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(Top) 1 Allied Powers 1.1 Australia 1.2 Belgium 1.3 France 1.4 Greece 1.5 Kingdom of Italy (1943–1945) 1.6 Luxembourg 1.7 Netherlands 1.8 Poland 1.9 Soviet Union 1.10 United Kingdom 1.11 United States 1.12 Yugoslavia 2 Axis Powers and their allies 2.1 Finland 2.2 Nazi Germany 2.3 Fascist Italy (1940–1943) 2.4 Romania 3 Non-Participants 3.1 Israel 4 References

List of military awards and decorations of World War II

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The Arctic Star medal recognises service between 1941 and 1945 delivering vital aid to the Soviet Union, running the gauntlet of enemy submarine, air and surface ship attacks.

This list of military awards and decorations of World War II is an index to articles on notable military awards presented by the combatants during World War II.

Allied Powers[edit]

Australia[edit]

Belgium[edit]

France[edit]

Greece[edit]

Kingdom of Italy (1943–1945)[edit]

Commemorative Medal of the War of Liberation

Luxembourg[edit]

Netherlands[edit]

Poland[edit]

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)

Soviet Union[edit]

In the Soviet Union orders and medals were also awarded to cities, factories, ships and military units.

United Kingdom[edit]

United States[edit]

Yugoslavia[edit]

Axis Powers and their allies[edit]

Finland[edit]

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

Nazi Germany[edit]

Fascist Italy (1940–1943)[edit]

Commemorative Medal of the War Period 1940–43

Romania[edit]

Non-Participants[edit]

Israel[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Awards for military - service towards the establishment of the State of Israel". Retrieved 2018-10-26.

^ "Decoration of State Warriors". mod.gov.il. Retrieved 2018-10-26.

World War II

General

Topics	Air warfare of World War II In Europe Blitzkrieg Comparative military ranks Cryptography Declarations of war Diplomacy Governments in exile Home front Australian United Kingdom United States Lend-Lease Manhattan Project British contribution Military awards Military equipment Military production Naval history Nazi plunder Opposition Technology Allied cooperation Mulberry harbour Total war Strategic bombing Puppet states Women Art and World War II Music in World War II
Theaters	Asia and Pacific China South-East Asia Pacific North and Central Pacific South-West Pacific Indian Ocean Europe Western Front Eastern Front Mediterranean and Middle East North Africa East Africa Italy West Africa Atlantic timeline Americas
Aftermath	Chinese Civil War Cold War Decolonization Division of Korea First Indochina War Expulsion of Germans Greek Civil War Indonesian National Revolution Keelhaul Marshall Plan Occupation of Germany Occupation of Japan Osoaviakhim Paperclip Soviet occupations Baltic Hungary Poland Romania Territorial changes of Germany Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany United Nations
War crimes	Allied war crimes Soviet war crimes British war crimes United States war crimes German war crimes forced labour Wehrmacht war crimes The Holocaust Aftermath Response Nuremberg trials Italian war crimes Japanese war crimes Nanjing Massacre Unit 731 Prosecution Croatian war crimes Genocide of Serbs Persecution of Jews Romanian war crimes Sexual violence German military brothels Camp brothels Rape during the occupation of Germany / Japan / Poland Rape during the liberation of France / Serbia Sook Ching Comfort women Rape of Manila Marocchinate

Participants

Allies	Algeria Australia Belgium Brazil Bulgaria (from September 1944) Canada China Cuba Czechoslovakia Denmark Ethiopia Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) Finland (from September 1944) France Free France Greece India Italy (from September 1943) Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands Newfoundland New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Romania (from August 1944) Sierra Leone South Africa Southern Rhodesia Soviet Union Tuva United Kingdom British Empire United States Puerto Rico Yugoslavia
Axis	Albania protectorate Bulgaria (until September 1944) Wang Jingwei regime Independent State of Croatia Finland (until September 1944) German Reich Hungary Azad Hind French Indochina Iraq Italy (until September 1943) Italian Social Republic Empire of Japan Manchukuo Philippines Romania (until August 1944) Slovak Republic Thailand Vichy France
Neutral	Afghanistan Andorra Bhutan Ireland Liechtenstein Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Tibet Vatican City
Resistance	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech lands Denmark Dutch East Indies Estonia Ethiopia France Germany Greece Hong Kong Italy Japan Jews Korea Korean Liberation Army Korean Volunteer Army Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malaya Netherlands Northeast China Norway Philippines Poland Romania Thailand Soviet Union Slovakia Western Ukraine Vietnam Quốc dân Đảng Viet Minh Yugoslavia
POWs	Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union German prisoners Soviet Union Azerbaijan United States United Kingdom Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union Japanese prisoners Soviet Union Soviet prisoners Finland atrocities by Germans Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union Romanian prisoners in the Soviet Union

Timeline

Prelude	Africa Second Italo-Ethiopian War Asia Second Sino-Japanese War Battles of Khalkhin Gol Europe Anschluss Munich Agreement Occupation of Czechoslovakia Operation Himmler Italian invasion of Albania
1939	Invasion of Poland Battle of the Atlantic Phoney War First Battle of Changsha Battle of South Guangxi Winter War 1939–1940 Winter Offensive
1940	Norwegian campaign German invasion of Denmark Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang German invasion of Luxembourg German invasion of the Netherlands German invasion of Belgium Battle of France Dunkirk evacuation Battle of Britain Battle of the Mediterranean North Africa West Africa British Somaliland Hundred Regiments Offensive Baltic states Eastern Romania Japanese invasion of French Indochina Italian invasion of Greece Compass
1941	Battle of South Henan Battle of Shanggao Invasion of Yugoslavia German invasion of Greece Battle of Crete Anglo-Iraqi War Battle of South Shanxi Syria–Lebanon campaign East African campaign Invasion of the Soviet Union Summer War Finland (Silver Fox) Lithuania Battle of Kiev Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran Second Battle of Changsha Siege of Leningrad Battle of Moscow Bombing of Gorky Siege of Sevastopol Attack on Pearl Harbor Japanese invasion of Thailand Fall of Hong Kong Fall of the Philippines Battle of Guam Battle of Wake Island Malayan campaign Battle of Borneo Japanese invasion of Burma Third Battle of Changsha Greek famine of 1941–1944
1942	Fall of Singapore Battle of the Java Sea St Nazaire Raid Battle of Christmas Island Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of Madagascar Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign Battle of Gazala Battle of Dutch Harbor Battle of Midway Aleutian Islands campaign Kiska Attu Blue First Battle of El Alamein Battle of Stalingrad Rzhev Jubilee Second Battle of El Alamein Guadalcanal campaign Torch Chinese famine of 1942–1943
1943	Tunisian campaign Battle of West Hubei Battle of Attu Bombing of Gorky Battle of Kursk Allied invasion of Sicily Smolensk Solomon Islands campaign Cottage Battle of the Dnieper Allied invasion of Italy Armistice of Cassibile Burma Northern Burma and Western Yunnan Changde Second Battle of Kiev Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign Tarawa Makin Bengal famine of 1943
1944	Tempest Monte Cassino / Anzio Korsun–Cherkassy Narva Ichi-Go Overlord Neptune Mariana and Palau Bagration Western Ukraine Second Battle of Guam Tannenberg Line Warsaw Uprising Eastern Romania Liberation of Paris Dragoon Gothic Line Belgrade offensive Lapland Market Garden Estonia Crossbow Pointblank Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945 Philippines (1944–1945) Leyte Syrmian Front Hungary Budapest Burma (1944–1945) Ardennes Bodenplatte Dutch famine of 1944–1945
1945	Vistula–Oder Battle of Manila Battle of Iwo Jima Indochina Vienna offensive Project Hula Western invasion of Germany Bratislava–Brno offensive Battle of Okinawa Second Guangxi campaign West Hunan Italy (Spring 1945) Battle of Berlin Prague offensive Surrender of Germany document Borneo Taipei Naval bombardment of Japan Manchuria Atomic bombings Debate South Sakhalin Kuril Islands Shumshu Surrender of Japan Potsdam Declaration document End of World War II in Asia

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