Europe in 1942

The Second World War actually began on 7 July 1937 when troops of the Empire of Japan attacked the Republic of China . Over the next two years, numerous diplomatic crises flared and armed confrontation seemed inevitable. For most historians, Germany's attack upon Poland, on 1 September 1939 was the real beginning of a world conflagration that would eventually cost more than 50 million lives. This map shows the high-water mark of German victories in Europe in 1942.

Eire	Vichy France	Slovakia
Serbia	Croatia	Montenegro
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics	Greece	The General Government
Hungary	Romania	Bulgaria
Albania	Egypt	Libya
Italy	Malta	Spain
Casablanca	Tobruk	El Alamein

 To view the completed map click Labeled Map of 1942

Geographical features important for Europe in 1942

Learn the location of the following by studying the appropriate maps.

For Western Europe

Paris	London	Amsterdam	Brussels
Dunkirk	Vichy/FONT>	Marseilles	Ardenne Forest

For Central Europe

Berlin	Nürnberg	Munich	Prague
Vienna	Bratislava	Breslau	Posen
Danzig	Königsberg	Warsaw	Krakow
Auschwitz	Linz	Salzburg	Lodz

For Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

Talininn	Riga	Vilnius	Moscow
Leningrad	Helsinki	Smolensk	Kiev
Stalingrad	Rostov	Sebastopol	Baku

 

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