First Stage of the War

I. Poland overrun

II. Phony War

III. Economic Blockade

IV. Russo-Finnish War, 1939

V. Norway and Denmark

VI. Chamberlain resigns, 10 May 1940

German Western Offensive

I. Belgium & the Netherlands, 10 May

II. Dunkirk

III. Fall of France

A. Vichy

IV. Battle of Britain

A. Luftwaffe vs. the RAF

V. The Blitz

Britain’s Quest for Allies

I. US Lend-Lease

A. “arsenal of democracy”

II. Atlantic Charter, August 1941

III. Operation Barbarossa and the Soviets, 22 June 1941

IV. Pearl Harbor and the Americans, 7 Dec 1941

Course of the War

I. Fall of Hong Kong, Singapore, Burma, etc.

II. Victory in North Africa (Operation TORCH)

III. Churchill’s post-war plans

A. Defending the Empire

B. Mediterranean Strategy

IV. Cross-Channel Invasion (Operation OVERLORD)

V. Tehran Conference, Nov 1943

VI. Yalta Conference, Feb 1945

VII. End of the war in Europe, 7/8 May 1945

VIII. End of the war in Asia and the Pacific, 14 Aug 1945