On
September
28
,
1939
,
Germany
and
the
Soviet
Union
invaded
and
divided
____________________
.
After
the
invasion
of
____________________
,
German
forces
moved
to
Denmark
and
Norway
.
After
the
winter
Germany
used
the
____________________
another
time
against
these
two
countries
on
April
9
,
1940
.
They
fell
.
Then
Hitler
went
to
the
____________________
,
toward
Netherlands
,
Belgium
and
France
.
Netherlands
and
Belgium
were
taken
easily
.
French
and
British
forces
-
the
latter
already
deployed
in
France
-
were
taken
by
surprise
.
This
happened
because
____________________
expected
Germany
to
cross
the
Maginot
Line
.
The
campaign
against
the
Low
Countries
(
____________________
and
____________________
)
and
France
lasted
less
than
six
weeks
.
German
troops
kept
advancing
and
finally
Paris
,
the
French
capital
,
fell
to
the
Germans
on
June
14
,
1940
.
France
signed
an
armistice
with
Germany
on
June
22
.
Germany
occupied
northern
France
and
the
border
with
Spain
.
A
new
French
government
was
established
in
the
town
of
Vichy
,
which
was
in
the
unoccupied
____________________
part
of
France
.
The
Vichy
government
declared
____________________
in
the
war
between
Germany
and
Great
Britain
,
but
was
committed
by
the
armistice
to
cooperate
with
Germany
.
After
the
Battle
of
France
,
the
Germans
viewed
the
defeat
of
Britain's
Royal
Air
Force
(
RAF
)
as
a
prerequisite
for
an
invasion
of
the
British
Isles
.
Germany
started
a
series
of
____________________
in
British
soil
.
Particularly
severe
for
the
population
and
its
morale
was
the
bombing
of
____________________
,
known
as
the
Blitz
.
On
October
12
,
Hitler
announced
the
operation
was
postponed
for
the
winter
,
and
long
before
the
arrival
of
spring
he
decided
to
stop
the
invasion
of
Britain
and
turn
to
the
east
against
____________________
.
On
June
23
,
1941
,
Operation
____________________
was
set
in
motion
.
German
troops
move
to
the
interior
of
the
Soviet
Union
,
capturing
____________________
.
Later
in
____________________
,
the
Red
Army
attacked
the
flanks
of
the
German
forces
and
surrounded
them
.
____________________
got
worse
,
and
the
Soviet
encirclment
began
to
shrink
,
Germans
troops
didn't
have
winter
____________________
,
and
help
never
came
.
The
6th
Army
finally
____________________
-
this
is
the
first
German
army
to
capitulate
.
This
event
will
boost
the
Soviet
____________________
.
