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Invasions by Germany

  • Battle of FranceIn 1940, France fell within six weeks despite having more tanks than Germany.
  • German invasion of Belgium (1940)German gliders landed on top of Belgium's Fort Eben-Emael on the 10th of May 1940. Explosives disabled its defenses.
  • Operation PanzerfaustGermany stopped Hungary from quitting the war in October 1944 with a kidnapping and four Tiger II tanks.
  • German invasion of GreeceHitler invaded Greece partly to protect Romanian oil from British bombers.
  • German invasion of the NetherlandsOn the day Germany invaded in 1940, the Netherlands had zero modern tanks.
  • AnschlussAustria was annexed by Nazi Germany in March 1938 without a single shot fired. Crowds greeted troops with flowers.
  • German invasion of Denmark (1940)Germany's 1940 invasion of Denmark lasted approximately six hours. Danish forces surrendered before noon.
  • German invasion of LuxembourgGermany's invasion of Luxembourg lasted exactly one day. Three panzer divisions crossed at dawn on May 10, 1940.
  • Invasion of YugoslaviaHitler attacked Yugoslavia in April 1941 after a coup toppled a government that had just allied with him.
  • Operation WeserübungTwo 48-year-old guns sank a German cruiser in Norway's Oslofjord. It bought Norway's king time to flee.
  • Battle of CreteIn the 1941 Battle of Crete, a wrong guess about two lost companies left Maleme Airfield undefended.
  • Operation AchseOne coded word, "Achse," turned German troops on Italy on September 8, 1943.
  • Operation Sea LionGerman engineers made some tanks float and others walk underwater for Operation Sea Lion.

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