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The Line of Contact marked the farthest advance of American, British, French, and Soviet armies into German controlled territory at the end of World War II in Europe. In general a "line of contact" refers to the demarcation between two or more given armies, whether they are allied or belligerent.
This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:WW2_Holocaust_Europe_map-fr.svg licensed with FAL . 2011-09-28T13:32:55Z Sémhur 1310x1090 (502755 Bytes) Location of Varsovie, border between Poland and East Prussia
German-occupied Europe (or Nazi-occupied Europe) refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were wholly or partly militarily occupied and civil-occupied, including puppet governments, by the military forces and the government of Nazi Germany at various times between 1939 and 1945, during World War II, administered by the Nazi regime under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler.
File:WW2-Holocaust-Europe.png licensed with Cc-by-3.0 2007-12-20T03:41:38Z Dna-webmaster 1310x1090 (845818 Bytes) new version without "Axis cooperating" in legend 2007-12-20T02:00:30Z Dna-webmaster 1310x1090 (844034 Bytes) Now entire West Prussia and Wartheland is included in the Third Reich
World War II began in Europe on 1 September 1939 [1] [2] with the German invasion of Poland and the United Kingdom and France's declaration of war on Germany two days later on 3 September 1939. Dates for the beginning of the Pacific War include the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] or the earlier Japanese ...
Many of the maps of the Pacific region were printed by the US Army Map Service, while the UK was responsible for many of the European Theatre maps. Many of the US Navy charts were folded in envelopes and distributed to the air crews before a mission, and to be turned in when the mission was successfully completed.
However, allied advance halted at the Albert Canal, leaving the district under German occupation for the rest of September. Only after the canal was breached at Schoten on 2 October could this district be liberated. [25] 3 October 1944 Brasschaat [25] 3 October 1944 Ravels [25] 3 October 1944 Poppel [104] 4 October 1944 Kapellen [25] 4 October ...
The Atlantic Wall (German: Atlantikwall) was an extensive system of coastal defences and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944 along the coast of continental Europe and Scandinavia as a defence against an anticipated Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe from the United Kingdom, during World War II.