Home›Battles and Campaigns›Battle Era›By Decade›1940sBrowse By1940sThis dimension groups battles by the broader era in which they were fought. Wikipedia notes that battles such as "the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and the Battle of France" all took place within "World War II," one example of how battles cluster into a shared era. Browsing by era lets a visitor compare battles fought in the same period.Facts1940sSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEarliest Era RepresentedWell-attestedAncient 11940sFilter Results13 entriesBattle TypeAllAmphibious and airborne invasion (D-Day landings) (1)Amphibious assault and prolonged land battle (2)Large-scale offensive and defensive battle (1)Naval battle (carrier-based air action) (1)Offensive battle (desert warfare) (1)Prolonged siege and blockade (1)Siege and land campaign culminating in surrender (1)Sustained aerial campaign (1)Urban battle (final assault on the enemy capital) (1)LocationAllBerlin, Germany (1)British airspace and the English Channel (1)El Alamein, Egypt (1)Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, Japan (1)Kursk Oblast, Soviet Union (1)Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg), Soviet Union (1)Midway Atoll (1)Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union (1)Normandy, France (1)Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan (1)Singapore (1)Stalingrad, on the Volga River, Soviet Union (1)The Ardennes, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany (1)WarAllEastern Front (World War II) (5)World War II (11)CommanderAllBernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (3)Dwight D. Eisenhower (2)Erwin Rommel (2)Georgy Zhukov (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 13Battle of Berlin1940sBattle of Britain1940sBattle of Iwo Jima1940sBattle of Kursk1940sBattle of Midway1940sBattle of Moscow1940sBattle of Okinawa1940sBattle of Stalingrad1940sBattle of the Bulge1940sFall of Singapore1940sNormandy landings1940sSecond Battle of El Alamein1940sSiege of Leningrad1940sSources1. War and Military Atlas Periodizationtier 1InteractiveAtlas owner ruling registerWar and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, battle has a live Ancient subcategoryQuote, War and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, battle has a live Ancient subcategoryAncient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).Wikipedia: Battle of Waterlootier 2WikipediaContains: Battle of WaterlooView the SourceWikipedia: Battle of Kursktier 2WikipediaContains: Battle of KurskView the SourceWikipedia: Battle of Cambrai (1917)tier 2WikipediaContains: Battle of Cambrai (1917)View the SourceWikipedia: Atlantic U-boat Campaign of World War Itier 2WikipediaContains: First Battle of the AtlanticView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.