The conflict between the Allied and Axis Powers from 1939-1945 was truly global and left very little of the civilised world untouched.

Motorcycle Rides

European Theatre (Western Hemisphere)

• Battle of the River Plate (Rio de la Plata) 13 December 1939
• Finns Attack Russians on the Raate Road in the Winter War 5 January 1940
• Australians Capture Bardia Lybia 5 January 1941
• Rommel Takes Over the Afrika Corps 12 February 1941
• British and Norwegians Conduct Operation Claymore Against German Targets in Norway 4 March 1941
• German and Italy Declare war on the USA 11 December 1941
• Battle of Kasserine Pass Tunisia 14-22 February 1943
• 1LT Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr. Medal of Honor Recipient Omaha Beach 6 June 1944
• The Road to Vire / Saint Charles de Percy and Operation Bluecoat 29 July 6 August 1944
• 8 December 1944 General Patton's Prayer
• NUTS! 22 December 1944 Battle of the Bulge at Bastogne
• Red Army "Liberates" Warsaw from Germans 17 January 1945
• General Patton Dies After Automobile Accident 21 December 1945

Pacific Theatre (Eastern Hemishpere)

• 9 December 1942 Australians Capture Gona from Japanese
Technorati Tags: 1930s 1939 1940 1940s 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Asia AT BE Britain CN CZ DE EE europe FI FR france GB germany HR HU IT Italy Japan JP LT LU LV MM NL NO PH RU Russia SG SI SK USA USA World War 2 World War II WWII WWII motorcycle motorcycle-touring motorcycle touring military history military-history battlefields

From 1914-1918, Europe engulfed itself in a war that was long called the Great War or the War to End All Wars.

• The First Battle of Champagne 20 December 1914
• The Second / Winter Battle of the Masurian Lakes 7-22 February 1915
• Battle of Neuve Chapelle 10-13 March 1915
• Pancho Villa Attacks Columbus, New Mexico 9 March 1916
• Battle of Verdun Ends 18 December 1916
• WWI Versailles Peace Conference Opens 18 January 1919




Technorati Tags: 1900s 1910s 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 AT Austria-Hungary BA BE BeNeLux BG Britain CZ DE europe FR france GB germany HR HU IT Italy LU NL Ottoman-Empire PL RS RU Russia SI SK TR USA World War 1 World War I WWI WWI motorcycle motorcycle-touring motorcycle touring military history military-history battlefields

The period between 1796 and 1815, saw Napoleon conquer and then lose almost all of modern day western Europe.

• Blucher Defeats Napoleon at Laon 9-10 March 1814

Great post on helmet laws and a very interesting discussion in the comments section going on over at Why Bike blog.