Want this question answered?
In World War 2 there were the Allies and the AxisAllied CountriesAt the start of the war the Allied nations were the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth nations, France and Poland but in 1939 Poland was annexed by Germany and in 1940 France fell to Germany, from 1940 to 1941 Britain and the Commonwealth fought the Axis powers alone.After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and declaration of war by Germany, The United States of America joined the war on the side of the Allies in 1941.In 1941 the Soviet Union was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union joined the with the Allies, (Should be noted that the Soviet Union only aligned itself with the Allies in the interest of defeating Germany the Axis forces, relations between the the Allies and the Soviet Union where dubious at best).Axis forcesFrom 1939 to 1945, Germany was the biggest and most powerful Axis member in Europe.Italy joined the war in 1940 on Axis side but swapped sides in 1943 to the Allies after Benito Mussolini was disposed. Japan was an Axis member since 1937 but only joined the war actively in 1941 with the attack on Pearl Harbor
On 9 April 1940 Germany invaded Denmark and Norway. The code name for this attack was Operation Weserubung. The invasion of Denmark only lasted 6 hours and was Germany's shortest military campaign during the war. Norway capitulated on 10 June 1940.
May 10 1940.
Allies: UK - Chamberlain (1939 to 1940) Churchill (1940-1945) USA - Roosevelt USSR - Stalin France - Petain (Vichy) de Gaulle (Free French) Axis: Germany - Hitler Italy - Mussolini Japan - Emperor Hirohito
Norway
Germany
1940
Rotterdam
The major mistake that the Allies made in preparing for Germany's attack in 1940 was their assumption that the Ardennes Forest was impassable. They concentrated their forces to the north and south of it. When Germany attacked through the Ardennes, they encountered weak resistance, which allowed them to complete their plan of encircling the allied armies.
Germany and Italy, its two WWII allies.
1940
In World War 2 there were the Allies and the AxisAllied CountriesAt the start of the war the Allied nations were the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth nations, France and Poland but in 1939 Poland was annexed by Germany and in 1940 France fell to Germany, from 1940 to 1941 Britain and the Commonwealth fought the Axis powers alone.After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and declaration of war by Germany, The United States of America joined the war on the side of the Allies in 1941.In 1941 the Soviet Union was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union joined the with the Allies, (Should be noted that the Soviet Union only aligned itself with the Allies in the interest of defeating Germany the Axis forces, relations between the the Allies and the Soviet Union where dubious at best).Axis forcesFrom 1939 to 1945, Germany was the biggest and most powerful Axis member in Europe.Italy joined the war in 1940 on Axis side but swapped sides in 1943 to the Allies after Benito Mussolini was disposed. Japan was an Axis member since 1937 but only joined the war actively in 1941 with the attack on Pearl Harbor
Yes, April 9, 1940 4:15am.
Italy was the second country to attack France during WW2. Germany attacked first on May 10, 1940. Then Italy joined the attack on June 10, 1940.
April 9, 1940.
10 May 1940
The Nazi Germans attacked Britain in the early part of 1940.