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WWII
 bigpigeon.us webpage WWII - Germany, updated by RAC 22 May 2022.   ​
Links to all of Big Pigeon's WW II - Germany webpages: (Some webpages are incomplete.)
  • WWII - Germany Overview
  • The Battle of the Atlantic - the war in the Atlantic Ocean
  • The Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO): (North Africa, Sicily & Italy, Nov '42 - May '45)
  •      North Africa & Sicily:
  •         Operation Torch (Nov '42)
  •         The Race to Tunis (Nov '42)
  •         Tunisia (Nov '42 - May '43)
  •         Italy - Island of Sicily (Jul - Aug '43)
  •     Italy - The Italian Mainland:
  •          Salerno-Naples-Foggia (Sep - Oct '43)
  •          To the Gustav Line (Oct '43 - Jan '44)
  •               Battle of Anzio (Jan - May '44)
  •          Cassino - at the Gustav Line (Jan - May '44)   
  •          Cassino to Rome (May - Jun '44)
  •          Rome to Florence (Jun - Sep '44)
  •          The Northern Apennines (Sep '44 - Apr '45)
  •          The Po Valley (Apr - May '45)
  •     ​​The MTO Sea War
  •     The MTO Air War
  •     The MTO Communications Zone
  • The European Theater of Operations (ETO) ( Jun '44 - May '45)
  •     The Normandy Campaign, Jun - Jul '44.
  •          D-Day 6 Jun '44
  •          Normandy after D-Day 7 Jun - 24 Jul '44
  •     France Liberated, Jul - Sep '44.
  •          The Normandy Breakout, 25 Jul - 22 Aug '44
  •          Northern France Liberated, Aug - Sep '44
  •          Southern France Liberated, Aug - Sep '44
  •          The Allies Stall, Sep '44
  •     Arnhem & Antwerp, Sep - Nov '44.
  •          Arnhem - Operation Market Garden, Sep '44​
  •          Antwerp, Sep - Nov '44
  •     The Rhineland Campaign - 1944, Sep - Dec '44. 
  •     Lorraine & Alsace, Sep '44 - Mar '45.
  •          The Lorraine Campaign, Sep - Dec '44
  •          The Alsace Campaign, Nov '44 - Mar '45
  •     Ardennes/The Bulge Overview, Dec '44 - Jan '45.
  •          Ardennes/The Bulge Details
  •     The Rhineland Campaign - 1945, Feb - Mar '45.​
  •          North Rhineland, February-March 1945 - the Ninth and First Armies in February and early March.
  •          Mid Rhineland, February 1945 - the Third Army.
  •          Mid Rhineland March 1945 - the First and Third Armies in early March.
  •          South Rhineland March 1945 - the Seventh and Third Armies in mid and late March.
  • ​    The Central Europe Campaign, Mar - May '45.
  •          Crossing the Rhine, Mar '45
  •          Central Germany, Mar - May '45
  •     The ETO Air War
  •     The ETO Sea War
  •     The ETO Communications Zone
  •     The Eastern Front - summary only (Jun '41 - May '45)
Sources for the WW II - Germany webpage:
  • The webpage header photo, London 1940, shows the aftermath of a German bomb blast during the 1940 Blitz and was found at https://www.vintag.es/2021/12/london-during-the-blitz.html.
  • The companion webpage header photo, Berlin 1945, shows the aftermath of the massive Allied bombing of Berlin late in WWII and was found at https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Berlin-_the_Capture_and_Aftermath_of_War_1945-1947_C5284.jpg/1024px-Berlin-_the_Capture_and_Aftermath_of_War_1945-1947_C5284.jpg.
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