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Ranking-4
Battle of Slim River
6-8 January 1942
Japanese Victory
Commander Archibald Paris
Japanese forces invaded north-west Malayla

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Ranking-5
Battle of Cape Matapan
Allied Victory
27-29 March 1941
leader Angelo Iachino
Naval battle between the Allies
British ships of the Mediterranean fleet covered troops movement to Greece.

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Ranking-3
Battle of Beda Fromm
February 1941
Richard O'Connor (Commander)
'Five day raid' to challenge Mussolini's invasion of Egypt.
British Victory

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Ranking- 1
Battle of Shanghai
August 13, 1937 - November 26, 1937
Japanese Victory
Commander Chen Cheng
Japanese attack on Shanghai
regarded as the battle where WW2 started.

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Ranking- 2
Battle of St. Lawrence
May 1942 - November 1944
Leader Karl Donitz
Several of Canada's Atlantic coast ports became important to the resupply effort for the UK and later for the allied land offensive on the Western Front.
Canadian strategic Victory