Military awards of World War II

Military awards of World War II were presented by most of the combatants.

The following is from the article World War II, removed from that article for clarity, and represents an incomplete list of some of the awards.

Allied Powers

Soviet Union

In Soviet Union orders and medals were also awarded to cities and military divisions.

United States

Main article: Awards and decorations of the United States military

United Kingdom

France and Belgium

Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (France)
War Cross (Belgium)

Poland

Virtuti Militari
Order Krzyża Grunwaldu
Order Krzyża Niepodległości
Krzyż Walecznych (Cross of the Valorous)
Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami (Cross of Merit with Swords)
Medal Wojska (Army Medal for War 1939-45)
Medal Lotniczy (Air Force Medal for War 1939-45)
Medal Morski (Navy Medal for War 1939-45)
Medal Morski Polskiej Marynarki Handlowej (Merchant Marine Medal for War 1939-45)
Krzyż Kampanii Wrześniowej 1939 (Cross of September Campaign 1939)
Krzyż Pamiątkowy Monte Cassino (Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross)
Krzyż Armii Krajowej (Home Army Cross)
Medal "Zasłużonym na Polu Chwały" (Medal for Merit on the Field of Glory)
Krzyż Partyzancki (Partisan Cross)
Krzyż Czynu Bojowego Polskich Sił Zbrojnych na Zachodzie (Polish Armed Forces in the West Military Action Cross)
Krzyż Bitwy pod Lenino (Battle of Lenino Cross)
Krzyż Oświęcimski (Auschwitz Cross)
Medal "Za udział w wojnie obronnej 1939" (Medal for the War of 1939)
Warszawski Krzyż Powstańczy (Warsaw Cross of the Uprising)
Medal za Warszawę 1939-1945 (Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945)
Medal za Odrę, Nysę, Bałtyk (Medal for Oder, Neisse and Baltic)
Medal Zwycięstwa i Wolności 1945 (Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945)
Medal "Za udział w walkach o Berlin" (Medal for Participation in the Battle of Berlin)
Krzyż Batalionów Chłopskich (Peasant Battalions Cross)
Krzyż Narodowego Czynu Zbrojnego (National Military Action Cross)
Krzyż Zesłańców Sybiru (Cross of the Deported to Siberia)
Krzyż Powstania Warszawskiego (Cross of the Warsaw Uprising)

Yugoslavia

Order of the National Hero (Orden narodnog heroja)
Order of the National Liberation
Order of Bravery (Yugoslavia)
Order of the Partisan Star (Yugoslavia)
Order of Brotherhood and Unity (Yugoslavia)
The Medal of Bravery (Yugoslavia)

Axis Powers and Allies

Nazi Germany

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany

Romania

Finland

Order of the Cross of Liberty
- Mannerheim cross (awarded 1941-1945)
Order of the White Rose of Finland
Order of the Lion of Finland

World War II

Participants

Allies (leaders)	Australia Belgium Brazil Canada China Cuba Czechoslovakia Denmark Ethiopia France Free France (from June 1940) Greece India Italy (from September 1943) Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines (Commonwealth) Poland South Africa Southern Rhodesia Soviet Union United Kingdom United States Puerto Rico Yugoslavia

Axis and Axis-aligned (leaders)	Albania Bulgaria Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China Independent State of Croatia Finland Germany Hungary Free India Iraq Italy (until September 1943) Italian Social Republic Japan Manchukuo Philippines (Second Republic) Romania Slovakia Thailand Vichy France Armed neutrality

Resistance	Albania Austria Belgium Czech lands Denmark Estonia Ethiopia France Germany Greece Hong Kong Italy Japan Jewish Korea Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Philippines Poland Anti-communist Romania Thailand Soviet Union Slovakia Western Ukraine Vietnam Yugoslavia Monarchists

Timeline

Prelude	Africa Asia Europe

1939	Poland Phoney War Winter War Atlantic Changsha China

1940	Weserübung Netherlands Belgium France Second Armistice at Compiegne Britain North Africa West Africa British Somaliland Baltic States Moldova Indochina Greece Compass

1941	East Africa Yugoslavia Greece Crete Iraq Soviet Union (Barbarossa) Finland Lithuania Syria and Lebanon Kiev Iran Leningrad Moscow Sevastopol Pearl Harbor Hong Kong Philippines Changsha Malaya Borneo (1941–42)

1942	Burma Changsha Java Sea Coral Sea Gazala Midway Rzhev Blue Stalingrad Dieppe El Alamein Guadalcanal Torch

1943	Tunisia Kursk Smolensk Solomon Islands Sicily Lower Dnieper Italy Armistice of Cassibile Gilbert and Marshall Islands Changde

1944	Monte Cassino / Shingle Narva Korsun–Cherkassy Tempest Ichi-Go Overlord Neptune Normandy Mariana and Palau Bagration Western Ukraine Tannenberg Line Warsaw Eastern Romania Belgrade Paris Dragoon Gothic Line Market Garden Estonia Crossbow Pointblank Lapland Hungary Leyte Ardennes Bodenplatte Philippines (1944–45) Burma (1944–45)

1945	Vistula–Oder Iwo Jima Western invasion of Germany Okinawa Italy (Spring 1945) Syrmian Front Berlin Czechoslovakia Budapest West Hunan Surrender of Germany Project Hula Manchuria Manila Borneo Taipei Atomic bombings Kuril Islands Shumshu Surrender of Japan

Aspects

General	Air warfare of World War II Blitzkrieg Comparative military ranks Cryptography Diplomacy Home front United States Australian United Kingdom Lend-Lease Manhattan Project Military awards Military equipment Military production Nazi plunder Opposition Technology Allied cooperation Total war Strategic bombing Bengal famine of 1943 Chinese famine of 1942–43 Puppet states Women Art and World War II

Aftermath	Expulsion of Germans Operation Paperclip Operation Osoaviakhim Operation Keelhaul Occupation of Germany Territorial changes of Germany Soviet occupations Romania Poland Hungary Baltic States Occupation of Japan First Indochina War Indonesian National Revolution Cold War Decolonization Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany Popular culture

War crimes	Allied war crimes Soviet war crimes British war crimes United States war crimes German (Forced labour) / Wehrmacht war crimes Holocaust Aftermath Response Prosecution Italian war crimes Japanese war crimes Unit 731 Prosecution Croatian war crimes against the Serbs against the Jews Serbian war crimes

Wartime sexual violence	German military brothels Camp brothels Rape during the occupation of Japan Comfort women Rape of Nanking Rape during the occupation of Germany Rape during the liberation of France Rape during the liberation of Poland

Prisoners	Finnish prisoners of war in the Soviet Union German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union German prisoners of war in the United States Italian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union Japanese prisoners of war in World War II German mistreatment of Soviet prisoners of war Polish prisoners of war in the Soviet Union Romanian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union

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