European Theater of Operations

The European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA) was a United States Army formation which directed US Army operations in parts of Europe from 1942 to 1945. It referred to Army Ground Forces, United States Army Air Forces, and Army Service Forces operations north of Italy and the Mediterranean coast, in the European Theater of World War II. It was bordered to the south by the North African Theater of Operations, US Army (NATOUSA), which later became the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTOUSA).

In this context we will use it to describe all operations conducted by Allied troops in the European Theatre of War from 1939 - 1945.

Britain in NW Europe September 1939 - June 1944

Normandy Campaign, 6 June – 24 July 1944

Operation Market Garden, September 1944

Ardennes–Alsace Campaign, 16 December – 25 January 1945

Rhineland Campaign