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	Info
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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