European theater

European Theater Timeline

  • The Battle of The Atlantic

    The Battle of The Atlantic
    Germany entered WWII with a naval powerful enough to challenge for control of the seas. Germans developed new tactics to increase U-boat effectiveness. Germany declared war on U.S. U-Boat attacks began on Americans ships. Just in a few months 360 U.S. boats sunken. Compared to the 8 German boats.
  • Battle of Britain

    defeated French signed an armistice and quit World War II. Britain now stood alone against the power of Germany's military forces, which had conquered most of Western Europe in less than two months. Britain's success in continuing the war would very much depend on the RAF Fighter Command's
  • Operation Overlord

    Operation Overlord was the code name for The Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II. The operation commenced on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day.)
  • Invasion of Sicily/Italy

    The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II, in which the Allies took the island of SIcily from the Axis powers (Italy and Nazi Germany). It was a large amphibious and airborne operation, followed by a six-week land campaign and was the beginning of the Italian Campaign.
  • Battle of El Alamein, Egypt

    a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought in Egypt between Axis forces (Germany and Italy) of the Panzer Army Africa (Panzeramee Africa) (also known as the Afrika Korps) commanded by Field Marshall.
  • Operation Tourch

    The Soviet Union had pressed the United States and United Kingdom to start operations in Europe and open a second front to reduce the pressure of German forces on the Soviet troops. While the American commanders favored Operation Sledgehammer, landing in Occupied Europe as soon as possible, The British commanders believed that such a course would end in disaster.