Name the major WWII military operations

Famous and not so famous WWII operations. How many can you name?

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Hint	Answer
1 Sept. 1939 - German invasion of Poland	Fall Weiss (Case White)
9 April 1940 - German invasion of Denmark and Norway	Operation Weserübung
10 May 1940 - German invasion of Benelux countries and France	Fall Gelb (Case Yellow)
Planned Sept. 1940 German invasion of the United Kingdom	Operation Seelöwe (Sea Lion)
9 Sept. 1940 - Italian invasion of British Egypt	Operation E
6 April 1941 - Axis invasion of Yugoslavia	Operation 25
6 April 1941 - German invasion of Greece	Operation Marita
20 May 1941 - German invasion of Crete, Greece	Operation Merkur (Mercury)
22 June 1941 - Axis invasion of the Soviet Union	Operation Barbarossa
7 Dec. 1941 - Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii	Operation AI / Operation Z
4 June 1942 - Japanese attack on Midway Atoll	Operation MI
7 Aug. 1942 - Allied invasion of Japanese-occupied Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	Operation Watchtower
8 Nov. 1942 - Allied invasion of Vichy French Algeria and Morocco	Operation Torch

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19 Nov. 1942 - Soviet encirclement of Axis-held Stalingrad	Operation Uranus
12 Dec. 1942 - Soviet offensive against Axis-held Stalingrad	Operation Little Saturn
22 April 1943 - Allied invasion of Axis-held Tunisia	Operation Vulcan (then Strike)
9 July 1943 - Allied invasion of Sicily	Operation Husky
9 Sept. 1943 - Allied main invasion of mainland Italy	Operation Avalanche
22 Jan. 1944 - Allied landings in Anzio (Battle of Anzio, Italy)	Operation Shingle
6 June 1944 - Allied invasion of German-occupied France (Normandy-landings)	Operation Overlord (D-Day)
23 June 1944 - Soviet invasion of German-occupied Belarus and Poland	Operation Bagration
15 Aug. 1944 - Allied invasion of German-occupied Southern France	Operation Dragoon
17 Sept. 1944 - Allied invasion of German-occupied Netherlands	Operation Market Garden
16 Dec. 1944 - German counteroffensive in the Ardennes, Belgium (Battle of the Bulge)	Operation Wacht am Rhein
1 April 1945 - Allied invasion of Okinawa	Operation Iceberg
Planned Nov. 1945 Allied invasion of Japanese Home Islands	Operation Downfall

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