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Rose	06-06-07 02:21 PM

Unknown/Obscure WWII Battles

Post an article about a relatively unknown/obscure battle or campaign during WWII. I always find stuff like this interesting.

Ill start with the Battle of Madagascar in 1942: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Madagascar

fatty

06-06-07 02:25 PM

Battle of the St. Lawrence River

August

06-06-07 02:44 PM

Battle of Sunda Strait

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sunda_Strait

CCIP	06-06-07 02:46 PM

Operation Bagration

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bagration

Probably the largest and most successful single offensive operation of WWII, forgotten largely because it was overshadowed by Overlord that happened just two weeks prior.

AntEater

06-06-07 03:40 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Koh_Chang

The naval battle of Koh Chang. The only french naval victory of WW2 (:arrgh!:).
A french colonial squadron with a light cruiser and some sloops took apart the a Royal Thai Navy squadron without french losses.
As the french in Indochina were somewhat in the Vichy camp, and Thailand a quasi ally of Japan, this could well be considered a battle of axis powers...

Rose	06-06-07 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by AntEater

I have never before heard of a battle between two Axis powers :huh: ... very interesting stuff.

Chock

06-06-07 06:03 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Barking_Creek

:D Chock

Happy Times

06-06-07 08:15 PM

Battles of Suomussalmi and Raate-Road. Finnish troops destroyed two Soviet divisions, suffering some 700 as KIA&MIA against some 45.000 KIA&MIA on the Soviet side.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Suomussalmi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Raate-Road

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...uomussalmi.jpg

bookworm_020

06-06-07 09:16 PM

Battle of Timor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_..._%281942-43%29

The Avon Lady

06-07-07 02:49 AM

Operation Mincemeat. Not a battle but a prelude to Operation Husky (Sicily) and its effect on second guessing the Allies led to a major German blunder in Operation Market Garden a year and a half later.

EDIT: I think I'll buy the movie: The Man Who Never Was. :yep:

Jimbuna

06-07-07 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Chock

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Barking_Creek

:D Chock

Awesome Chock :lol:

AntEater

06-07-07 06:08 AM

A totally unknown Pacific battleship surface action!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_pips
The "Battle of the Pips"

Rose	06-07-07 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by AntEater

A totally unknown Pacific battleship surface action!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_pips
The "Battle of the Pips"

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

@AL: The effect Operation Mincemeat had on the entire war effort is astounding. :huh: Especially the part about the Panzer divisions diverted from the Eastern Front just in time to miss Kursk.

Oberon

06-07-07 09:47 AM

Axis (Vichy) vs Allies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_...-el-K%C3%A9bir

August

06-07-07 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

Allies vs Allies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_...-el-K%C3%A9bir

Nope, the Vichy French government was not an ally to Great Britain.

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