WW2 POSTERS

WORLD WAR 2

The War in Brief

Between World Wars

BREAKDOWN OF THE VERSAILLES SYSTEM
Manchurian Incident
Economic Issues
Rise of Hitler
Stresa Front
Anglo-German Naval Agreement
Italo-Ethiopian War
Hoare-Laval Plan
Rhineland Coup

END OF THE LONG ARMISTICE
Spanish Civil War
Sino-Japanese War
The Axis and the Anschluss
Czech Crisis
Berchtesgaden and Bad Godesberg
Munich
End of Appeasement
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Final Crisis

Early Campaigns

WAR IN POLAND
Approach to Conflict
German War Plan
Polish Defense Plan
Polish Campaign
Soviet Intervention
Partition

WAR IN FINLAND

WAR IN NORWAY AND DENMARK
German Planning
Allied Intentions
German Landings
Norwegian Campaign

Fall of the Low Countries and France
Defeat of the Netherlands
Onslaught in Belgium
Drive to the Channel
Retreat to Dunkerque
Fall of France
Battle of Britain

Recovery of France and Advance into Germany

PLANS FOR THE ALLIED INVASION OF FRANCE
Developing Alliance
Plans Developed
Selection of Commanders
Final Plans
French Resistance
German Forces
Deception Plan

INVASION AND CAMPAIGN FOR NORMANDY
Invasion
Battle of the Hedgerows
Breakthrough
Breakout into Brittany
Breakout to the East
Liberation of Paris

INVASION IN THE SOUTH AND DRIVE TO THE EAST
Invasion of Southern France
Pursuit Toward the German Frontier
German Reorganization and Allied Supply Problems
Operations in the Netherlands and on the Franco German Border

GERMAN COUNTEROFFENSIVE AND ALLIED DRIVE TO THE RHINE
Battle of the Bulge
Operation Nordwind
Drive to the Rhine

VICTORY IN THE WEST
Drive to the Elbe
End of Hitler
German Surrender
Accomplishments and Cost

German Invasion of the USSR

GERMAN PLANS AND ATTACK: 1941
Preparation of Operation Barbarossa
Opposing Forces
German Campaign: June 22 - Dec. 5, 1941

SOVIET AND GERMAN OFFENSIVES: 1941-1943
First Soviet Winter Offensive: December 1941-March 1942
German Summer Offensive of 1942
Second Soviet Winter Offensive: November 1942-March 1943
Operation Citadel

GERMAN WITHDRAWALS: 1943-1944
Soviet Summer and Fall Offensives: August - November 1943
Offensives on the Outer Flanks
Western Ukraine and the Crimea: March - May 1944

SOVIET VICTORIES: 1944-1945
Collapse in the Center: June-August 1944
Operations on the Southern Flank
Operations on the Northern Flank
Advance into the Reich: January-April, 1945
Last Soviet Offensive

Balkan Campaigns
Campaign in Yugoslavia
Campaign in Greece

Mediterranean Operations

CAMPAIGNS IN AFRICA
First British Offensive in North Africa June 1940-February 1941
British Expedition to Greece and Crete: April-May 1941
Iraq and Syria: April-June 1941
East Africa and the Red Sea: June 1940 - November 1941
Arrival of the Germans in North Africa: February 1941-May 1942
Naval Operations in 1941
British Defeats in North Africa and the Turn of the Tide: May-November 1942
Anglo-American Invasion of French North Africa: November 1942-May 1943

CAMPAIGNS IN ITALY
Conquest of Sicily: June-August 1943
Invasion of the Italian Mainland: September - October 1943
Strategic Considerations
Operations on the Italian Mainland: October 1943-August 1944
Allied Landings in Southern France: Augus - September 1944
Campaign in Italy: August 1944-May 1945

War in the Southern and Southwestern Pacific

JAPANESE OFFENSIVES
Fall of the Philippines
Capture of Luzon
Fall of Bataan and Corregidor
Capture of the Southern Philippines
Conquest of the Netherlands East Indies
Establishment of the Defensive Perimeter
Expansion of the Defensive Perimeter

RECOVERY AND VICTORY OF THE ALLIES
Guadalcanal Campaign
Papuan Campaign
Operations in 1943
Approach to the Philippines
Return to the Philippines - Leyte Campaign
Liberation of the Philippines
Collapse of Japan

War in the Central and Northern Pacific
Navies of Japan and the United States
Pearl Harbor
Battle of Midway
Advance Through the Gilbert, Marshall, and Mariana Islands
Submarine Campaign
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
Bombing of Japan
Atomic Bombing and Surrender

War in Eastern Asia
Japanese Advance in Southeast Asia: 1941 – 1942
Operations in Burma: 1942-1943
Campaigns in Burma and China: 1943-1944
Recovery of Burma and Final Operations Against Japan: 1944-1945
War on the Mainland in Retrospect

Developments in Naval Warfare

Developments in Air Warfare
Doctrines of Command and Employment
Strategic Bombardment
Tactical Air Support for Ground Warfare
Airborne Assault and Air Transport
Science and Air Warfare

Diplomatic History

EXPANSION OF THE WAR: 1939-1941
Poland, the Baltic States, and Scandinavia
German Mastery over Western Europe
Intervention of Italy
Diplomatic Reverses for the Axis Powers
Nazi-Soviet Friction
German Attack on the Soviet Union
United States Abandonment of Strict Neutrality
Japanese Steps Toward War

FROM AXIS MASTERY TO ALLIED RECOVERY: 1941-1943
Greater East Asia Coprosperity Sphere
Hitler's Europe
Search for Solidarity in the Western Hemisphere
Consolidation of the Allied Coalition
First Crack in the Axis - Surrender in Italy
False Approaches to Peace

ALLIED WAR AIMS AND POLICIES FOR PEACE: 1943-1945
Basic Problems
Creation of the United Nations
Poland and Central-Eastern Europe
Dilemma over Germany
Soviet Aid Against Japan and Far Eastern Policy

Postwar World
Italian Peace Treaty
Bulgarian Peace Treaty
Rumanian Peace Treaty
Hungarian Peace Treaty
Finnish Peace Treaty
Japanese Peace Treaty
Austrian State Treaty

Chronology
Prelude to War
European and Mediterranean operations
Pacific and eastern Asian operations
Political and diplomatic developments of the war and postwar period.

Costs, Casualties, and Other Data