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World War 1 was not fought in the Pacific but World War 2 was fought in the Atlantic, The Pacific Ocean and in Europe. I hope this list of battles helps you.

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There was fighting in Asia. That is what made it a global war. Although most of the battles were minor in comparison to what was taking place in Europe, they were important in that the Allies were taking German possessions.

Asian battles included: The Battle of Papeete (Polynesia)

Fanning Raid

Seige of Tsing Tao

Restoration of Manchus to the throne

Battle of Bita Paka

Seige of Toma

Battles took place in Africa - the Cameroons saw a number of battles and atrocities against the native population.

The more well known European battles were the Somme, Passchendaele, Vimy, Uboat campaign in the Atlantic, Gallipoli, Tanneberg, Verdun, Jutland.

Sorry, here is the rest of your post. Because of the formatting I couldn't put my entry below it.

World War 2

Africa · Asia · Europe

1939

Invasion of Poland · Phony War · Winter War · Battle of the Atlantic

1940

Denmark and Norway · Battle of the Netherlands ·Battle of Belgium · Battle of France · Battle of Britain · Libya and Egypt ·British Somali land · Baltic states · Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina · Invasion of French Indochina · Invasion of Greece ·Operation Compass

1941

East Africa Campaign · Invasion of Yugoslavia ·Yugoslav Front · Battle of Greece · Battle of Crete ·Invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) · Continuation War · Middle East Campaign ·Battle of Kiev ·Siege of Leningrad · Battle of Moscow · Siege of Sevastopol · Attack on Pearl Harbor · Battle of Hong Kong ·Battle of the Philippines · Battle of Malaya · Battle of Borneo

1942

Japanese Conquest of Burma · Changsha · Battle of the Coral Sea · Battle of Midway · Case Blue ·Battle of Stalingrad ·Battle of Gaza-la · Second Battle of El Alamein · Operation Torch ·Guadalcanal Campaign

1943

End in Africa · Battle of Kursk · Battle of Smolensk · Solomon Islands · Invasion of Sicily · Lower Dnieper Offensive ·Invasion of Italy ·Gilbert and Marshall Islands

1944

Cassino and Anzio · Narva · Cherkassy ·Operation Tempest · Operation Ichi-Go ·Invasion of Normandy ·Mariana and Palau Islands ·Operation Bagration · Lvov--Sandomierz Offensive · Warsaw Uprising ·Jassy--Kishinev Offensive ·Belgrade Offensive · Liberation of Paris · Gothic Line · Operation Market Garden ·Operation Crossbow · Operation Pointblank ·Lapland War · Budapest Offensive · Battle of Leyte Gulf · Battle of the Bulge ·Burma Campaign

1945

Vistula--Oder Offensive · Battle of Iwo Jima · Battle of Okinawa · Final offensive in Italy · Battle of Berlin · Prague Offensive ·Siege of Budapest · Surrender of Germany · Soviet invasion of Manchuria · Philippine liberation · Borneo Campaign ·Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki · Surrender of Japan

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