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Hace 2 días · World War II, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers — Germany, Italy, and Japan —and the Allies— France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China.
- Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa, during World War II, code name for the...
- Costs of the War
World War II casualties 1 Figures for deaths, insofar as...
- The Battle of Britain
With France conquered, Hitler could now turn his forces on...
- The Far East
The invasion of the Low Countries and France; The evacuation...
- Invasion, Low Countries, France
France’s 800,000-man standing army was thought at the time...
- The Central Pacific
Though the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff envisaged no major...
- Japanese Policy, 1939–41
World War II - Japanese Policy, 1939-41: Until the end of...
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki
World War II - Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Atomic Bombs: On August...
- Operation Barbarossa
Hace 2 días · The Italian invasion of France (10–25 June 1940), also called the Battle of the Alps, was the first major Italian engagement of World War II and the last major engagement of the Battle of France. The Italian entry into the war widened its scope considerably in Africa and the Mediterranean Sea.
- 10–25 June 1940
- See Aftermath section
- Franco-Italian border
- Italian occupied zone
23 de abr. de 2024 · Charles de Gaulle, French soldier, writer, statesman, and architect of France’s Fifth Republic. He was the leader of the Free French resistance during World War II and served as president of France from 1958 until 1969. Learn more about de Gaulle’s life and accomplishments in this article.
Hace 1 día · Following the onset of campaigns in North and East Africa, and the fall of France in mid-1940, the war continued primarily between the European Axis powers and the British Empire, with the war in the Balkans, the aerial Battle of Britain, the Blitz of the UK, and the Battle of the Atlantic.
- Allied victory
26 de abr. de 2024 · Kenny Chmielewski. Maginot Line, elaborate defensive barrier in northeast France constructed in the 1930s and named after its principal creator, André Maginot, who was France’s minister of war in 1929–31. The fact that certain modern fortresses had held out against German artillery during World War I, as well as the.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 4 días · The French Maginot Line was built over 11 years, costing some seven billion francs. It was France's last hope to stop a WWII German invasion.
13 de may. de 2024 · After the fall of France, concerns that the British may be defeated grew in North America, prompting military meetings between Canada and the United States in July 1940. On 16 August 1940, the two countries entered into the Ogdensburg Agreement , which outlined plans for the mutual defence of North America, as well as the ...
