Unknown/Obscure WWII Battles

[Chock]

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

Chock

[Happy Times]

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

[bookworm_020]

Battle of Timor

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

[The Avon Lady]

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.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Chock

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

Chock

Awesome Chock

[AntEater]

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

[Rose]

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. Especially the part about the Panzer divisions diverted from the Eastern Front just in time to miss Kursk.

[Oberon]

Axis (Vichy) vs Allies

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

[August]

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.

[fatty]

Originally Posted by August

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

True, even still, the ultimatum is so great it's worth posting herre in its entirety:

Originally Posted by Admiral James Somerville

It is impossible for us, your comrades up to now, to allow your fine ships to fall into the power of the German enemy. We are determined to fight on until the end, and if we win, as we think we shall, we shall never forget that France was our Ally, that our interests are the same as hers, and that our common enemy is Germany. Should we conquer we solemnly declare that we shall restore the greatness and territory of France. For this purpose we must make sure that the best ships of the French Navy are not used against us by the common foe. In these circumstances, His Majesty's Government have instructed me to demand that the French Fleet now at Mers el Kebir and Oran shall act in accordance with one of the following alternatives;

(a) sail with us and continue the fight until victory against the Germans.

(b) Sail with reduced crews under our control to a British port. The reduced crews would be repatriated at the earliest moment.

If either of these courses is adopted by you we will restore your ships to France at the conclusion of the war or pay full compensation if they are damaged meanwhile.

(c) Alternatively if you feel bound to stipulate that your ships should not be used against the Germans unless they break the Armistice, then sail them with us with reduced crews to some French port in the West Indies — Martinique for instance — where they can be demilitarised to our satisfaction, or perhaps be entrusted to the United States and remain safe until the end of the war, the crews being repatriated.

If you refuse these fair offers, I must with profound regret, require you to sink your ships within 6 hours.

Finally, failing the above, I have the orders from His Majesty's Government to use whatever force may be necessary to prevent your ships from falling into German hands.

[Rose]

Originally Posted by August

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

Yep. Vichy was an Axis satellite (see Axis vs. Axis above: Vichy French vs. pro-Axis Thai gov't). I wonder if there really are any true Allies vs. Allies battles.

Even still, thanks for posting that Oberon -- it certainly qualifies under unknown/obscure .