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The US and the War in Europe
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War in Europe The war in “Europe” covers not only Europe but:
North Africa The Mediterranean The Atlantic The War in the Air
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Slow Progress The Nazis have taken over an area from France to the Soviet Union, and from the Baltic to Africa. The goals now are to: Drive the Nazis out of Africa and Russia Defeat Italy Defeat the u-boats in the Atlantic Destroy the Luftwaffe (the German air force) Destroy Germany’s ability to wage war.
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Axis Aggression through 1941
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WWII in Europe, 1942–43
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WWII in Europe, 1944–45
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Battle of the Atlantic
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WWII in the North Atlantic, 1939–43
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The Air War in Europe
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North Africa
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Sicily and Italy
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Stalingrad Aug Feb. 1943
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Normandy June 1944
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France, Belgium and Germany
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