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WWII - Military operations in South and Western Europe

Enter the code names of the major operatios during the Second World War in South and Western Europe.
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Date
Theater
Answer
Attacker
Defender
Outcome
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09/1939-10/1939
W Europe
Fall Weiss
Germany
Poland
Axis Victory
Polish territory divided among Germany, the Soviet Union, Lithuania and Slovakia.
04/1940-06/1940
N Europe
Weserübung
Germany
Norway, Denmark, UK, France
Axis Victory
Occupation of Denmark and Norway.
05/1940
W Europe
Fall Gelb
Germany
Belgium, Netherlands, France, UK, Luxembourg
Axis Victory
German occupation of the Low Countries.
05/1940-06/1940
W Europe
Fall Rot
Germany
France, UK
Axis Victory
Parts of France placed under German and Italian military occupation.
05/1940-06/1940
W Europe
Dynamo
German
UK, France, Canada, Australia, Poland, Belgium, Netherland
Allied Victory
Evacuation from Dunkirk succesful.
11/1940
S Europe
Judgement
UK
Italy
Allied Victory
The Italian fleet lost half of its capital ships in one night.
04/1941
SE Europe
25
Germany, Italy, Hungary
Yugoslavia
Axis Victory
Partition of Yugoslavia between the Axis.
04/1941
SE Europe
Marita
Germany
Greece, UK, New Zealand, Australia
Axis Victory
Partition of Greece between the Axis.
05/1941
SE Europe
Merkur
Germany
Greece, UK, New Zealand, Australia
Axis Victory
Occupation of Crete from Germany and Italy.
07/1943-08/1943
S Europe
Husky
USA, UK, Canada
Germany, Italy
Allied Victory
Capture of Sicily by the Allies.
09/1943
S Europe
Achse
Germany, Romania
Italy, Yugoslavia
Axis Victory
Annihilation of the Italian military apparatus.
06/1944-08/1944
W Europe
Overlord
UK, USA, Canada, France, Poland and others
Germany
Allied Victory
Invasion of German-occupied France. German army retreats south towards Paris.
08/1944-09/1944
SW Europe
Dragoon
USA, France, UK, Canada
Germany, Vichy France
Allied Victory
Liberation of most of southern France.
09/1944
W Europe
Market Garden
UK, USA, Canada, Poland, Netherlands
Germany
Axis Victory
Allied operational failure to encircle Ruhr. One of the largest Allied airborne operations.
12/1944-01/1945
W Europe
Wacht am Rhein
Germany
USA, UK, France, Canada, Belgium
Allied Victory
Disastrous offensive in the Ardennes exhausted the resources of Germany on the Western Front.
12/1944-01/1945
W Europe
Nordwind
Germany
USA, France
Allied Victory
Tactical Allied retreat. German failure to break through the Upper Vosges. Last German offensive in the West.
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