List of World War II battles involving the United States

Table columns:
Name
Start Date
End Date
Location
Campaign
U.S. Casualties
Opposing Force

Table rows:
cells: Battle of the Atlantic
September 13, 1941
May 8, 1945
Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Irish Sea, Labrador Sea, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Outer Banks, Arctic Ocean
Around 18,000 sailors and merchant seamen killed [1][2]
Germany
Japan (Possibly), Currently unknown
cells: Operation Torch
November 8, 1942
November 10, 1942
Morocco and Algeria
North African Campaign
1,200 (479 killed, 720 wounded)[3]
Germany
cells: Battle of the Kasserine Pass
February 19, 1943
February 25, 1943
Kasserine Pass, Tunisia
Tunisia Campaign
6,500 (1,000+ killed)[3][4]
Germany and Italy
cells: Battle of El Guettar
March 23, 1943
April 7, 1943
El Guettar, Tunisia
Tunisia Campaign
~5,000[5]
Germany and Kingdom of Italy
9,195 (2,572 killed, 5,946 wounded and 1,012 captured or missing)[6]
Germany and Italy
cells: Battle of Salerno
September 9, 1943
September 16, 1943
Salerno, Italy
Italian Campaign
4,870[7]
Germany and Italy
cells: Battle of Monte Cassino
January 17, 1944
May 18, 1944
Monte Cassino, Italy
Italian Campaign
100,000+ (Total allied casualties)[3]
Germany
cells: Battle of Anzio
January 22, 1944
June 5, 1944
Anzio and Nettuno, Italy
Italian Campaign
23,173 (5,538 killed, 15,558 wounded and 2,947 captured or missing)[8]
Germany
cells: Battle of Normandy
June 6, 1944
July 24, 1944
Normandy, France
Operation Overlord
63,360 (16,293 killed, 43,221 wounded and 6,180 captured or missing)[8]
Germany
cells: Battle for Brest
August 7, 1944
September 19, 1944
Brittany, France
Operation Overlord
~4,000[9]
Germany
cells: Operation Dragoon
August 15, 1944
September 14, 1944
Southern France
Operation Overlord
15,574 (7,301 killed, 5,804 wounded, 3,098 captured or missing)[6]
Germany
cells: Battle of Metz
September, 1944
December, 1944
Metz, France
Siegfried Line campaign
Germany
cells: Battle of Nancy
September 5, 1944
September 15, 1944
Nancy, France
Siegfried Line campaign
2,851+[3]
Germany
cells: Operation Market Garden
September 17, 1944
September 25, 1944
The Netherlands
Siegfried Line campaign
3,974[3]
Germany
cells: Battle of Hürtgen Forest
September 19, 1944
February 10, 1945
Hurtgen Forest, German-Belgian border
Siegfried Line campaign
33,000[3]
Germany
cells: Battle of Aachen
October 2, 1944
October 21, 1944
Aachen, Germany
Siegfried Line campaign
5,000[3]
Germany
cells: Battle of the Bulge
December 16, 1944
January 25, 1945
The Ardennes, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany
Siegfried Line campaign
89,500 (19,000 killed, 47,500 wounded, 23,000 missing)[10]
Germany
cells: Operation Nordwind
January 1, 1945
January 25, 1945
Alsace and Lorraine, France
Siegfried Line campaign
12,000 (3,000 killed, 9,000 wounded or missing)[11]
Germany
cells: Colmar Pocket
January 20, 1945
February 9, 1945
Alsace, France
Siegfried Line campaign
8,000[3]
Germany
cells: Ruhr Pocket
March 7, 1945
April 21, 1945
Ruhr Area, Germany
Western Allied invasion of Germany
Germany
cells: Operation Varsity
March 24, 1945
Wesel, Germany
Western Allied invasion of Germany
2,700[3]
Germany
cells: Spring 1945 offensive in Italy
April 6, 1945
May 2, 1945
Northern Italy
Italian Campaign
16,258 (1,288 killed, 15,453 wounded and 93 missing)[3]
Germany
cells: Attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States
3,592 (2,345 killed and 1,247 wounded)[3]
Japan
cells: Battle of Wake Island
December 8, 1941
December 23, 1941
Wake Island
627 (130 killed, 49 wounded and 448 captured)[3]
Japan
cells: Battle of Bataan
January 7, 1942
April 9, 1942
Bataan Peninsula, Philippines
Philippines Campaign (1941–1942)
15,000 captured and interned[3]
Japan
cells: Doolittle Raid
April 18, 1942
Tokyo and other Japanese cities
3 killed and 8 later died in captivity/executed
Japan
cells: Battle of the Coral Sea
May 4, 1942
May 8, 1942
Coral Sea, between Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands
New Guinea campaign
656 killed
Japan
cells: Battle of Midway
June 3, 1942
June 7, 1942
Near Midway Atoll
307 killed[12]
Japan
cells: Battle of Guadalcanal
August 7, 1942
February 9, 1943
Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands campaign
~6,000 (1,600 killed, 4,400 wounded and missing)[13]
Japan
cells: Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
October 25, 1942
October 27, 1942
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands campaign
266 killed[3]
Japan
cells: Battle of Tarawa
November 20, 1943
November 23, 1943
Betio, Tarawa Atoll
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
3,296 (1,000 killed and 2,296 wounded)[3]
Japan
cells: Battle of Kwajalein
January 31, 1944
February 3, 1944
Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
1,964 (372 killed and 1,592 wounded)[3]
Japan
cells: Battle of Saipan
June 15, 1944
July 9, 1944
Saipan, Mariana Islands
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
13,313 (2,949 killed and 10,364 wounded)[3]
Japan
cells: Battle of Guam (1944)
July 21, 1944
August 8, 1944
Guam, Mariana Islands
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
7,800 (1,747 killed and 6,053 wounded)[3]
Japan
cells: Battle of Peleliu
September 15, 1944
November 27, 1944
Peleliu, Palau Islands
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
9,804 (1,794 killed and 8,010 wounded)[3]
Japan
cells: Battle of Angaur
September 17, 1944
September 30, 1944
Angaur, Palau Islands
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
260 killed[3]
Japan
cells: Battle of Leyte Gulf
October 23, 1944
October 26, 1944
Leyte Gulf, The Philippines
Philippines campaign (1944–45)
~1,500 killed[3]
Japan
cells: Battle of Luzon
January 9, 1945
August 15, 1945
Luzon, Philippines
Philippines campaign (1944–45)
~37,870 (8,310 killed and 29,560 wounded)[3]
Japan
cells: Battle of Manila
February 3, 1945
March 3, 1945
Manila, Philippines
Philippines campaign (1944–45)
6,575 (1,010 killed and 5,565 wounded)[3]
Japan
cells: Battle of Iwo Jima
February 19, 1945
March 26, 1945
Iwo Jima, Japan
Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign
26,038 (6,821 killed and 19,217 wounded)[3]
Japan
cells: Battle of Okinawa
April 1, 1945
June 22, 1945
Okinawa, Japan
Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign
51,429 (12,513 killed and 38,916 wounded)[3]
Japan

Questions about this table:
originalText: where did the us fight first in ww2
answer: answerTexts: Battle of the Atlantic