The document provides an overview of key events and figures in the European Theater of Operations during World War 2, including major battles, conferences, and leaders on both sides. It includes descriptions of major Allied operations like Operation Torch, the invasion of Normandy, and the Battle of the Bulge, as well as turning points for the Axis like Stalingrad and the fall of Mussolini. Multiple choice and chronological ordering questions are also included to test comprehension.

1. The European Theater of Operations (ETO) in World War II

2. Background Link: The end of WWI: blueprint for a failed peace

3. Links ETO front line timeline Maps of WWII Chronology of WWII

4. Guilio Douhet & Billy Mitchell: Aviation warfare pioneers. Link: The Billy Mitchell Story

5. Mussolini

6. Adolph Hitler

7. Lenin and Stalin

8. FDR

9. Munich Agreement

10. Chamberlain and Hitler

11. Two fascists

12. Winston Churchill

13. France surrenders Link: Hitler in Paris

14. Dunkirk Link: Dunkirk

15. Battle of Britain

16. Londoners using subway as bomb shelter

17. Concentration camp

18. Children in a concentration camp

19. Heinrich Himmler

20. Erwin Rommel The Desert Fox

21. Herman Goering

22. Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery

23. General Dwight Eisenhower “Ike”

24. General George Patton “Old Blood and Guts”

25. General Lucian Truscott

26. Colonel William O. Darby. First leader of the Army Rangers

27. General Mark Clark

28. General Omar Bradley “The soldier’s General”

29. Omar Bradley Bust: Awarded at the Independence Bowl

30. Henry Harley Arnold, better known as "Hap:" father of the U.S. Air Force

32. Stalingrad

33. Women in the factories

34. Rosie the Riveter

36. WAAC (Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps)

37. Ration Card

38. Victory Garden

39. War bonds posters

40. Scrap Drives

41. Scrap drives: Civilians were encouraged to turn in scrap bacon drippings and fats

42. M1 Carbine Link: "The greatest battle implement ever devised."

43. North Africa Operation Torch

44. Casablanca Conference

45. Anzio Link: Battle of Anzio

46. Cisterna: Out of 767 Army Rangers sent to take Cisterna, only 6 returned!

47. Tuskegee Airmen

48. Benjamin O. Davis: US Army’s first African-American General

49. The Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively in World War II. The craft was designed by Andrew Higgins of Louisiana, based on boats made for operating in swamps and marshes.

50. DUKW (Duck)

51. D-Day at Normandy

52. D-Day

53. Normandy after the invasion

54. Normandy

55. Normandy cemetery

56. Hedgerow (Bocage)

57. Germans advance in technology The first jet fighters. V2 rocket

58. “ A Bridge too far” Link: Arnhem (10,000 men went in, 2,500 came out)

59. After the firebombing of Dresden

60. Dresden

61. Ardennes “Battle of the Bulge”

62. Battle of the Bulge

63. General Anthony McAuliffe Link: "NUTS!"

64. Strategic Bombing

65. Execution of Mussolini

66. Yalta

67. Liberating the camps

68. Allied soldiers viewing the horrors of a concentration camp.

69. German citizens who lived near a concentration camp are forced to view what they had ignored for so long.

70. Potsdam Conference

72. Changes in Europe after 1945 Link: Map of European changes 1940-48

73. Matching A) Chamberlain B) Churchill C) Hitler D) Mussolini E) Roosevelt F) Stalin G) Truman 1) USA ’45-’52 2) Great Britain ’37-’40 3) Italy 4) Soviet Union 5) Great Britain ’41-’45 6) Germany 7) USA ’33-’45

74. Matching ( Answers ) A) Chamberlain B) Churchill C) Hitler D) Mussolini E) Roosevelt F) Stalin Truman 1) USA ’45-’52 2) Great Britain ’37-’40 3) Italy 4) Soviet Union 5) Great Britain ’41-’45 6) Germany 7) USA ’33-’45

75. Matching II A) Dwight Eisenhower B) George Patton C) Hap Arnold D) Lucian Truscott E) William Darby F) Omar Bradley G) Mark Clark 1) Replaced Fredendall after Kasserine Pass 2) In charge of allied forces 3) Replaced Lucas at Anzio 4) Wanted to capture Rome 5) Father of the US Air Force 6) First leader of Army Rangers 7) “the soldiers’ general”

76. Matching II (Answers ) A) Dwight Eisenhower B) George Patton C) Hap Arnold D) Lucian Truscott E) William Darby F) Omar Bradley G) Mark Clark 1) Replaced Fredendall after Kasserine Pass 2) In charge of allied forces 3) Replaced Lucas at Anzio 4) Wanted to capture Rome 5) Father of the US Air Force 6) First leader of Army Rangers 7) “the soldiers’ general”

77. Put the following events in chronological order A) Battle of Stalingrad B) Anzio C) Operation Torch D) Potsdam Conference E) Munich Agreement F) Invasion of Normandy G) Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes) H) Casablanca Conference 1___ 2___ 3___ 4___ 5___ 6___ 7___ 8___

78. Put the following events in chronological order (Answers) A) Battle of Stalingrad B) Anzio C) Operation Torch D) Potsdam Conference E) Munich Agreement F) Invasion of Normandy G) Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes) H) Casablanca Conference 1__E_ 2__A_ 3__C_ 4__H_ 5__B_ 6__F_ 7__G_ 8__D_