China: Day 1 of 21 of the Battle of South Shanxi
02 Jul 41: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 21 of the Battle of Bessarabia, Russia
24 Nov 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 21 of the Battle of Sychevka, Russia
21 Jul 44: PTO - Mariana Islands: Day 1 of 21 of the 2nd Battle of Guam
14 Jan 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 21 of the Battle of Warsaw, Poland
26 Mar 45: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 21 of the Battle of Nagykanizsa-Körmend
01 Jul 45: PTO - Dutch East Indies: Day 1 of 21 of the 2nd Battle of Balikpapan

14 Jul 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 22 of the Battle of Tainjin-Beijing
02 Jul 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 22 of Germany's Operation SEYDLITZ
25 Nov 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 22 of the Battle of Belyi, Russia
24 Dec 43: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 22 of the Battle of Zhitomir, Russia
31 Jan 45: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 22 of the Battle of the Bataan Peninsula

17 Aug 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 23 of the Battle of Dukhovshina, Russia
12 May 43: CBI - China: Day 1 of 23 of the Battle of West Hubei
23 Jul 43: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 23 of the Battle of Belgorod, Russia
05 Jul 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 23 of the Battle of Belostock, Poland
07 Oct 44: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 23 of the Petsamo-Kirkenes Offensive
12 Jan 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 23 of the Battle of Vistula & Oder Rivers
16 Apr 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 23 of the Battle of Settin-Rostock

25 Aug 41: Middle East: Day 1 of 24 of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
06 Oct 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 24 of the Battle of Debrecen, Hungary

06 Apr 41: MTO - Greece: Day 1 of 25 of the Battle of Greece
15 Jul 41: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 25 of the Battle of Uman, Ukraine
24 Jan 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 25 of the Battle of the Korsun Bulge
06 Jun 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 25 of the Battle of Cherbourg
15 Jun 44: PTO - Mariana Islands: Day 1 of 25 of the Battle of Saipan
09 Aug 45: CBI - China: Day 1 of 25 of the Soviet Invasion of Manchuria

13 Sep 39: CBI - China: Day 1 of 26 of the 1st Battle of Changsha
25 Nov 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 26 of the 2nd Battle of Rzhev-Sychevka
31 Dec 44: ETO - Belgium: Day 1 of 26 of Germany's Operation NORDWIND

14 Mar 41: CBI - China: Day 1 of 27 of the Battle of Shanggao
05 Jul 41: South America: Day 1 of 27 of the Ecuadorian-Peruvian War
26 May 42: MTO - Libya: Day 1 of 27 of the Battle of Gazala
28 Jun 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 27 of the Battle of Voronezh, Russia
01 Jul 42: MTO - Egypt: Day 1 of 27 of the 1st Battle of El Alamein
05 Jul 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 27 of the Battle of Siauliai, Lithuania
06 Apr 45: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 27 of Operation GRAPESHOT

04 Sep 41: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 28 of the reconquest of East Karelia
16 Feb 43: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 28 of the 3rd Battle of Kharkov, Ukraine
10 Aug 44: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 28 of the Battle of Tartu

20 Oct 36: CBI - China: Day 1 of 29 of the 1st Battle of Suiyuan
09 Jan 42: Russian Front - North: 1 of 29 of the Battle of Toropets, Russia
25 Nov 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 29 of the Battle of Molodoi Tud River
03 Feb 44: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 29 of the Battle of Manila
25 Jul 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 29 of the Breakout Battle of Normandy

02 May 41: Middle East: Day 1 of 30 of the Anglo-Iraqi War in Iraq
02 Mar 43: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 30 of the 3rd Battle of Rzhev-Sychevka

30 Jan 41: CBI - China: Day 1 of 31 of the Battle of South Henan
06 Jul 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 31 of the 1st Battle of Smolensk, Russia
29 May 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 31 of Operation KREMLIN
30 Jan 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 31 of the Battle of Nikopol, Ukraine
14 Nov 44: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 31 of the Battle of Bhamo
01 Feb 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 31 of the Battle of Schwedt, Germany

28 Jul 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 32 of the Battle of Kaunas, Lithuania
15 Aug 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 32 of Operation DRAGOON, southern France invasion

07 Jul 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 33 of the 2nd Battle of Hebei
06 Sep 41: CBI - China: Day 1 of 33 of the 2nd Battle of Changsha
14 Jan 44: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 33 of the Battle of Luga, Russia

16 Jun 44: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 34 of the Battle of Ancona
13 Mar 45: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 34 of the Battle of Vienna, Austria

20 Apr 39: CBI - China: Day 1 of 35 of the Battle of Suizao
08 Apr 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 35 of the Battle of the Crimea
23 Aug 41: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 35 of the 1st Battle of Kiev, Ukraine

01 Sep 39: Poland: Day 1 of 36 of Germany's Invasion of Poland
17 Sep 44: PTO - Palau Islands: Day 1 of 36 of the Battle of Angaur
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

08 Jun 41: Middle East: Day 1 of 37 of the Battle for Syria and Lebanon

24 Jul 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 38 of the Battle of Gomel, Belarus
12 Jul 43: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 38 of the Battle of Orel, Russia
02 Oct 44: ETO - Belgium: Day 1 of 38 of the Battle of the Scheldt Estuary

24 Mar 38: CBI - China: Day 1 of 39 of the Battle of Xuzhou
17 Apr 44: CBI - China: Day 1 of 39 of the Battle of Central Henan
21 Jan 45: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 39 of the Battle of Ramree Island

09 Jul 43: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 40 of the Battle of Sicily (Operation HUSKY)

28 Jan 32: CBI - China: Day 1 of 41 of the 1st Battle of Shanghai
14 Sep 44: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 41 of the Battle of Riga, Latvia
11 Nov 44: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 41 of the Naval Battle of Ormoc Bay
16 Dec 44: ETO - Belgium: Day 1 of 41 of the Battle of the Bulge

20 Aug 40: CBI - China: Day 1 of 42 of the Hundred Regiments Offensive

10 May 40: ETO - France: Day 1 of 44 of the Battle of France
06 Mar 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 44 of the Battle of Snigirevka, Ukraine

04 Mar 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 45 of the Battle of Chernovtsy, Ukraine

07 Mar 45: ETO - Germany: Day 1 of 46 of the Battle of the Ruhr Pocket

10 Jul 44: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 47 of the Battle of Driniumor River

13 Jul 43: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 48 of the USSR's Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive
17 Aug 43: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 48 of the Battle of Bryansk, Russia
14 Jan 44: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 48 of the Battle toward the Narva River
22 Jun 44: CBI - China: Day 1 of 48 of the Battle of Hengyang

01 May 40: CBI - China: Day 1 of 49 of the Battle of Yichang
03 Mar 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 49 of the Battle of Rzhev, Russia
02 Nov 43: CBI - China: Day 1 of 49 of the Battle of West Changde
06 Jun 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 49 of Operation OVERLORD (D-Day)

13 Dec 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 50 of the Rape of Nanking
05 Jul 43: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 50 of the Battle of Kursk, Russia
21 Jun 44: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 50 of the Battle of Karelia

10 Feb 43: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 51 of USSR Operation POLAR STAR

01 May 45: PTO - Dutch East Indies: Day 1 of 52 of the Battle of Tarakan Island

09 Dec 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 54 of the Battle of Nanking
17 Mar 39: CBI - China: Day 1 of 54 of the Battle of Nanchang
10 Feb 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 54 of the Battle of East Pomerania

08 Dec 41: CBI - Malaya: Day 1 of 55 of the Battle of British Malaya

05 Feb 41: East Africa - Eritrea: Day 1 of 56 of the Battle of Keren
15 Aug 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 56 of the Battle of Vella Lavella

07 Aug 43: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 57 of the 2nd Battle of Smolensk, Russia

19 Nov 42: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 59 of the Battle of Velikiye Luki

08 Apr 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 60 of the Battle of Romania, 1st Offensive
09 Apr 45: CBI - China: Day 1 of 60 of the Battle of West Hunan

02 Jul 44: PTO - Dutch New Guinea: Day 1 of 61 of the Battle of Noemfoor
19 Jan 45: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 61 of the Battles of Meiktila and Mandalay

06 Jun 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 62 of the Battle of Caen
02 Sep 44: ETO - Belgium: Day 1 of 62 of the liberation of Belgium

09 Apr 40: ETO - Norway: Day 1 of 63 of the Battle of Norway
09 Dec 40: MTO - North Africa: Day 1 of 63 of the UK's Operation COMPASS
26 Jan 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 63 of the Battle of the Heiligenbeil Pocket

30 Jul 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 64 of the 1st Battle of Rzhev-Sychevka

19 Nov 42: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 66 of the Battle of Buna-Gona
20 Jan 45: ETO: Day 1 of 66 of the Battle to the Rhine

28 Jan 40: CBI - China: Day 1 of 67 of the Battle of Wuyuan
20 Jun 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 67 of the Battle of New Georgia
10 Jun 45: PTO - Borneo: Day 1 of 67 of the Battle of North Borneo

14 Jun 39: CBI - China: Day 1 of 68 of the Battle of Tianjin

12 Dec 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 69 of USSR's Operation LITTLE SATURN

01 Sep 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 70 of the Battle of Taiyuan
08 Aug 41: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 70 of the Siege of Odessa, Ukraine

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

20 Oct 44: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 73 of the Battle of Leyte

15 Sep 44: PTO - Palau: Day 1 of 74 of the Battle of Peleliu (Operation STALEMATE II)

25 Jan 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 75 of the Battle of Königsberg

08 Feb 43: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 79 of the Allied Operation LONGCLOTH

29 Feb 44: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 80 of the Battle of the Admiralty Islands
14 Jun 44: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 80 of the Battle of Lone Tree Hill

12 Oct 38: CBI - China: Day 1 of 81 of Japan's Operation GUANGDONG

27 May 44: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 83 of the Battle of Biak
13 Feb 45: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 83 of the German Siege of Breslau
01 Apr 45: PTO - Japan: Day 1 of 83 of the Battle of Okinawa

16 Jun 44: ETO - UK: Day 4 of 86 of the V-1 "Buzz Bomb" offensive on Britain

01 Apr 45: CBI - China: Day 1 of 91 of the Battle of Zhijiang

02 Oct 41: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 98 of the Battle of Moscow

30 Dec 43: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 99 of the 2nd Battle of Arakan
22 Oct 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 99 of the Siege of Memel
24 Dec 44: CBI - China: Day 1 of 99 of the 3rd Battle of Changsha
04 Feb 45: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 99 of the Battle of Pakokku and Irrawaddy River

08 Feb 42: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 102 of the Battle of the Demyansk Pocket

08 Jan 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 103 of the Battle of Sychevsk, Russia
08 Jan 42: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 103 of the Battle of Vyazma, Russia
23 Jan 42: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 103 of the Battle of the Kholm Pocket

21 Dec 42: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 104 of the 1st Battle of Arakan

30 Nov 39: Finland: Day 1 of 105 of the Russo-Finnish War (the Winter War)

13 Aug 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 106 of the 2nd Battle of Shanghai

16 Dec 41: PTO - Borneo: Day 1 of 107 of the Battle of Borneo

29 Oct 44: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 108 of the Battle of Budapest, Hungary

24 Dec 43: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 113 of the Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive

10 Jul 40: ETO - UK: Day 1 of 114 of the Battle of Britain

08 Mar 44: CBI - India: Day 1 of 118 of the Battle of Imphal-Kohima

21 Jul 42: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 119 of the Battle of the Kokoda Track

24 Aug 43: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 122 of the Battle of Lower Dnieper River

17 Jan 44: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 123 of the Battle of Monte Cassino

07 Feb 38: CBI - China: Day 1 of 124 of the Battle of Henan
15 May 42: CBI - China: Day 1 of 124 of Japan's Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign

11 May 39: CBI - Mongolia: Day 1 of 129 of the Battle of Khalkhin Gol

18 Mar 45: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 135 of the Battle of the Visayas region
18 Nov 43: ETO - Germany: Day 1 of 135 of the Battle of Berlin (RAF bombing campaign)

22 Jan 44: MTO - Italy: Day 1 of 136 of the Battle of Anzio

11 Jun 38: CBI - China: Day 1 of 139 of the Battle of Wuhan

01 Jul 41: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 140 of Operation ARCTIC FOX

01 Jan 33: CBI - China: Day 1 of 142 of the 1st Battle of Hebei (Battle for the Great Wall)
29 Jun 41: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 142 of Operation SILVER FOX

19 Sep 44: ETO - Germany: Day 1 of 145 of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest (Meat Grinder)

10 Mar 44: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 147 of the Battle of Myitkyina

22 Apr 43: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 148 of the 2nd Battle of Lae-Salamaua

28 Jun 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 150 of Germany's CASE BLUE offensive

08 Dec 41: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 152 of the 1st Battle of the Philippines

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

10 Mar 45: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 159 of the Battle of Mindanao Island

22 Sep 43: PTO - New Guinea:Day 1 of 162 of the Battle of the Huon Peninsula

22 Jun 41: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 164 of the Battle of Hanko
14 Dec 41: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 164 of Japan's Invasion of Burma

23 Aug 42: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 165 of the Battle of Stalingrad

05 Mar 44: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 166 of the UK's Operation THURSDAY

22 Jun 41: Russian Front: Day 1 of 167 of Operation BARBAROSSA, invasion of USSR

14 Jan 42: Atlantic: Day 1 of 169 of Germany's Second "Happy Time"

17 Nov 42: MTO - Tunisia: Day 1 of 178 of the Battle of Tunisia

05 May 42: East Africa: Day 1 of 186 of the Battle of Madagascar

07 Aug 42: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 187 of the Battle of Guadalcanal

02 Feb 44: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 191 of the Battle of the Narva Isthmus

15 Oct 44: Russian Front - Center: Day 1 of 206 of the Battle of the Courland Pocket

19 Sep 43: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 219 of the Battle of Shaggy Ridge

01 Oct 40: CBI - Thailand: Day 1 of 221 of the Franco-Thai War (Vichy France vs Thailand)

15 Sep 44: Russian Front - Finland: Day 1 of 223 of the Lapland War

15 Sep 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 236 of the Siege of Dunkirk

15 Dec 44: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 244 of the Battle of Luzon

30 Oct 41: Russian Front - South: Day 1 of 248 of the Siege of Sevastopol

10 Apr 41: MTO - Libya: Day 1 of 256 of the Siege of Tobruk

05 Sep 40: ETO - UK: Day 1 of 258 of the Blitz

17 Apr 44: CBI - China: Day 1 of 259 of Japan's Operation ICHI-GO

01 Aug 44: ETO - France: Day 1 of 284 of the Battle of Brittany

01 Nov 43: PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 1 of 295 of the Battle of the Bougainville Islands

20 Oct 44: PTO - Philippines: Day 1 of 299 of the 2nd Battle of the Philippines

01 Apr 44: CBI - Burma: Day 1 of 302 of the Chinese Salween Offensive

15 Nov 39: CBI - China: Day 1 of 381 of the Battle of South Guangxi

19 Feb 42: PTO - Malaysia: Day 1 of 357 of the Battle of Timor Island

07 Jun 42: ATO - Alaska: Day 1 of 435 of the Battle of Kiska

22 Apr 44: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 481 of the Battle of Western New Guinea

10 Jun 40: East Africa: Day 1 of 537 of Italy's East African campaign

15 Dec 43: PTO - New Guinea: Day 1 of 597 of the Battle of New Britain

05 May 42: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 658 of the Siege of the Kholm Pocket

08 Sep 41: Russian Front - North: Day 1 of 872 of the Siege of Leningrad

17 Jul 36: Spain: Day 1 of 985 of the Spanish Civil War

07 Jul 37: CBI - China: Day 1 of 2,987 of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War

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