World War II: The bloody war spreads around the globe, 1940-1941
On April 9, 1940, Germany simultaneously invaded Norway and occupied Denmark, and the war broke out. On 10 May, German forces swept into Belgium and the Netherlands, in what became known as the "blitzkrieg" or lightning war.
Three days later, Hitler's troops crossed the Meuse River and attacked French forces at Sedan, located at the northern end of the Maginot Line, an elaborate series of fortifications built after World War I and considered an impenetrable defensive barrier. .
On June 14, the German army entered Paris; A new government formed by Marshal Philippe Pétain (French hero of World War I) requested a ceasefire two nights later.
From the late 1940s to the summer of 1941, the conflict between the nations turned into a true world war. The East African Campaign and the Western Desert Campaign both began during this period, with largely Italian and British forces fighting back and forth across the deserts of Egypt and Libya, and from Ethiopia to Kenya. The tripartite treaty – a declaration of cooperation between Germany, Italy and Japan – was signed in Berlin.
Japanese forces occupied Vietnam, established bases in French Indochina, and continued to attack China. Mussolini ordered his forces to attack Greece, starting the Greco-Italian War and the Balkan Campaign.
The Battle of Britain continued as the armies of Germany and Britain launched bombing raids and sea attacks against each other. The United States began its lend-lease program, which would eventually send $50 billion worth of weapons and materials to the Allies.
And an ominous new phase began as the Germans established walled ghettos in Warsaw and other Polish cities, besieging Jews from the surrounding areas and forcing them to move into these enclaves. Here is a collection of interesting and rare photographs documenting this period of World War II.
After the 1000's of hours of research on this subject, I get so frustrated with the continued lies being put forward by the victors, and the ignorant folks who write articles like this. But even with more propaganda like this, perhaps some of you can read between the lines?
ReplyDeleteWhy were French troops at the Northern end of the Maginot line? Hitler had already offered peace terms and appealed to the French and British to withdraw their declarations of war! The killing of ethnic Germans in Poland had been stopped. BTW, the Soviet Union had also invaded Poland and nobody declared war on them! The truth that this propaganda fails to mention is that the French were combining with the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) and were preparing to attack Germany. So naturally, the Germans launched a pre-emtive strike, resulting in a swift defeat of the two major empires of the days armies. Hitler (the genocidal murderer that he was), allowed the remaining 370,000 surviving BEF to be rescued from the beach at Dunkirk with yet another peace offer in their pockets.
The British also attempted landing forces in Norway, which led to the first Battle of Narvick. This was a naval loss for Germany, but a bigger loss for the British as they did not achieve their goal. Ultimately, it also resulted in a humiliated Neville Chamberlain stepping down and being replaced by the real genocidal drunken lunatic mostly responsible for all the horror of WW2... Winston Churchill. Even more criminal than Stalin, Roosevelt, and that POS Eisenhower, Churchill could easily have averted the entire war before it escalated into the destruction of Europe, and over 70 million dead. But no, he had "nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat". May he rot in hell.
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