worlds wars wws and cold war and analysis

Analysis

1. WORLD WAR 1 WORLD WAR 2 COLD WAR


1914
1. Battle of Liège (August 5-16)
2. Battle of the Frontiers (August 14-24)
3. Battle of Mons (August 23)
4. Battle of Tannenberg (August 26-30)
5. First Battle of the Marne (September 6-12)
6. First Battle of the Aisne (September 13-28)
7. Battle of the Masurian Lakes (September 9-
14)
8. First Battle of Ypres (October 19 - November
22)

1915
1. Second Battle of Ypres (April 22 - May 25)
2. Battle of Gallipoli (April 25, 1915 - January 9,
1916)
3. Battle of Loos (September 25 - October 8)

1916
1. Battle of Verdun (February 21 - December
18)
2. Battle of Jutland (May 31 - June 1)
3. Battle of the Somme (July 1 - November 18)
4. Battle of Asiago (May 15 - June 10)





1917
1. Battle of Arras (April 9 - May 16)
2. Second Battle of the Aisne (Nivelle
Offensive) (April 16 - May 9)
3. Battle of Messines (June 7-14)
4. Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) (July
31 - November 10)
5. Battle of Caporetto (October 24 - November
19)
6. Battle of Cambrai (November 20 - December
7)

1918

1. Spring Offensive (Kaiserschlacht) (March 21
- July 18)
2. Battle of Belleau Wood (June 1-26)


1. Invasion of Poland (September 1
October6, 1939) - Marked the beginning of
World War II in Europe.

2. Battle of the Atlantic (September 3, 1939–
May 8, 1945) - Longest continuous military
campaign, crucial for control of Atlantic
sea routes.

3. Winter War (November 30, 1939 –
March13, 1940) - Conflict between the
Soviet Union and Finland.

4. Battle of France (May 10 – June 25, 1940)
German invasion leading to the fall of
France.

5. Battle of Britain (July 10 October31,1940)
- Air campaign waged by the German Air
Force against the United Kingdom.

6. Operation Barbarossa (June 22 December
5, 1941) - German invasion of the Soviet
Union.

7. Siege of Leningrad (September 8, 1941 –
January 27, 1944) - Prolonged military
blockade undertaken by the Germans.

8. Battle of Moscow (October 2, 1941 –
January 7, 1942) - Failed German attempt
to capture the Soviet capital.

9. Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7,
1941) - Surprise military strike by Japan on
the United States, leading to U.S. entry
into World War II.

10. Battle of Midway (June 4 – 7, 1942) -
Turning point in the Pacific Theater,
significant naval battle between the United
States and Japan.

10. First Battle of El Alamein (July 1 –
27, 1942) - Stopped the advance of Axis
forces into Egypt.


1940s

Greek Civil War (1946-1949) - A conflict between the
Greek government army (supported by the US and UK)
and the Democratic Army of Greece (supported by the
USSR and Yugoslavia).

1950s

1. Korean War (1950-1953) - A war between North
Korea (with Chinese and Soviet support) and South
Korea (with support from United Nations forces,
principally the United States).
2. First Indochina War (1946-1954) - A conflict
between French forces and their Viet Minh
opponents in Vietnam.
3. Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) - A guerrilla war
fought in the Federation of Malaya between
Commonwealths armed forces and the Malayan
National Liberation Army (MNLA), the military arm
of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP).











1960s

1. Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) - An unsuccessful
attempt by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S.
government, to overthrow the Cuban government.

2. Congo Crisis (1960-1965) - A period of turmoil in
the newly independent Congo, involving various
factions and foreign intervention, including UN
peacekeeping forces.
3. Vietnam War (1955-1975) - A prolonged conflict
between the communist forces of North Vietnam
(supported by the USSR and China) and South
Vietnam (supported by the US and other anti-

2. 3. Second Battle of the Marne (July 15 - August
6)
4. Battle of Amiens (August 8-12)
5. Meuse-Argonne Offensive (September 26 -
November 11)
6. Battle of Saint-Mihiel (September 12-15)

11. Battle of Stalingrad (August 23,
1942 – February 2, 1943) - One of the
deadliest battles in history, a turning point
on the Eastern Front.

12. Second Battle of El Alamein
(October 23 – November 11, 1942) -
Decisive Allied victory in North Africa.

13. Guadalcanal Campaign (August 7,
1942 – February 9, 1943) - First major
offensive by Allied forces against Japan.

14. Battle of Kursk (July 5 – August 23,
1943) - Largest tank battle in history,
significant Soviet victory.
15. Invasion of Sicily (July 9 – August
17, 1943) - Allied invasion leading to the
fall of Mussolini's regime.

16. D-Day (Normandy Invasion) (June
6, 1944) - Allied invasion of German-
occupied Western Europe.

17. Battle of the Bulge (December 16,
1944 – January 25, 1945) - Last major
German offensive on the Western Front.

18. Battle of Iwo Jima (February 19 –
March 26, 1945) - Major battle in which
U.S. forces captured the island of Iwo Jima
from Japan.

19. Battle of Okinawa (April 1 – June
22, 1945) - Largest amphibious assault in
the Pacific Theater.

20. Fall of Berlin (April 16 – May 2,
1945) - Final major offensive of the
European Theater, leading to the
surrender of Germany.

21. Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 6
and 9, 1945) - Atomic bombings by the
United States, leading to Japan's
surrender.

communist allies).

4. Indonesian Massacres (1965-1966) - Anti-
communist purges in Indonesia following a failed
coup attempt.

1970s

1. Cambodian Civil War (1967-1975) - A conflict
between the Khmer Rouge (supported by North
Vietnam and China) and the Cambodian
government (supported by the US).

2. Bangladesh Liberation War (1971) - A conflict
resulting in the independence of Bangladesh from
Pakistan, with India intervening in support of the
Bangladeshi independence movement.

3. Yom Kippur War (1973) - A war fought by a
coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria
against Israel. The conflict saw significant
superpower involvement, with the US supporting
Israel and the Soviet Union supporting the Arab
states.

4. Angolan Civil War (1975-2002) - A prolonged
conflict involving various factions, with significant
Cuban, Soviet, and South African involvement at
different times.

1980s

1. Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) - A conflict
where insurgent groups (the Mujahedeen) fought
against the Soviet Army and the Democratic Republic
of Afghanistan, with substantial support to the
Mujahedeen from the US, Pakistan, and other
countries.
2. Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) - A war between
Iran and Iraq, with complex international
involvement, including indirect support to Iraq by the
US.
3. Invasion of Grenada (1983) - A US-led invasion
of Grenada following a military coup there.

1990s

1. Gulf War (1990-1991) - A conflict between
Iraq and a coalition of 35 nations led by the US,
following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Although occurring
post-Cold War, it was heavily influenced by the

3. preceding Cold War dynamics.
2. Yugoslav Wars (1991-2001) - A series of ethnic
conflicts, wars of independence, and insurgencies
that led to the breakup of Yugoslavia.