YEAR // World War

1945

11 wars active · 46 battles

Wars active

11 catalogued

1914-1945 · Closing year
Second Thirty Years' War
"Second Thirty Years' War" is a periodization scheme sometimes used to encompass the wars in Europe from 1914 to 1945. Just as the Thirty Years' War of 1618 to 1648 was not a…
1927-1950 · Year 19 of 24
Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued…
1937-1945 · Closing year
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War, known in China as the War of Resistance Against Japan, was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan and its puppet states…
1939–1945 (1941–1945 U.S. combat role) · Closing year
World War II
The United States fought a global coalition war across oceans, economies, and industrial systems.
1941-1945 · Closing year
Eastern Front
The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War, or the German–Soviet War, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including…
1943-1945 · Closing year
Italian Civil War
The Italian Civil War was a civil war in the Kingdom of Italy fought during the Italian campaign of World War II between Italian fascists and Italian partisans and, to a lesser…
1944-1945 · Closing year
Lapland War
During World War II, the Lapland War saw fighting between Finland and Nazi Germany – effectively from September to November 1944 – in Finland's northernmost region, Lapland.…
1945-1991 · Opening year
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western…
1945-1949 · Opening year
Indonesian National Revolution
The Indonesian National Revolution, also known as the Indonesian War of Independence, was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between the Republic of Indonesia and the…
1945 · Sole year
Soviet–Japanese War
The Soviet–Japanese War was a campaign of the Second World War that began with the Soviet invasion of Manchuria following the Soviet declaration of war against Japan on 8 August…
1945-1946 · Opening year
War in southern Vietnam
The 1945–1946 War in Southern Vietnam, codenamed Operation Masterdom by the British, and also known as the Southern Resistance War by the Vietnamese, was an armed conflict in…

Battles

46 recorded

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Second Thirty Years' War

Chinese Civil War

Second Sino-Japanese War

World War II

Eastern Front

Italian Civil War

Lapland War

Cold War

Indonesian National Revolution

Soviet–Japanese War

War in southern Vietnam