Second World War: European Theater Breadcrumb academics academic departments history digital history center atlases world war two europe Use the following links to view maps: History (left) MENU Prospective Faculty Maps & Atlases Staff Rides and AIADs Style Guide Digital History Center World War Two European Theater Overview WWII Principals Campaigns of the European Theater Leadup to the War National Realignments from World War I German Expansion, 1936 -1939 Opening German Offensive Campaign In Poland, Industry and Communications,1939 Campaign In Poland, Disposition Of Opposing Forces, 31 August 1939 Campaign In Poland, Deployment Of The Wehrmacht, 1 September 1939 Campaign In Poland, 1-14 September 1939 Campaign In Poland, 15-22 September 1939 Norwegian Dispositions and Initial German Operations, 9 April 1940 Campaign in the West Campaign In The West, Plan As Modified To 15 January 1940 Campaign In The West, Disposition and Opposing Forces, 1940 Campaign In The West, 10-16 May 1940 Campaign In The West, 16-21 May 1940 Campaign In The West, Situation 4 June 1940 Campaign In The West, Situation 12 June 1940 Campaign In The West, 13-25 June The Winter War Russo-Finnish War, December 1939 February 1940 Operations in Finland, December 1939-January 1940 Battle of Suomussalmi, December 1939-January 1940 Finland, The Decisive Offensive, 1-21 February 1940 Campaign in the Balkans Campaign In The Balkans, Invasion Of Yugoslavia And Greece, April 1941 Campaign In The Balkans, German Assault On Crete, May 1941 Operation Barbarossa German Invasion Of Russia, 22 June-25 August 1941 German Invasion Of Russia, Advance On Moscow, 26 August-5 December Soviet Counter-Offensive Soviet Winter Offensive, 6 December 1941 -7 May 1942 The Battle of Moscow, December 1941-February 1942 German Summer Offensive, 7 May-23 July 1942 German Advance To Stalingrad, 24 July-18 November 1942 The Battle of Stalingrad Soviet Winter Offensive, 19 November-12 December 1942 Soviet Winter Offensive, 13 December 1942 -18 February 1942 Soviet Winter Offensive, 19 February-18 March 1943 German Summer Offensive, Situation 4 July-1943 & Battle Of Kursk, 4 July-1 August 1943 Soviet Summer And Fall Offensives, 17 July-1 December 1943 Russian Leningrad And Ukraine Offensives, 2 December 1943-30 April 1944 Operation Bagration, 22 June-19 August 1944 Russian Balkan And Baltic Campaigns, 19 August-31 December 1944 Soviet Offensive To The Oder, 12 January-30 March North Africa The Mediterranean Basin North Africa, Graziani's Advance And Wavell's Offensive,13 September 1940 -7 February 1941 North Africa, Auchinleck's Offensive, 18 November-31 December 1941 Libya, Initial Dispositions, German-Italian Attack, 26-27 May 1942 Libya, Decisive German-Italian Breakout, 12-13 June 1942 Pursuit To Tunisia, November 1942-February 1943 The Race For Tunis, 11-17 November 1942 Race for Tunisia, 17 November 1942-14 February 1943 Campaign In Northwest Africa, The Battle Of Kasserine Pass 14-22 February 1942 Tunisia, Situation 22 April 1943 The World in the Second World War Europe And The Middle East Pacific And The Far East Allied Invasion of Italy Campaign In Sicily, Allied Plan And Axis Dispositions, 10 July, 1943 Campaign In Sicily, 12 July - 17 August, 1943 Allied Invasion Of Italy And Operations, September 1943 Allied Advances To Volturno River And Attack On Gustav Line, 17 January-11 May 1944 Attempts To Cross Rapido And Garigliano Rivers And German Counterattack, 17-19 February 1944 Operations At Anzio And Cassino, 11-30 May 1944 Allied Offensives In Italy, 5 June- 31 December 1944 Allied Plan Of Northern Italy Attack, April 1945 Allied Landing in Northern France Overlord Plan, Combined Bomber Offensive And German Dispositions, 6 June 1944 Allied Invasion Force And German Dispositions, 6 June 1944 The Invasion Of Normandy And Operations, 6-12 June 1944 UTAH Beachhead-VII Corps D-Day Operations, 6 June 1944 OMAHA Beachhead-V Corps D-Day Operations, 6 June 1944 The Capture of Cherbourg And Operations, 13-30 June 1944 Expanding The Beachhead, 1-24 July 1944 Liberation of France Allied Gains In Europe, June-July 1944 St. Lo, German Dispositions Night of 24-25 July 1944 OPERATION COBRA, 25-29 July 1944 St. Lo, The Breakthrough, 25-31 July 1944 The Breakout, 1-13 August 1944 Exploitation, 14-25 1944 Pursuit To The West Wall, 26 August-14 September 1944 Operations In Southern France, 15-28 August 1944 & The Invasion Force Allied Advance to the Rhine 21st Army Group Operations, 15 September-15 December 1944 6th And 12th Army Group Operations, 15 September-7 November 1944 6th And 12th Army Group Operations, 8 November-15 December 1944 The Battle of the Bulge The General Situation, 15 December 1944 German Ardennes Counter-Offensive, 16-25 December 1944 German Ardennes Counter-Offensive, 26 December 1944 16 January 1945 German Ardennes Counter-Offensive, 17 January-7 February 1945 German Offensive, And Allied Reduction Of Colmar, 1 Jan.-9 Feb. & Territorial Changes, 16 Dec.-7 Feb. 1945 Invasion of Germany The Rhineland Campaign, Operations 8 February-5 March & Operations 6-10 March 1945 The Rhineland Campaign, Operations 11-21 March 1945 & Summary Allied Gains In Europe, December 1944-May 1945 Crossing Of The Rhine, 22-28 March 1945 Encirclement Of The Ruhr, 29 March-4 April 1945 Reduction Of Ruhr Pocket And Advance To the Elbe And Middle Rivers, 5-18 April 1945 Final Operations, 19 April-7 May 1945 Allied Occupation Zones These maps are a result of a collaboration between the United States Military Academy and the United States Air Force Academy: 8th and 15th Air Force Heavy Bomber Radii of Action in the Combined Bomber Offensive, January 1943 - May 1845 British Heavy Bomber Radii of Action in the Combined Bomber Offensive, January 1943 - May 1845 Animations are provided courtesy of the Combat Studies Institute, United States Army.