WW2: European Theater

By david.wang01

  • Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy announce Axis alliance

  • Nazi Germany invades Poland

  • Nazi Germany invades France and Belgium through Ardennes Forest

  • Nazi German attack on the Soviet Union

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    This marked the turning point of the war in favor of the Allies

  • Allied invasion of Italy

  • D-Day U.S. Normandy Invasion

    This invasion gave the allies a western front and significantly boosted morale.

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Thought of the last attempt by Hitler to separate the allies and win the war and often considered the point when the war was decisively lost by the Axis Powers.

  • Hitler commits suicide

  • German forces surrender