This week in 1940
Air war - Battle of Britain begins
This week in 1941
Politics - Churchill and Roosevelt produce the Atlantic Charter
Eastern front - Soviet forces in the Ukraine withdrawl
This week in 1942
Air war Europe - first wholly US air raid over France
This week in 1943
Air war Romania - Oil fields at Ploesti bombed
http://www.ploesti.com/
This week in 1944
Western front France - Allied units close Falaise pocket