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-code named Operation Dynamo
-The British Expeditionary Force was sent to help defend France(BFF)
-The BFF lost 68,000 soliders
-Armored German forces cut of the allied forces in Belgium before they got an attack
-Started May 27, 1940 and came to an end on June 4, 1940 -
-A battle between German and British air forces
-Germany's air force failed to gain superiority over the British
-The French quit WWII and left the British alone on June 17, 1940
-The British had an advantage against the Germans
-Germany underestimated the British and waited for them to surrender in July -
-Germany invaded the soviet union in June 1941
-Leningrad's populations was mobilized to build antitank fortifications along the city
-Sent supplies across Lake Ladoga, keeping the cities factories operating
-Germans surrounded the city of Leningrad in an extended siege
-Germans claimed 650,000 citizens live in 1942 alone
January 1944 was a successful soviet offensive drove the German's west-word -
-The invasion of Northwest Africa
-Also called "Operation Gymnast
-October 7 1942, the target date for the operation
-American invasion of French north Africa
-Started November 8, 1942 to November 10, 1942 -
-Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad
-Stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union
-One of the bloodiest battles in history
-German's 6th army reached the outskirts of Stalingrad on September 3, 1942
-On February 2, 1943, -
-156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on 5 beaches along 50 miles of heavily fortified coast of France
-All of Northern France had been liberated in August 1944
-Germany invaded and occupied northwestern France in May of 1940
-Adolf Hitler charged Rommel with finishing the Atlantic Wall (2,400 mile fortification of landmines, bunkers and beaches -
-Adolf Hitler attempted to split the allied armies in northwest Europe
-Heavy snowstorms had caused frost bite and suffocation
-Germany supplies shortage of feul
-They used newspapers as socks
-Came to an ending January 25, 1945, with the allies victory -
-Began on April 16th, 1945 and ended May 2nd, 1945
-1,100,00 Soviet personnel who took part in the capture of Berlin were awarded with the Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
-20 armies, 6,300 tanks and 8,500 aircraft
-The German troops were hurt and demoralized
-Western allies were 60 miles west of the German capital, though Dwight Eisenhower seemed to be moving south of Berlin to prevent Germans fro escaping to the southern mountains
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