APUSH Battle Map: WWII - Europe + Pacific Arena

Axis Power: Germany

Led by Adolf Hitler; launched blitzkrieg on Poland in 1939.

Axis Power: Italy

Led by Benito Mussolini; joined war on Germany's side after fall of France.

Axis Power: Japan

Joined Axis; attacked Pearl Harbor, leading to U.S. entry into war.

Axis-Controlled or Aligned by 1941

Austria

Netherlands

Czechoslovakia

France

Poland

Hungary

Denmark

Romania

Norway

Bulgaria

Albania

Greece

Lithuania

Latvia

Estonia

Belgium

Yugoslavia

Finland (co-belligerent, not formally Axis)

Morocco (controlled by Vichy France)

Algeria (controlled by Vichy France)

Libya

Allied Power: Great Britain

Resisted German invasion during the Battle of Britain (RAF vs. Luftwaffe).

Allied Power: USSR

Invaded by Germany in 1941 (Operation Barbarossa); used scorched-earth tactics.

Allied Power: United States

Neutral until December 7, 1941, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

Neutral Countries

Portugal

Spain

Switzerland

Sweden

Ireland

Battle of Britain

British victory over Luftwaffe; London bombed; RAF key to success.

'41: Germany attacks USSR

Start of Operation Barbarossa.

Dec. 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor: Japanese surprise attack; U.S. enters war.

1942

Axis Afrika Korps defeated by British and U.S. forces.

El Alamein

Allied victory in North Africa; Montgomery leads.

D-Day

Allied invasion of Normandy, France (June 6, 1944).

May 8, 1945: V-E Day

Victory in Europe; Germany surrenders.

Battle of the Bulge

Last major German offensive.

Guadalcanal

First major Allied offensive against Japan.

Coral Sea

U.S. stops Japanese advance toward Australia.

Midway: Turning point

Japan loses four carriers.

Tarawa, Marshall Islands, Saipan, Guam: Key U.S. island-hopping victories.

Leyte Gulf, Philippines

Largest naval battle; retaking the Philippines.

Iwo Jima, Okinawa

Fierce battles close to Japan.

Hiroshima, Nagasaki

U.S. drops atomic bombs; leads to Japanese surrender.

Japanese-Controlled (Axis)

Manchuria

Parts of China

Korea

Burma

Siam (Thailand)

French Indochina

Philippines

Parts of New Guinea

Montgomery

British general at El Alamein

Eisenhower

Supreme Allied commander; led D-Day.