National Museum of the U.S. Navy

European Naval and Land Campaigns

This section contains a chronological list of European naval and land campaigns during World War II.

Image:  26-G-2313:  American Servicemen during a break while preparing for the Invasion of Normandy, June 1944.  Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. 

1943

Invasion of Sicily, Italy (Operation Husky) , July 9- August 17, 1943

Invasion of Mainland Italy (Operation Avalanche), September 9-16, 1943

Operation Leader:  October 4, 1943

Operation Tiger, December 1943-April 1944

1944

Battle of Anzio (Operation Shingle), January-June 1944

Normandy, France, Invasion (Operation Overlord) :  June 6, 1944

Invasion of Southern France (Operation Dragoon):  August-September 1944