European Theater

  • Battle of the Atlantic

    Battle of the Atlantic
    This battle was the longest continuous battle of WWII, it started on Sep 3, 1939 and ended when the Germans were defeated in 1945. It was mainly around the euorpean sea board.
  • Battle of Britian

    Battle of Britian
    The first stage of the German plan was to destroy the Royal Airforce, or the RAF. So in an attempt to destroy them, the Germans bombed london. The goal was to terrorize people. Soon the British stopped the Germans.
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
    The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe.
  • Battle of El Alamein, Egypt

    Battle of El Alamein, Egypt
    there were acually two battles in this location. The first took place at July 1, 1942; and the second being on Oct 23, 1942. The first one was fought between the Axis powers and the Panzer Army Africa which was allied with British powers.
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch
    Operation Torch was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War which started on 8 November 1942.
  • Invasion of Sicily/Italy

    Invasion of Sicily/Italy
    This invasion was codenamed Operation Husky. The operation's plan was to take the island of Scicily from the Axis poweres using amphibious vehicles and airplanes.
  • Operation Overlord

    Operation Overlord
    Operation Overlord was codename for the Battle of Normandy which the allied powers used amphibious and airborne vehicles to move their troops. This day is more commonly known as D-Day.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe.
  • Hitler Commits Suicide!!

    Hitler Commits Suicide!!
    The Germans were under attack by the Soviets and Adolf Hitler knew that he wasn't getting out of it, so he took a gun to his head and killed himself.
  • VE Day!

    VE Day!
    VE day stands for Victory in Europe day. This day is selebrated because this is the day the Nazi party officialy surrendered.