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PHASES OF WORLD WAR II (1939-45) The Phoney War (9/39-3/40) Blitzkreig in the West (4/40-6/40) Britain fights alone (6/40-6/41) [Battle of Britain; the Blitz] Operation Barbarossa (6/41); preceded by German successes in the Balkans; war with Russia continues till 5/45. Japan starts Pacific & Far Eastern war that involves USA (12/41); this continues until 8/45. The tide turns: Midway 6/42; Alemain 11/42; Stalingrad 2/43 2nd Front starts in the West (D Day 6/44), followed by battle for Normandy and gradual advance into Belgium, the Netherlands & Germany. Meanwhile Russia destroys Germany from the East. OTHER MAIN ASPECTS The Home Front Battle of the Atlantic Campaigns in N Africa, Mediterranean & Italy Bombing of Germany The Holocaust, other German war crimes & Japanese war crimes The dropping of the Atom Bombs (Hiroshima & Nagasaki) British Prime Ministers: Neville Chamberlain (till 5/40); then Winston Churchill (5/40-7/45); then Clement Atlee (from 7/45) US Presidents: Franklin Roosevelt (till 4/45); then Harry Truman (from 4/45) Dictator of Russia and Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: Joseph Stalin. BACK TO TOP |