1. Reading and Writing Skills for Students of Literature in English: Postwar; Postmodern; Postcolonial Enric Monforte Jacqueline Hurtley Bill Phillips

2. The Second World War http://images.c hron.com

3. Adolf Hitler, the Führer of the German National Socialist (Nazi) party, preached a brand of fascism predicated on anti- Semitism and racism. Hitler promised to secure additional Lebensraum for the German people who, he contended, deserved more as members of a superior race. Treaties between Germany, Italy, and Japan in 1936-1937 brought into being the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis. http://jordicarreno.wordpress.com

4. Poland September 1, 1939 German armies invade Poland. France and Britain declare war. http://www.wired.com

5. Battle of Britain Summer of 1940. Hitler unable to invade Britain until RAF neutralized. RAF defeat Luftwaffe. September 17, 1940, Hitler postpones invasion. http://upload.wik imedia.org

6. North Africa (1940-1941) February 1941. General Rommel with the Afrika (tank) Korps, launched a successful counter-offensive against the British in Libya, expelling them from the country. November 1942. American, British, and Free French troops fighting together under Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery arrived in Morocco and Algeria. May 13 1942. 275,000 Germans and Italians surrendered. Rommel Eisenhower Montgomery http://blog. educastur. es http://charlespaolin o.files.wordpress.c om http://i769.photobuc ket.com

7. Soviet Union June 22, 1941, 3 million Axis troops invade USSR. Jan 31 1943. Soviets defeat Germans at Battle of Stalingrad. Germans retreat. We will defend Moscow! http://www.c restock.com

8. USA joins allies December 1941. Japanese attack Pearl Harbor bringing United States into war. December 11. Germany and Italy declare war on United States. http://www.solarnavigator.net

9. Italy July 1943. Allies land on Sicily. September. Italian government signs armistice. Germans occupy northern Italy. Allies land in mainland Italy Benito Mussolini http://media.photobucket.com

10. June 6, 1944, D-Day: Allies establish beachheads in Normandy. June: Allies enter Rome. August 25: Paris liberated. September 11: Allies cross German border. May 8 1945: VE day. August 6: Hiroshima. August 9: Nagasaki. August 14. Japan surrenders. http://www. taringa.net

11. 61 countries with 1.7 billion people, three quarters of the world's population, took part.

12. Deaths USSR more than 10 million military and 10 million civilian; China 3.5 million and 10 million; Germany 3.5 million and 3.8 million; Poland 120,000 and 5.3 million; Japan 1.7 million and 380,000; Yugoslavia 300,000 and 1.3 million; Romania 200,000 and 465,000; France 250,000 and 360,000; British Empire 452,000 and 60,000; Italy 330,000 and 80,000; United States; 407,318 Hungary 120,000 and 280,000; Czechoslovakia 10,000 and 330,000.