The European Theater:
World War 2 History Made Easy Quiz

The European Theater of World War II was a huge area of heavy fighting across Europe from Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939 until the end of the war with the German unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945 (V-E Day).

The Allied forces fought the Axis powers in three sub-theatres: the Eastern Front, the Western Front, and the Mediterranean Theater.

1. Adolf Turns on His Soviet Allies

2. America Gets Closer to War

3. An Attempt at Peace

4. Blitzkrieg Across Europe

5. Britain Takes a Toll

6. Not So Phony War, the

7. Operation Overlord (D-Day)

   • D-Day June 6, 1944

   • American Airborne

   • Omaha Beach

   • Utah Beach

   • Operation Overlord

   • Operation Cobra

   • The Battle of Cherbourg

8. Battle of the Bulge (12/16/1944 - 1/25/1945)

   • Battle of the Bulge I

   • Battle of the Bulge II

   • Bastongne

9. The Bridge at Remagen

10. Bombing Missions

    • Second Raid on Schweinfurt (Black Thursday)

    • Operation Tidal Wave - Raid on Ploiesti Oilfields