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World War II. European Theater Prelude & November 1942-May 1945. 1933 3 rd Reich 03/36 Rhineland 03/38 Austria 09/38 Sudetenland 03/39 Czechoslovakia 04/39 Albania 09/39 Poland 09/40 Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria 04/40 France defense 04/40 Denmark 04/40 Norway
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World War II European Theater Prelude & November 1942-May 1945
1933 3rd Reich 03/36 Rhineland 03/38 Austria 09/38 Sudetenland 03/39 Czechoslovakia 04/39 Albania 09/39 Poland 09/40 Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria 04/40 France defense 04/40 Denmark 04/40 Norway 05/40 Netherlands, Belgium 06/40 France 07-10/40 Britain 10/40 Italy->Greece 04/41 Greece, Yugoslavia 05/41 Crete 06-12/41 Russia
1 8 8 7 5 11/42 Morocco, Algeria 11/42 So. France, Corsica 11/42 Tunisia 02/43 Kasserine Pass, Tunisia 08/43 Sicily 09/43 Southern Italy 10/43 Gustav Line 11/43 Russia to Dnieper River Montgomery Clark 15th Army Grp Alexander Eastern Task Force Center Task Force 1th Abn Div Western Task Force Montgomery Patton 15th Army Grp Alexander
15 2 8 8 1 5 12/43 Montgomery 21st Fall 43 8th from England 15th from Italy 01/44 Anzio attempt 02/44 Anzio counter-attack 02/44 German aircraft industry 01-04/44 Soviet Spring Offensive 05/44 Rome 06/44 Normandy 3rd Airborne 06/44 Operation Overlord 06-11/44 North Italy 21th Army Grp Montgomery 15th Army Grp Alexander Montgomery Clark 15th Army Grp Alexander
15 1 2 2 8 1 9 9 8 1 1 3 7 5 07/44 8th, 9th AF; 1st Army 08/44 Bradley’s 12th Army 08/44 Patton’s 3rd Army, Paris 08/44 7th Army Southern France 08/44 Russians to Warsaw 09/44 France 09/44 Netherlands 08-12/44 Russians thru Balkans 12/44 German “West Wall” 21th Army Grp Montgomery 21th Army Grp Montgomery 12th Army Grp Bradley 12th Army Grp Bradley 6th Army Grp Devers 15th Army Grp Alexander 15th Army Grp Clark
15 9 1 1 2 8 1 1 9 8 1 3 7 5 12/44 Ardennes Offensive 12/44 Battle of the Bulge (1) 12/44 Patton’s 3rd Army from South 01-02/45 Battle of the Bulge (2) 01-04/45 Hungary and Austria 03/45 Rhineland Campaign 03/45 Crossing the Rhine 03-05/45 Germany & Italy 05/45 Soviets take Berlin 21th Army Grp Montgomery 12th Army Grp Bradley 6th Army Grp Devers 15th Army Grp Clark
U.S. Sector British Sector Soviet Sector French Sector All 4 Powers divide Berlin