<Tr> <Td> Battle of Mindoro </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of the Bulge </Td> <Td> German counterattack in Ardennes; General McAuliffe says "NUTS" at Bastogne . </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Operation Elephant </Td> <Td> Allied offensive against a German bridgehead at Kapelsche Veer in the Netherlands . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Raid at Cabanatuan </Td> <Td> US Army Rangers rescue Bataan and Corregidor POWs from Japanese prison camp . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Prague Offensive </Td> <Td> 1st, 4th, and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts of the Soviet Army crushed the last concentration of German troops (over 1,000,000 men in two army groups) in southeastern Germany and Czechoslovakia . These troops were Army Group Centre and the remnants of Army Group Ostmark . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Operation Spring Awakening </Td> <Td> The last desperate German offensive of the war, launched around Lake Balaton, in Hungary . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Bataan </Td> <Td> U.S. and Philippine Forces retake the historic Bataan Peninsula . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Manila </Td> <Td> City totally devastated after month - long battle between the American, Filipino and Japanese forces; 100,000 civilians killed . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Luzon </Td> <Td> The battle where Mexico entered World War II, contributing pilots to help the United States and the Philippines defeat Japan in the South Pacific, with a loss of 37,870 Allied soldiers and 217,000 Japanese soldiers, resulting in an Allied victory </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Corregidor </Td> <Td> Spectacular combined U.S. and Philippine assault retakes island bastion from Japanese forces . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Raid at Los Baños </Td> <Td> U.S. Airborne Task Force rescues more than 2,000 Allied POWs and civilian internees held by Japanese . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Mindanao </Td> <Td> U.S. Eighth Army together with the Philippine Commonwealth troops completes the recapture of Southern Philippines . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Operation Varsity </Td> <Td> 134 Allied gliders land troops in Weisel . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of the Visayas </Td> <Td> U.S. Eighth Army together with the Philippine Commonwealth troops retakes central Philippine islands . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay </Td> <Td> Japanese defeated in decisive battle in Central Burma </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Iwo Jima </Td> <Td> After a month, U.S. Forces take main offshore Japanese island . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of West Henan--North Hubei </Td> <Td> Indecisive battle between China and Japan . Japan controls airbases after battle . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Halbe </Td> <Td> Part of Battle of Berlin, Germans unable to break out . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Berlin </Td> <Td> Soviet forces encircle and capture German capital; Hitler commits suicide . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Hamburg </Td> <Td> British forces capture German city . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Triest </Td> <Td> British army and Yugoslav capture the city . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Tarakan </Td> <Td> Allied attack as part of the Borneo campaign . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Poljana </Td> <Td> (14--15 May 1945) Battle between Yugoslav partisans and HOS (Croatia), German wehrmacht, Slovene Home Guard...</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Odžak </Td> <Td> Last battle of World War II in Europe . Between Yugoslav partisans and HOS (Croatia) from 19 April to 25 May 1945 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of West Hunan </Td> <Td> Chinese victory in final battle to expel Japan . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Okinawa </Td> <Td> US takes Japanese Island in the Ryūkyūs; many casualties to both sides . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of North Borneo </Td> <Td> Australian victory during final stages of World War II in the Pacific . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Balikpapan </Td> <Td> Allied victory over Japan . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Manchuria </Td> <Td> Soviet forces liberate Manchuria . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Operation Elephant </Td> <Td> Allied offensive against a German bridgehead at Kapelsche Veer in the Netherlands . </Td> </Tr>

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