History

When was the inactive period of World War II?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/inactive-period-world-war-ii-108717.html" >When was the inactive period of World War II?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

The inactive period ended with the surprise invasion (Apr. 9, 1940) of Denmark and Norway by the Germans. Denmark offered no resistance; Norway was conquered by June 9. On May 10, German forces overran Luxembourg and invaded the Netherlands and Belgium; on May 13 they outflanked the Maginot Line. Their armored columns raced to the English Channel and cut off Flanders, and Allied forces were evacuated from Dunkirk (May 26-June 4). General Weygand had replaced General Gamelin as supreme Allied commander, but was unable to stop the Allied debacle in the "battle of France." On June 22, France signed an armistice with Germany, followed by an armistice with Italy, which had entered the war on June 10. The Vichy government was set up in France under Marshal PŽtain . Britain, the only remaining Allied power, resisted, under the inspiring leadership of Winston Churchill , the German attempt to bomb it into submission.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about World War II . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: How did Germany overtake the North? Did Germany invade Norway? Did Germany overtake Denmark? When did Germany invade Denmark? When did German overtake Norway? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

The myth of "premature antifascism".(Americans fighting in the Spanish Civil...
Magazine article from: New Criterion ...the Spanish Civil War, lionized as...the outbreak of World War II finally roused...entered World War II, many of the Lincoln...of the McCarthy period, the armed forces...that in World War II the Lincoln veterans...combat units or inactive ...
Rep. Rangel introduces bill to reinstate draft; Pentagon opposes it.(Knight...
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service ...burdens of a possible war with Iraq to the...vocal opponent of war with Iraq, proposes...fighting an unpopular war in Vietnam a generation...for very short periods of time, he said...draft was placed in inactive status. The Department...George McGovern, a World War II ...
A long and proud history.(Army Reserve, history)
Magazine article from: Soldiers Magazine ...Throughout this period, the central...units in the world wars of the 20th...officers for World War I between 1917...After the war, the separate...between the world wars were austere...entered World War II in December...authorized 24 inactive ...
Former missile base soon will be just history.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) ...dismantle three inactive Cold War-era missile silos...No active or inactive missiles are in...missile or even a World War II-era airplane...during World War II. Prompted by the...experienced another period of down time...
NEW LIFE FOR AN OLD SHIP A RESERVE FLEET SHIP WILL BE RESTORED, EVEN AS MANY...
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot ...at the height of World War II and stretched into...The fleet of 97 inactive ships rides on the...of the nation's wars, the private sailors...time, the World War II delivery of troops...during the Vietnam period. An official log...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.