The War in Outline 1939-1944

Second Edition. — Washington: Infantry Journal Inc, 1944. — 228 p. Materials far the Use of Army Orientation Course.These years were technically years of peace in Europe and Asia. As a matter of fact, there was no actual declaration of war in China until after Pearl Harbor, and Japan chose to call her all-out attack on China "The China Incident." This made it unnecessary for President Roosevelt to invoke the Neutrality Act. But for China and Japan, war it was, and on a large scale, from July 7, 1937 on. Yet even before these dates, military action, or the threat of military action was ever present. Some events were dramatic and startling. Many became familiar to us. But we need to see them in their time sequence because they were actually milestones on the road to the war which became an evident fact in China on July 7, 1937, in Europe September 3, 1939 and which embraced the United States on December 7, 1941. We can see this movement toward war more clearly if we follow the events for which the members of the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis were responsible.The Immediate Background of the War 1
German Offensives in Western Europe,1939-1940
Japanese Offensives in the Far East, 1939-1942
Battles for the Mediterranean, 1940-1942
Campaigns in the USSR, 1941-1944
The Tunisian Campaign
United Nations Counteroffensives Against Japan, 1943-1944
The Invasion of Sicily and Italy
The War at Sea
The Air War, September 1939 to March 31, 1944Chronology — The Immediate Background of the War
Chronology — 1931-1941
Declarations or Acts Constituting Recognition
of a State of War by Adversaries of the Axis
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Historical Documents of the United Nations
Historical Documents of the Axis Nations