1. COURSE OF WORLD WAR II
EUROPEAN THEATRE
PACIFIC THEATRE

2. MAJOR EVENTS POLAND INVADED STARTS WORLD WAR II, SEPT 1939
FRANCE FALLS, JUNE 1940
MAGINOT LINE FAILS
LEAVES ONLY BRITAIN TO FIGHT
MIRACLE AT DUNKIRK-ALLIED ARMY ESCAPES TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY

3. MAJOR EVENTS BATTLE OF BRITAIN JULY, 1940
GERMAN AIR WAR AGAINST BRITAIN
WINSTON CHURCHILL LEADS BRITAIN
ROYAL AIR FORCE SAVES DAY

4. MAJOR EVENTS GERMANS ATTACK RUSSIA BIG MISTAKE
JUNE, 1941
BIG MISTAKE
TURNING POINT OF WAR IN EUROPE –STALINGRAD,
FEB. 2, 1943

5. MAJOR EVENTS AFRICAN CAMPAIGN OPERATION TORCH LED BY EISENHOWER
REMOVE AXIS FROM AFRICA
EL ALAMEIN, JULY 1942
TURNING POINT IN AFRICA
ROMMEL V. PATTON

6. MAJOR EVENTS
SICILY AND ITALY NEXT
SOFT UNDERBELLY OF AXIS

7. MAJOR EVENTS D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944
ALLIED INVASION OF OCCUPIED FRANCE AT NORMANDY
GREATEST AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT IN HISTORY
LED BY EISENHOWER
OPERATION OVERLORD

8. D-DAY

9. D-DAY

10. D-DAY

11. D-DAY

12. MAJOR EVENTS
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
LAST GERMAN OFFENSIVE OF WAR

13. V-E DAY VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE
GERMANY UNCONDITIONALLY SURRENDERS MAY 8, 1945

14. THE BIG THREE ROOSEVELT, CHURCHILL, AND STALIN MET TO PLAN WAR
CASABLANCA
ATTACK SOFT UNDERBELLY OF ITALY
TEHRAN CONFERENCE
GERMANY WOULD BE BROKEN UP AFTER WAR
USSR WOULD ATTACK JAPAN
UNITED NATIONS TO BE CREATED
YALTA CONFERENCE
AGREED TO DIVIDE GERMANY AND BERLIN INTO FOUR
BEGINNING OF USSR-US CONFLICT

15. BIG THREE CHANGE POTSDAM CONFERENCE ROOSEVELT DIED;REPLACED BY TRUMAN
CHURCHILL LOSES ELECTION; REPLACED BY ATLEE
OCCURS AFTER WAR IN EUROPE
NO REPARATIONS
TRUMAN LEARNS OF BOMB

16. WAR IN THE PACIFIC BEGAN WITH PEARL HARBOR MIDWAY
TURNING POINT OF WAR IN PACIFIC
JUNE, 1942

17. WAR IN THE PACIFIC ISLAND HOPPING IWO JIMA PHILIPINES OKINAWA
TAKING ISLAND BY ISLAND TO JAPAN
CONFRONTED KAMIKAZES
IWO JIMA
PHILIPINES
OKINAWA

18. MANHATTAN PROJECT ATTEMPT TO BEAT THE GERMANS TO NUCLEAR POWER
HEADED BY ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
LEAD TO PRODUCTION OF FIRST TWO NUCLEAR WEAPONS: FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY

19. HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
PRESIDENT TRUMAN DECIDES TO USE THE BOMBS
AUGUST 6-HIROSHIMA
AUGUST 9- NAGASAKI
JAPAN SURRENDERS

20. V-J DAY
VICTORY OVER JAPAN
MACARTHUR ACCEPTS SURRENDER

21. PEOPLE OF THE WAR

22. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
ALLIED SUPREME COMMANDER
OVERSEES/PLANS D-DAY

23. GENERAL GEORGE PATTON AMERICAN GENERAL NOTED FOR TEMPER TANK COMMANDER
SLAPPING WOUNDED SOLDIER
TANK COMMANDER
AFRICA

24. ADMIRAL CHESTER NIMITZ
VICTOR AT MIDWAY
LEADER OF NAVY IN PACIFIC

25. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR GENERAL OF ARMY IN PACIFIC
VOWED “I SHALL RETURN” WHEN LEFT PHILIPPINES
ALLIED LEADER OF JAPAN AFTER SURRENDER.