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In the spring of 1940, an emboldened Germany asserted itself as a modern
conqueror of nations, successfully invading and occupying six countries in
fewer than 100 days. On April 9, 1940, Germany invaded Denmark, which
capitulated in a mere six hours. At the same time, Nazi warships and
troops were entering Norwegian waters, attacking ships, landing troops,
and starting a conflict that would last for two months. On May 10, more
than 2 million German troops on land and in the air invaded France,
Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands using blitzkrieg tactics. The
smaller countries fell within weeks, but France held on until June 22,
when it signed an armistice with Germany. Also during this period, the
Soviet Union initiated staged elections in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania,
forcefully annexing them. By the end of the summer, German forces were
digging in, building up, and planning for the Battle of Britain.


A German armored tank crosses the Aisne River in France, on June 21, 1940, one day before the surrender of France
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Waves of German paratroopers land on snow-covered rock ledges in the Norwegian port and city of Narvik, during the German invasion of the Scandinavian country.
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The remains of a naval battle in Narvik, Norway in 1940. Several battles between German and Norwegian forces took place in the Ofotfjord in the spring of 1940.
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A group of German Gebirgsjägers (mountain troops) in action in Narvik, Norway, in 1940
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German soldiers move through a burning Norwegian village, in April 1940, during the German invasion.
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Members of a British Royal Air Force bombing squadron hold thumbs up on April 22, 1940, as they return to home base from an attack on German warships off Bergen, Norway.
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An aircraft spotter on the roof of a building in London, England, with St. Paul's Cathedral in the background.
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German bombs miss their targets and explode in the sea during an air raid on Dover, England, in July 1940.
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Members of the Black Watch, one of the famed Scottish regiments, undergo rough training in South Coast sector of England, in 1940. The men were training to be combat parachutists.
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The Royal Irish Fusiliers of the British expeditionary forces come to the aid of French farmers whose horses have been commandeered by the French Army. A tank is hitched to a plow to help with the spring tilling of the soil on March 27, 1940.
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Belgian women tearfully have goodbye to husbands and sons leaving for the front line as the threat of invasion hung heavily over their homeland, on May 11, 1940
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A formation of German Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers are flying over an unknown location, in this May 29, 1940 photo.
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A German soldier operates his antiaircraft gun at an unknown location, in support of the German troops as they march into Danish territory, on April 9, 1940.
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Reconnaissance squads head the German advance into Luxembourg, on May 10, 1940.
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German parachute troops descending on Fort Eben Emael in Belgium, on May 30, 1940, part of a larger surprise attack.
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French soldiers load a piece of artillery in a wood somewhere in the Western Front on May 29, 1940. The shell will be fired into the Nazi-occupied sector of the soldiers' homeland.
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A formation of German Dornier Do 17Z light bombers, flying over France on June 21, 1940.
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German parachute troops man a machine gun post in the Netherlands, on June 2, 1940. This photo came from a camera found on German parachute troops who were taken prisoner.
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Belgians blasted this bridge across the Meuse River in the town of Dinant, Belgium, but shortly, a wooden bridge built by German sappers was standing next to the ruins, on June 20, 1940.
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A woman, fleeing from her home with the few possessions she can carry, takes cover behind a tree by the roadside, somewhere in Belgium, on May 18, 1940, during an aerial attack by Nazi planes. Her bicycle, with her belongings tied to it, rests against the tree, to which she clings for protection.
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Hundreds of thousands of British and French troops who had fled advancing German forces massed on the beach of Dunkirk, France, on June 4, 1940, awaiting ships to carry them to England.
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British and French troops wade through shallow water along the beach at Dunkirk, France on June 13, 1940 toward small rescue craft that will bring them to England. Some 700 private vessels joined dozens of military craft to ferry the men across the channel.
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Men of the British Expeditionary Force safely arrive home after their fight in Flanders on June 6, 1940. More than 330,000 soldiers were rescued from Dunkirk in the mission code-named Operation Dynamo.
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Oil tanks burn in Dunkirk, France, on June 5, 1940. The aircraft in the right foreground is an RAF Coastal Command Lockheed Hudson on patrol.
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Aftermath of the British retreat in Flanders, Belgium on July 31, 1940. English soldiers lie dead beside their vehicles.
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English and French prisoners of war sit near railroad tracks somewhere in Belgium in 1940.
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German troops parade in Copenhagen, Denmark on April 20, 1940 to celebrate Hitler's birthday.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands. A Dutch father, who had been severely wounded in his head, hand, and leg, stares in horror at the mutilated corpse of his little girl 1940.
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A dead German soldier, one of the many thousands who fell during the invasions of 1940, somewhere in France, on June 9, 1940.
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French tanks pass through a bombarded French town on their way to the front line in France, on May 25, 1940.
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Women waving Union Jacks greet passing soldiers, all Canadians, as they march from the docks after disembarking in France on June 18, 1940.
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Some of the 350 refugee British children who arrived in New York City on July 8, 1940, aboard the British liner Samaria. They were the first large contingent of English children sent from the isles to be free of the impending Nazi invasion.
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German troops walk down a deserted street in Luxembourg, on May 21, 1940, with rifles, pistols and grenades ready to protect themselves.
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Bombs let loose by the Royal Air Force during a raid on Abbeville Aerodrome -- now held by Germans -- in France, on July 20, 1940.
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Refugees leave their ruined town in Belgium, after it had been bombed by the Germans, carrying what little of their personal belongings they managed to salvage, on May 19, 1940.
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Nazi motorcyclists pass through a destroyed town in France in 1940.
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A crowd of women, children and soldiers of the German Wehrmacht give the Nazi salute on June 19, 1940, at an unknown location in Germany.
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Civilian victims of a German air raid near Antwerp, Belgium, on June 13, 1940. British troops said these people were cycling to work when German planes swept over, attacking and leaving them to die beside a wheat field.
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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill inspects Britain's Grenadier guards standing at attention in front of Light Bren gun armored units in July, 1940.
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An allied soldier thrusts the plunger of an explosive mechanism that will blast a bridge to delay the Nazi advance, in the Leuven region of Belgium, on June 1, 1940, before this area fell to the Germans.
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A tandem bicycle carries a whole Belgian family of four with some of their belongings strapped to their backs, as they flee from the advancing Nazis into France, on June 14, 1940.
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Adolf Hitler poses in Paris with the Eiffel Tower in the background, one day after the formal capitulation of France, on June 23, 1940. He is accompanied by Albert Speer, German Reichsminister of armaments and Hitler's chief architect, left, and Arno Breker, professor of visual arts in Berlin and Hitler's favorite sculptor, right. An unknown cameraman seen in the foreground is filming the event. Photo provided by the German War Department.
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French destroyer Mogador, in flames after being shelled during the British attack on Mers-el-Kebir, French Algeria, on July 3, 1940. After France signed an armistice with Germany, the British government moved to destroy what it could of the French Navy, trying to prevent the ships from falling into German hands. Several ships were badly damaged, one sunk, and 1,297 French sailors were killed in the attack.
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Heavy mortars of Hitler's Army are set in position under cliffs on the French side of the English Channel, at Fecamp, France, in 1940, as Germany occupied France and the low countries.
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A German soldier stands in the tower of the cathedral, gazing down upon the captured French city of Strasbourg on July 15, 1940. Adolf Hitler visited the city in June of 1940, declaring plans for the Strasbourg Cathedral, stating that it should become a "national sanctuary of the German people."
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Part 4 Soon !!
Part 2 Link : https://www.nairaland.com/2038334/history-world-war-ii-photos

Hmm

I'd prefer a video

Thats a war.. . . Lots of lessons here for Russia's Putin.

Nice. World war 3 will be really bloody

i wonder why serious posts like this never make front page!
At least this would serve as a warning to those beating drum of war in Nigeria that war no be beans!

Cwaya Pato.. Hehehe

DesChyko:
Cwaya Pato.. Hehehe

hahahahha..... Oh Chyko !

So u dey this land..
u don jonse !!

Cwaya:


hahahahha..... Oh Chyko !

So u dey this land..
u don jonse !!

I full ground scatter nah..

But on how you don finish my MB.. I forgive you noni.

How you manage get all this info, gee?

GOD,pls dont let use experience war in NIGERIA. amen

DesChyko:


I full ground scatter nah..

But on how you don finish my MB.. I forgive you noni.

How you manage get all this info, gee?

Lol .. Omo na web naa

Kaii ,
Gee na u be de first person i know wey dey here oo.. i just have some few e-friends here. but u knw there is nothing like your own Manchee
Anyway, letz not derail this thread oo.. Strictly for world war II

It was just little boy and fat man that ended the war.
Many mega deaths

The Wermacht....hmmm. Good thing they didn't succeed.
Big ups to the British and Russians for their stand against this great entity.

Hate them or Love them, The Wehrmacht was a formidable entity commandeered by the best! Their Speed has only been matched by the Mongols who swept down the steppes! Cities after Cities fell before the German Advance!
I fear Germans and Japanese to this day!
They showed the World what Ambition could achieve for a Country!

great post

This thread will make those idíots longing for war to think twice...

very informative. nice one Cwaya. This deserves front page