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Herbert Schmidt—the leader of the Fallschirmjäger force at Dombås—received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 May 1940, [45] for his efforts during the battle. [10] He later recovered from the wounds he had suffered, and in 1941 wrote a book detailing his experiences during the battle called Die Fallschirmjäger von Dombaas. [46]
The United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany in 1939, following the German invasion of Poland, but no major land operations occurred in Western Europe during the period known as the Phoney War in the winter of 1939–1940. During this time, the British and French built up their forces in expectation of a long war, and the Germans ...
It later moves to London. [3] 17 May Germans enter Brussels and also take Antwerp. Paul Reynaud forms new French government, including 84-year-old Marshal Pétain, the French hero of World War I. 18 May Maxime Weygand replaces Maurice Gamelin as commander of the French armed forces. Antwerp captured. [2] The Germans win the Battle of Zeeland ...
Defence expenditure also grew rapidly from just 12 percent of the gross national product in 1933 to 18 percent by 1940. [137] During Joseph Stalin's Great Purge in the late 1930s, which had not ended by the time of the German invasion on 22 June 1941, much of the officer corps of the Red Army was executed or imprisoned.
Attacks on buildings and structures in the 1940s (4 C, 78 P) M. 1940s mass shootings (13 C) Attacks on military installations in the 1940s (3 C, 47 P) T.
Following the Italian invasion on 28 October 1940, Greece, with British air and material support, repelled the initial Italian attack and a counter-attack in March 1941. When the German invasion, known as Operation Marita, began on 6 April, the bulk of the Greek Army was on the Greek border with Albania , then a vassal of Italy, from which the ...
The only other fatal air raid in the town took place five months later, resulting in one death when a house near the border with Rowley Regis was hit by a bomb. A total of 36 people in Solihull were killed in air raids between 1940 and 1942. 17 people died as a result of air raids on Willenhall on 21 November 1940 and 31 July 1942.
The Belgian Army surrendered on 28 May 1940, ending the battle. [3] The Battle of Belgium included the first tank battle of the war, the Battle of Hannut. [4] It was the largest tank battle in history at the time but was later surpassed by the battles of the North African Campaign and the Eastern Front.