WWII Western Front
WWII – Western Front
Although the majority of German military deaths occurred on the Eastern Front, German losses on the Western Front were almost irreplaceable, because most of Germany's resources were being allocated to the Eastern Front. This meant that very few reinforcements were being sent to stop the advance of the Western Allies.
The Western Front of the European Theater of World War II encompassed Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and West Germany.
The Western Front was marked by three phases of large-scale combat operations. The first phase saw the capitulation of the Low Countries and France during May–June, 1940. The second phase consisted of an air war between Germany and Britain that climaxed during the Battle of Britain, July–October, 1940. The third phase consisted of large-scale ground combat, which began in June 1944 with the Allied landings in Normandy and continued until the defeat of Germany in May 1945.
