what countries did germany invade during ww2?
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Germany defeated and occupied Poland (attacked in September 1939), Denmark (April 1940), Norway (April 1940), Belgium (May 1940), the Netherlands (May 1940), Luxembourg (May 1940), France (May 1940), Yugoslavia (April 1941), and Greece (April 1941).
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['In a six week lightning campaign German forces over-ran Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg, humiliating the British and defeating the French.', 'A diversionary attack held some of the best Allied units in the north while the main German attack fell on French forces in and around Sedan.']
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Germany attacked in the west on May 10, 1940. Initially, British and French commanders had believed that German forces would attack through central Belgium as they had in World War I, and rushed forces to the Franco-Belgian border to meet the German attack.
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3, they declared war on Germany, initiating World War II. To Hitler, the conquest of Poland would bring Lebensraum, or “living space,” for the German people.
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['7 July 1937: Clash near the Marco Polo Bridge, close to Beijing. ... ', '10 May 1940: Germans launch offensive in the West. ... ', '12 August 1940: Battle of Britain begins. ... ', '22 June 1941: Launching of Operation Barbarossa. ... ', '7 December 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor. ... ', '4 June 1942: Battle of Midway.']
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France was one of the Allied Powers in World War II, but was conquered by Nazi Germany in 1940. The Third Republic was dismantled, and most of the country was controlled directly by Germany while the south was controlled until 1942 by the collaborationist Vichy government.
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Nazi Germany had been at war with Great Britain and France since September 3, 1939, but little fighting took place on the western front until May 1940. German military strategy involved invading the neutral Low Countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg) in order to invade France.
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On September 3, 1939, in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.
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Invasion. In January 1923, the French and Belgian armies sent 60,000 soldiers into the Ruhr region of Germany. The French aimed to extract the unpaid reparations and took control of key industries and natural resources. The Weimar Government instructed the Ruhr workers to go on strike, instead of helping the French.
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Operation Barbarossa. On 22 June 1941 Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Codenamed Operation Barbarossa, it was the largest military operation in history, involving more than 3 million Axis troops and 3,500 tanks.
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Operation Barbarossa, original name Operation Fritz, during World War II, code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union, which was launched on June 22, 1941. The failure of German troops to defeat Soviet forces in the campaign signaled a crucial turning point in the war.
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['November 11, 1918. World War I Ends. ... ', 'January 30, 1933. Hitler Appointed German Leader. ... ', 'September 1, 1939. World War II Begins. ... ', 'September 17, 1939. Soviet Union Invades Poland. ... ', 'September 27, 1939. Warsaw Captured. ... ', "December 13, 1939. UK Wins War's First Sea Battle. ... ", 'April 8, 1940. Norway Invaded. ... ', 'May 10, 1940.']
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German troops invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, triggering World War II. In response to German aggression, Great Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany.
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On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland from the west; two days later, France and Britain declared war on Germany, beginning World War II.
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On this day in 1939, German forces under the control of Adolf Hitler bombard Poland on land and from the air. World War II had begun.
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["Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat.", 'Allied victory in North Africa enables invasion of Italy to be launched.', 'Italy surrenders, but Germany takes over the battle.', 'British and Indian forces fight Japanese in Burma.']
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At the Potsdam Conference (17 July to 2 August 1945), after Germany's unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945, the Allies divided Germany into four military occupation zones — France in the southwest, Britain in the northwest, the United States in the south, and the Soviet Union in the east, bounded eastwards by the Oder ...