During the Second World War what was the last decisive victory won by Germany, the last one won by Italy and the last one won by Japan? I'm mainly talking about battles fought against the Western Allies but the Soviets count too.
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This highly depends on how you understand the word decisive. On what scope to you see the battles of WW2 interconnected? At what point do you consider battles big enough to warrant a "decisive" tag.
How do you count defensive victories which might have ended an operation but would become meaningless by later operations?
I understand the question but you will get different answers depending on the person's definition of the word decisive.
Due to the isolated nature, the Dodecanese Campaign ( end of 43) comes to mind. German forces successfully took an island group of Greece and occupied those islands.
With a more lax interpretation of the word, later battles could be added. Might ask for "major" victories.