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Who bombed first in world war 2 Britain or Germany?

The Nazis devasted Warsaw in September 1939 and Rotterdam in May 1940 before Britain starting bombing German cities.


What major allied power fell to the Germans?

The major Allied power that fell to the Germans during World War II was France. In May and June of 1940, Germany launched a rapid invasion, leading to the fall of Paris and the subsequent armistice on June 22, 1940. This defeat marked a significant shift in the balance of power in Europe, as Germany occupied much of France and established the Vichy regime.


Names given to the country fighting against Germany?

allied powers aka allies (us, england, france, canada, russia) vs axis powers (germany, italy, japan) and so on...


How did Hitlers choice to call off the bombing of Britain lead to the Allied success in the war?

What Hitler called off (in September 1940) was the planned German invasion of Britain. He did this because the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) had been unable to achieve supremacy in the skies above southern England. Heavy bombing of civilian targets in Britain was a feature of the period September 1940-January 1941. There were further heavy raids in May 1941 - after which much of the Luftwaffe was moved eastwards for use against the Soviet Union. Later in WW2 there were further raids on Britain and in 1944 the V1s and V2s. The fact that Britain continued to fight in 1940-41 meant that the war against Germany continued. IF Britain had fallen it's very hard to see how there could have been a D-Day or any Allied victory in Western Europe. Joncey


How devistating was the bombing in Germany during World War 2?

Far far greater than that inflicted on UK in 1940. Berlin Hamburg Dresden & Cologne, among other targets were particularly badly affected. The effect of both German fighter & anti aircraft artillery defence was much reduced by 1945. Having said that the Allied air foces took great losses in the air attacks.

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