People
He would command the Soviet troops at the Battle of Stalingrad.
Field Marshall Gregory Zhukov
This battle between the Germans and the Soviets would become the bloodiest battle in the history of warfare.
Stalingrad
Prime Minister of Great Britain:
At the Start of the War
During the War
At the End of the War
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Clement Atlee
He would command the German troops at the Battle of Stalingrad.
Field Marshall Fredrich Paulus
The last major offensive by the Germans to retake Belgium fails due to improved weather conditions and Allied reinforcements to cities like Bastogne.
The Battle of the Bulge
President of the United States:
At the start of the War
At the End of the War
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
He would be the Most-Decorated US Soldier of World War II.
Audie Murphy
Code name for the Allied Invasion of France.
Operation Overlord
D-Day
This member of the Axis Powers switched sides and declared war on Germany in October of 1943 after their forces in Africa surrendered.
The top "Ace" pilot of World War II was...
Erich Hartmann (of the German Luftwaffe) with 352 kills
Stalingrad
The "Liberation" of this city signified the return of freedom to France.
Paris
This US General, "Old Blood and Guts", would lead the tank relief efforts at Bastone during the Battle of the Bulge.
General George S. Patton
Operation Typhoon was concerned with taking this major Soviet city.
Moscow
June 6th 1944
D-Day
The Allied Invasion of France/Operation Overlord
At Bastogne, during the Battle of the Bulge, this US general showed character and determination with the reply of "Nuts" when asked by the Germans to surrender.
General Anthony McCauliffe
This action constituted the creation of a second war front in the West, causing the Germans to send more troops West to defend itself.
D-Day/Operation Overlord
This 150 year old Russian War Strategy played a key role in the defeat of Germany in the Soviet Union.
Scorched Earth
Faced with execution for his participation in the Hitler assassination attempt "Operation Valkyrie", this general chose suicide to save face.
General Erwin Rommel
Per an agreement with the other Allies, this nation is allowed to take the city of Berlin. They are notoriously brutal of civilians during this Battle of Berlin.
The Soviet Union
This Field Marshall of the German Air Force was captured at the end of the War and executed for war crimes.
Herman Goering
After President Roosevelt dies in 1945, this man becomes the US President.
Harry S Truman
May 8th 1945 is proclaimed "this" as the Germans surrender the day before.
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day
This general is chosen by FDR to lead the US Invasion of France, D-Day.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
1942: This battle in North Africa would be a major turning point of the War in Africa as part of Operation Supercharge.
The 1st Battle of El-Alamein
He led the German Air Force, the Luftwaffe.
Herman Goering
The US Invasion of North Africa, planned and led by General Dwight Eisenhower, would have this name.
Operation Torch
This dictator was killed by partisans from his own country as he tried to escape to Germany.
Benito Mussolini
The Germans and Italians in North Africa surrender after this city falls to the Allies.
Tunis (surprise, not in notes)
He and his wife, Eva Braun, committed suicide in Berlin to keep from being captured by the Soviets.
Adolph Hitler
Major naval battle of 1943. German "Wolf-Packs" sink 27 merchant ships.
Battle of the Atlantic
He is remembered for saying: "A single death is a tragedy, but a million deaths are a statistic."
Josef Stalin
He would lead the German Secret Service, the SS.
Heinrich Himmler
He led the British troops in North Africa.
Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery