European Theater of War

The German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during WW II.

• Audie Murphy

• Erwin Rommel

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Doris Miller

He led the Allied invasion of North African and planned and executed the D-Day invasion at Normandy.

• Erwin Rommel

• Harry Truman

• Chester Nimitz

• General Dwight D. Eisenhower

(1942) World War II battle in which the Britain and the U.S. won a decisive victory over Germany in Egypt, securing the Suez Canal.

• Midway

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of El Alamein

• Battle of Britain

May 8th, 1945; victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered.

• Battle of Miday

• D-day

• Battle of Britain

• V.E. Day

American soldier who killed or wounded 50 enemy troops in Europe; later became a famous movie star. He was the most decorated soldier in WW II.

• Phil Rasmussen

• Doris Miller

• Ruby Bradley

• Audie Murphy

Became a POW 3 weeks after Pearl Harbor. She was the most highly decorated female veteran, and was called the "Angel in Fatigues".

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Ruby Bradley

• Doris Miller

• Audie Murphy

A military blockade. This was used by the Germans against Stalingrad and Leningrad.

• Siege

• blitzkrieg

• Appeasement Policy

• luftwaffe

An unsuccessful German attack on this major city of the Soviet Union during World War II from 1942 to 1943, was the furthest extent of German advance into the Soviet Union.

• Alexandria

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of El Alamein

• Battle of Stalingrad

Operation Overlord June 6, 1944 led by General Eisenhower, over a million troops stormed the beaches at Normandy. Known as the greatest land-sea and air operation in history.

• Dunkirk Evacuation

• V.E. Day

• D-Day

• Battle of Britain

After defeating the Germans in North Africa, the allied forces next moved onto

• France

• Sicily

• The Soviet Union

• South Africa