WWII Timelines, Maps, Statistics, Trivia, and Glossary

Updated July 16, 2003

TERMS & FACTS
WWII Homefront Encyclopedia
World War Two Terms and Facts
WWII Glossary
HyperWar: Glossary - Abbreviations, Acronyms, Codewords, Terms
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Online
Holocaust Glossary: Terms, Places, and Personalities - for more, please visit my Holocaust webpage.


What happened when and in what order: TIMELINES
Chronology Pre War
  BBC - WW2 People's War - Timeline
World War II Timeline - 1917-45 - yes...World War II began with the end of World War I.
VERSAILLES TREATY to POLISH BLITZKRIEG 1919-1939 
The World at War - Global Timeline 1918-48 
A chronology of Dictatorial Regimes between the World Wars
The History Place - World War Two in Europe Timeline
The History Place - Timeline of Pacific War
World War II Plus 55: Daily events from around the globe 
  American Involvement in World War II
  WWII: Multimedia Timelines
  WW2 Timeline start 
  World War II Chronology 
      Simon Wiesenthal Center Timeline of the Holocaust - more timelines and info on the Holocaust available on my Holocaust page.
The World at War - French Empire Timeline 1940-45  
Timeline of the War 
UNITED STATES NAVAL CHRONOLOGY, WORLD WAR II 
  AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUST CHRONOLOGY
  Post-World War II German History (Chronology)
 
More timelines available on specific topic pages found on my Main WWII page.


MAPS
The World, Political Realignment MAP, 1919
Europe, Political Realignment MAP, 1919
MAP: Europe on the Eve of World War II 
  Maps for the History of World War II
WWII Maps Page
  World War II Military Situation Maps - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
  Holocaust History: Animated Maps
  MAPS: WWII Blitzkrieg 1939-1940 
  MAPS: WWII Normandy Invasion Jun-Jul 1944 
  MAPS: WWII Western Front 1944 - 1944-5 
  MAPS: WWII Eastern Front 1941 - 1942-1943 - 1943-1945 
  MAPS: WWII Pacific Theater 1941-1942 - 1942-1943 - 1944-1945  
Map - Losses in World War Two
Map - Alliances of World War Two
  Map of World War Two 
WWII: European Theater Maps
WWII: Asian Theater Maps 
  History of Europe between the Two World Wars 1918-1942 : Europe after World War I
  The ANIMATED map as history: The War goes Global, June 1941 – end 1942
World War II Theaters Maps
World War II Maps by Date 
  Maps for the History of World War II 
  World War Two Maps 
  Maps of World War II and the Holocaust 
  World War II Maps - Misc. 
  Maps of World War II
  Interactive Map of World War II: The European Theater 
  Interactive Maps of World War II
Map - Europe in 1942
  Maps of the European Theater
  Another Map of European Theater 
map of pearl harbor
  Attack Map - Remembering Pearl Harbor @ nationalgeographic.com  
Maps of the Pacific Theater 
  MAP: Pacific Theater, 1941-1945
Map Germany 
   MAP: Japanese Occupation of China, 1940 
MAP: Allied Strategy in Italy, January 1944 
MAP: Operation Diadem(Italy), May 11-18, 1944 
MAP: The Breakthrough to Rome, May 31 - June 4, 1944 
MAP: Rome to the Arno River, June 5 - August 5, 1944 
  The ANIMATED map as history: The Final Solution (The Holocaust, The Shoah) - A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust: Gallery - Maps - more Holocaust-related maps on my Holocaust page.
 
More maps can be found at specific topic websites on my Main World War II page.


STATISTICS & CASUALTIES
World War 2 fatalities
World War 2 Death Count
World War II Casualties: Navy and Marines
The History Place - Statistics of World War II
Population Losses in World War II by Country
Casualties, Navy and Coast Guard Ships, WW II
World War II Casualty Name Search
BRITISH NAVAL VESSELS LOST AT SEA 1939-45 
  Australian Military Statistics


PARTICIPANT COUNTRY FLAGS
Historical Flags of World War II
Third Reich 1933-1945 (Germany): Flags used 15th September 1935 - 8th May 1945
Germany - Nazi Era Flags (Third Reich)


TRIVIA & QUIZ
World War 2 Trivia
Myths of World War II
World War II Trivia Quiz
World War II Commemoration Quiz
The Great World War II Test
Who's Who of World War II
Quia - Mini Quiz - Who's Who of World War II


THE FAMOUS KISS PHOTO
TIME Remembers Alfred Eisenstaedt

More Maps, Stats, Dates, etc. can be found under specific topic headings by returning to the MAIN World War II page.