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Invasions by Germany

  • Battle of FranceThe Battle of France began on the 10th of May 1940, and within six weeks an empire that had survived the carnage of the First World War had collapsed.
  • German invasion of Belgium (1940)On the 10th of May 1940, Germany invaded three countries simultaneously: Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Within 18 days, the Belgian Army would…
  • Operation PanzerfaustOperation Panzerfaust was the name Germany gave to a scheme conceived in October 1944 to prevent Hungary from abandoning the war.
  • German invasion of GreeceThe German invasion of Greece began in the early hours of the 28th of October 1940, not with German troops but with an Italian ultimatum delivered by…
  • German invasion of the NetherlandsThe German invasion of the Netherlands began in the pre-dawn hours of the 10th of May 1940. Within five days, the main Dutch forces had surrendered.
  • AnschlussThe Anschluss was the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany, completed on the 12th of March 1938 without a single shot fired.
  • German invasion of Denmark (1940)The German invasion of Denmark on the 9th of April 1940 lasted approximately six hours, making it one of the shortest military campaigns of the Second World…
  • German invasion of LuxembourgThe German invasion of Luxembourg lasted exactly one day. On the 10th of May 1940, three panzer divisions crossed the border at dawn, and by noon the capital…
  • Invasion of YugoslaviaThe invasion of Yugoslavia began on the 6th of April 1941. German-led Axis forces attacked the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in what became known as the April War…
  • Operation WeserübungOperation Weserübung began at 05:15 on the morning of the 9th of April 1940, when German forces struck Denmark and Norway in one of the most daring and…
  • Battle of CreteThe Battle of Crete began at 08:00 on the 20th of May 1941, when dozens of Junkers Ju 52 aircraft disgorged German paratroopers into the skies above Maleme…
  • Operation AchseOperation Achse began at 19:50 on the 8th of September 1943, when an aide to General Jodl broadcast a single coded word to every German command across the…
  • Operation Sea LionOperation Sea Lion was Nazi Germany's plan to invade the United Kingdom, code-named Unternehmen Seelöwe in German. It was conceived just nine months into the…