European Theater
From the Blitzkrieg across Western Europe to the Eastern Front and the liberation of occupied nations.
Key Timeline
- 1939 Germany invades Poland; Britain and France declare war.
- 1941 Germany invades the USSR; Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; U.S. enters the war.
- 1942 Turning points at Midway, El Alamein, and Stalingrad.
- 1944 D-Day landings in Normandy open the Western Front.
- 1945 Germany surrenders in May; Japan surrenders in September. War ends.
Theaters of War
Pacific Theater
Island-hopping campaigns, major naval battles, and the war across the Pacific Ocean.
North Africa & Mediterranean
Desert warfare, the fight for the Suez, and the Allied push into Italy.
Key Figures
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.
Georgy Zhukov
Leading Soviet military commander.
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