Northern Africa
The invasion of North Africa, Sicily, and France by Allied forces strategically weakened German control in Europe. The North African campaign, culminating in the defeat of Axis forces in May 1943, opened the Mediterranean for Allied operations. The subsequent invasion of Sicily in July 1943 led to the downfall of Mussolini and allowed Allied forces to push into Italy and divert German troops. Finally, the D-Day invasion of France in June 1944 established a second front, stretching German resources thin and ultimately contributing to their defeat in Europe.
Britain had to occupy North Africa in order to move up through Italy. If Germany still had control of North Africa, then German forces would come up behind Allied forces during the "Invasion of Sicily" and destroy them completly.
D-Day took place on the beaches and fields of northern Normandy in France. This area was chosen as it is about 200 km south of where the German generals expected the invasion.
I'm not sure of the date on all of these. 1. Germany's Invasion of Poland. 1939 2. German capture of Paris.1940 3. Allied Evacuation at Dunkirk.1940 4. German invasion of USSR - 1941 5. Allied invasion of North Africa.1942 6. Battle of Stalingrad - 1943 7. Allied invasion of Italy.1943 8. Allied invasion of France - 1944 9. Battle of the Bulge - 1944/1945 10. Capture of Berlin by Soviet Union - 1945
Be more specific. The German invasion of their neighbors or the Allies invasion of Germany.
In the European Theater they started with defending England from German invasion. After that was resolved they went to Africa to defeat the German Africa Corps. They then went after Sicily and Italy.
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The Allies used bases in North Africa to launch an invasion of southern Europe. They took the island of Sicily in the summer of 1943 and landed on the Italian mainland in September.
East. Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of Russia. Rommel was moving East in North Africa too.
Northern Africa
The two titans who clashed in North Africa were German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel and British General Bernard Montgomery.
The German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 succeeded in part because they attacked with no warning. The Soviet Union didn't have time to react to the German army's invasion.
the german invasion of Poland
The Austrian-Hungarian Empire, The German Empire*, The Ottoman Empire, and The Kingdom of Bulgaria. * The German Empire also included her imperial colonies which included German East Africa, German South West Africa, and the northern part of modern day Papa New Guinea.
Operation Torch was the invasion of French North Africa aimed at wiping out the already weakened German Afrika Korps. It was a decisive Allied victory.
German East Africa ended in 1919.