The Battles and Campaigns category was intended to provide a well-rounded overview of a particular engagement or series of engagements. A few of the assignments on this page were posted by others at Helium, and these are sometimes framed in different terms; the Timeline of the Battle of the Somme is a good example of this. Most, however, follow a pattern that begins with a review of the strategic situation before the battle. The principal plans for the operation are considered, especially when they differ from the course of the battle in practice, as well as any significant preparation efforts. The course of the battle follows, concluding with notes about the consequences of the operation, both in the short and long term.
An Overview of the Siege of Leningrad in World War II
The Strategic Context of the Battle of Verdun
The Role of Malta in the North African Campaign
The First Battle of Ypres 1914
The Winter War: Finland 1939-40
A Chronology of the Battle of the Somme
The Strategic Context of the Battle of Jutland
An Overview of Operation Bagration, 1944
Admiral von Spee’s Breakout in the Pacific, 1914
An Overview of Operation Barbarossa
An Overview of the Battle of Tannenberg
Dunkirk: Both a Defeat and a Victory for Great Britain
An Overview of the Rumanian Campaign of 1916
An Overview of the Schweinfurt Bombing Raid, 1943
An Overview of the Nivelle Offensive, 1917
An Overview of the Use of Airborne Units at D-Day
An Overview of the Use of Tanks at Cambrai, 1917
The Mediterranean U-Boat Campaign, 1940-1943
The Austrian Campaigns in Serbia, 1914 to 1915
The Strategic Context of the Scandinavian Campaign of 1940
The Zeppelin Raids Over London in World War I
The Opening Battles of the Battle of the Mediterranean
The Opening Battles of the Marianas and Palau Islands Campaigns