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THE BLITZ 61 The Blitz (German for “lightning”) was the word coined by the British press for the intense bombing campaign conduc ...
62 GERMANY TRIUMPHANT 1939 –1941 Even before France’s surrender, the British government was making plans for the possibility of ...
BRITAIN AT BAY 63 Entertainment in wartime, 1940 During the Blitz, thousands sought refuge from the bombing in London’s undergro ...
64 GERMANY TRIUMPHANT 1939–1941 Germany’s U-boats had played a major role in World War I, sinking almost 5,000 ships. From the s ...
THE U-BOAT WAR BEGINS 65 A T L A N T I C (^) O C E A N Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico North Sea M e d it er ra n ea n^ S ea Norweg ...
66 GERMANY TRIUMPHANT 1939–1941 May 24 Hood is sunk; of 1,418 men, only three survive and are retrieved by the destroyer HMS Ele ...
SINKING OF THE BISMARCK 67 From January to March 1941, the German navy had deployed two battleships—Scharnhorst and Gneisenau—in ...
68 GERMANY TRIUMPHANT 1939–1941 The US’s involvement in World War I had not been universally popular, and after the war ended, t ...
THE END OF US NEUTRALITY 69 Marines prepare for war New recruits undergo basic training at the Parris Island Recruit Depot, Sout ...
70 GERMANY TRIUMPHANT 1939–1941 GREECE LIBERIA POLAND ROMANIA N O R W A Y ICELAND FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM USSR UNITED STATES OF AM ...
LEND-LEASE 71 GREECE LIBERIA POLAND ROMANIA N O R W A Y ICELAND FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM USSR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CENTRAL AMER ...
72 GERMANY TRIUMPHANT 1939–1941 When war broke out in September 1939, Italy remained neutral, despite its alliance with Nazi Ger ...
THE MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST 73 officially neutral states, but leaning heavily toward collaboration with Nazi Germany. Colo ...
74 GERMANY TRIUMPHANT 1939–1941 1 Italian defensive line Italian advance Italian-occupied towns Sep 13–16 Italian camps ITALY’S ...
ITALY’S CAMPAIGNS IN AFRICA 75 Gideon Force advance Jan 20–May 5, 1941 6 5 ▷ Addis Ababa liberated British and Commonwealth infa ...
76 GERMANY TRIUMPHANT 1939–1941 Rommel’s orders on arriving in Libya were to stand on the defensive and prevent any further Ital ...
ROMMEL ENTERS THE DESERT WAR 77 siege of Tobruk, and in July, a frustrated Churchill dismissed the area commander, General Archi ...
78 GERMANY TRIUMPHANT 1939–1941 I o n i a n S e a C o r fu Jan 29–Feb 17, 1941 Trebeshina Morava M ts . Pin dus (^) Mts. Mt. Tom ...
THE GRECO-ITALIAN WAR 79 I o n i a n S e a C o r fu Jan 29–Feb 17, 1941 Trebeshina Morava M ts . Pin dus (^) Mts. Mt. Tomorr Mt. ...
80 GERMANY TRIUMPHANT 1939–1941 Ionian Sea Aegean Sea A d r i a t i c S e a RO MA N IA Y U G O S L A V I A G R E E C E T UR K EY ...
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