Western Front
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The Western Front was a military theatre of World War II encompassing Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. The Italian front is considered a separate but related theatre. The Western Front's 1944–1945 phase was officially deemed the European Theater by the United States, whereas Italy fell under the Mediterranean Theater along with the North African campaign. The Western Front was marked by two phases of large-scale combat operations. The first phase saw the capitulation of Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, and France during May and June 1940 after their defeat in the Low Countries and the northern half of France, and continued into an air war between Germany and Britain that climaxed with the Battle of Britain. The second 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 with its invasion.
Artillery-damaged trees in the Hürtgen Forest
Erwin Kraus podczas wizytacji jednostki na froncie zachodnim (2-322)
RAF attack Saint Malo 31 Jul 1942
517th PRCT in the Hurtgen Forest
Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-580-1989-10, Italien, Schützenpanzer mit Rotkreuzflagge
Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-582-2103-18, Frankreich, Fallschirmjäger mit MG
Guerra Lampo 2
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-P008041, Köln, Hohenzollernbrücke nach Bombenangriff
111-SC-19650 - These hungry infantrymen of the 7th Army waste no time when they hear "seconds on cake". Bult area, France
SC 196671 - Members of the 1st French Army, in the Mulhouse area, France, decorated this jeep with a captured picture of Hitler. To further show their sentiment for Adolf, they completed the picture by placing a chain around his neck- Defenders of Fortress Europe - book by Samuel Mitcham, English, 2009
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