1918 flu pandemic

* Phony War * Period between 1939- 1940 * there was very little combat as both sides built up their armies and arsenals * Axis * Alliance between Germany, Italy and later Japan * The 'Blitz' * in September of 1940, bombings of London and other major cities occurred in what the British called `the Blitz` * Italian Campaign, 1943 * in July 1943, Canadian, British, and American forces launched an assault on the Italian island of Sicily * by…