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Named operations, raids and air strikes recorded in Wikidata, from antiquity to this year’s wars. More than half are from the 20th century and nearly three in ten from the 21st.
What you see
- Operations among History’s conflict events, in the same red as battles and wars.
- A page for each, with its date, its Wikipedia summary and the battles and operations near it.
- Opened from this page, the map plays the Second World War, 1939 to 1945.
Where the data comes from
- WikidataItems that are military operations, raids or air strikes, with a date and a place; 96% have a Wikipedia article.
Taken from Wikidata when the set is imported; operations in wars still being fought appear as Wikidata records them.
Good to know
- Two in three are placed only at an area: an operation covers ground, and Wikidata gives it one point.
- Fewer than one in ten has a death toll.
- Ukraine, Syria, Japan, Russia, Vietnam and Iraq have the most, about a quarter together.
The deadliest recorded here
- atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki6 Aug 1945 · Military operation · Deaths 286,818
- Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive4 Mar 1944 · Military operation · Deaths 228,000
- Bombing of Tokyo18 Apr 1942 · Military operation · Deaths 105,400
- Bombing of Hamburg in World War II24 Jul 1943 · Military operation · Deaths 34,000
- bombing of the Gaza Strip7 Oct 2023 · Military operation · Deaths 31,000
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza StripOct 2023 · Military operation · Deaths 30,275
- Bombing of Dresden13 Feb 1945 · Military operation · Deaths 22,700
- Operation Rat KillerDec 1951 · Military operation · Deaths 5,800
- Bombing of Kagoshima18 Mar 1945 · Military operation · Deaths 3,329
- 2014 Gaza War8 Jul 2014 · Military operation · Deaths 2,205
The first recorded here in each century
- Migration Period in the Iberian Peninsula5th century · Military operation
- Sasanian invasion of Armenia603 · Military operation
- Muslim invasions of Italy7th century · Military operation
- Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor806 · Military operation
- Viking raids in the Mediterranean9th century · Military operation
- Kara-Khanid invasion of Khorasan1006 · Military operation
- Great Turkish Invasion11th century · Military operation
- Ghurid invasion of Bengal1202 · Military operation
- English invasion of ScotlandMay 1300 · Military operation
- English invasion of ScotlandAug 1400 · Military operation
- Siamese invasion of Malacca1500 · Military operation
- Raid on Santiago de Cuba12 May 1603 · Military operation
- Ottoman invasion of Western Georgia1703 · Military operation
- Invasion of Curaçao22 Jul 1800 · Military operation
- lucha de la policía contra el contrabando de alcohol 1900-19301900 · Military operation
- Bombing of Katyr-Yurt4 Feb 2000 · Military operation · Deaths 363
Goes well with
Battles in historyMore than 18,000 battles and sieges from 3000 BCE to today, each placed where it was fought and nearly all with a Wikipedia article, on one map.Wars in historyWars, civil wars, rebellions and armed conflicts from 2600 BCE to today on one map, from Wikidata, the Correlates of War and the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.
World War II in EuropeEurope in the Second World War on an interactive map: borders, alliances and occupation month by month from February 1938 to May 1945, with the battles.
World War II in EuropeEurope in the Second World War on an interactive map: borders, alliances and occupation month by month from February 1938 to May 1945, with the battles.