major events of WW2

1. The african theater

1.1. also known as the african campaign

1.2. fought between allied and axis powers

1.3. started with italian declaration of war

1.4. june 10, 1940

1.5. series of battles for control of libya and egypt regions

1.6. climax in second battle of al alamein

1.7. operation torch-compromised with britain and america

1.8. britain secured north africa

1.9. america fought nazi germany

1.10. this victory lead to the italian campaign

2. the pacific theater

2.1. between allies and japan

2.2. allied powers' pacific ocean area

2.3. march 30, 1942 started

2.4. US admiral Chester Nimitz appointed supreme allied commander of pacific ocean areas

2.5. japanese forces were combined fleet of imperial japanese navy

2.6. japanese led by admiral isoroku yamamoto

2.6.1. died by US air attack in april 1943

3. the european theater

3.1. also known as the second european war

3.2. september 1939 to end of the war w the soviet union

3.3. german unconditional surrender on may 8, 1945

3.4. germany used blitzkrieg tactics

3.5. sept 3, 1939 britain and france declared war on germany

3.6. sept 28, 1939 baltics let soviet union in

3.7. sweden remained neutral