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 Participants in World
War II In World War II, about 50
Allied nations joined forces against Germany,
Japan, and the other Axis powers. Few countries
remained totally neutral. |
 Military Casualties
in World War II |
 The
War in Europe and Africa: A Chronology |
 The
North Africa Campaign (Operation Torch), 1942
In May, 1942, German Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps, aided by Italian
troops, began a powerful offensive in North
Africa. British troops had halted that offensive
by July, American troops landed in November, and
the last organized Axis army force surrendered in
May, 1943. |
 The
Italian Campaign, 1943-1944 On July 10, 1943, Allied toops landed on
Sicily. During the fighting, Benito Mussolini
fell from power in Italy. The Allies occupied all
Sicily on August 17. The new Italian government
signed an armistice with the Allies on September
3, and announced it five days later. |
 The
War in Asia and the Pacific: A Chronology |
 The Battle of Okinawa
(Operation Iceberg), fought between
April 1 and June 22, 1945, was the first (and
only) U.S. land operation on Japanese soil during
World War II, as well as the largest amphibious
assault and last major battle in the Pacific
Theater. It was also the bloodiest campaign in
the Pacific, with more than 250,000 total
casualties suffered. |
 The Surrender of
Japan On September 2, aboard the
battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay,
Japanese envoys Foreign Minister Mamoru
Shigemitsu and General Yoshijiro Umezu signed
their names on the Instrument of Surrender.
Afterward, General MacArthur signed for the
Allied Powers and accepted the surrender. |
 Dachau
was the name of a Nazi
concentration camp located about 10 miles
northwest of Munich. Not only was it the first
Nazi concentration camp to be opened, it was also
the only one to remain in operation throughout
the duration of Nazi Germany's existence. In
addition, it served as the model by which every
other Nazi camp was constructed and operated. |
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