List of United States Army campaigns during World War II

List of United States Army campaigns during World War II

The list of United States Army campaigns during World War II is the official list of campaigns of the United States Army conducted during the Second World War [ [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-C-WWII/index.html] A Brief History of the U.S. Army in World War II ] , and entitles units with participated in them to a campaign ribbon.

*Defense of the Americas Campaign 7 December 1941--2 September 1945
*Philippine Islands Campaign 7 December 1941--10 May 1942
*East Indies Campaign 1 January--22 July 1942
*Aleutian Islands Campaign 3 June 1942--24 August 1943
*Guadalcanal Campaign 7 August 1942--21 February 1943
*Northern Solomons Campaign 22 February 1943--21 November 1944
*Bismarcks Campaign
*Papua Campaign 23 July 1942--23 January 1943
*New Guinea Campaign 24 January 1943--31 December 1944
*Leyte Campaign 17 October 1944--1 July 1945
*Luzon Campaign 15 December 1944--4 July 1945
*Southern Philippines Campaign 27 February--4 July 1945
*Central Pacific Campaign 7 December 1941--6 December 1943 (Gilberts: Makin, etc.)
*Eastern Mandates Campaign 31 January--14 June 1944 (Marshalls: Kwajalein, Eniwetok, etc.)
*Western Pacific Campaign 15 June 1944--2 September 1945 (Marianas: Guam, Saipan, Tinian and Palaus: Angaur, Peleliu)
*Ryukyus Campaign 26 March--2 July 1945 (Okinawa)
*Burma, 1942 Campaign 7 December 1941--26 May 1942
*India-Burma Campaign 2 April 1942--28 January 1945
*Central Burma Campaign 29 January--15 July 1945
*China Defensive Campaign 4 July 1942--4 May 1945
*China Offensive Campaign 5 May--2 September 1945
*Egypt-Libya Campaign 11 June 1942--12 February 1943
*Algeria-French Morocco Campaign 8 November 1942--11 November 1942
*Tunisia Campaign 17 November 1942--13 May 1943
*Sicily Campaign 9 July--17 August 1943
*Naples-Foggia Campaign 9 September 1943--21 January 1944
*Anzio Campaign 22 January--24 May 1944
*Rome-Arno Campaign 22 January--9 September 1944
*North Apennines Campaign 10 September 1944-4 April 1945
*Po Valley Campaign 5 April-8 May 1945
*Normandy Campaign 6 June--24 July 1944
*Northern France Campaign 25 July--14 September 1944
*Southern France Campaign 15 August--14 September 1944
*Ardennes-Alsace Campaign
*Rhineland Campaign
*Central Europe Campaign 22 March--11 May 1945

Citations and notes

References

* A Brief History of the U.S. Army in World War II: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II, Center of Military Hhistory, United States Army, Washington, D.C., 1992


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