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Western Front

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Western Front

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military theatre of World War II encompassing Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Germany

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Date
Date 3 September 1939 – 25 June 1940 ( 1939-09-03 – 1940-06-25 ) (first phase) 6 June 1944 – 8 May 1945 ( 1944-06-06 – 1945-05-08 ) (second phase) (5 years, 8 months and 5 days)
Location
Northern and Western Europe
Territorial changes
Partition of Germany (1945)

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1944 NormandyLST.jpg
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Commons category
Western Front (World War II)
end time
1945-00-00
start time
1939-00-00
point in time
1939-09-03
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Belligerents

Allies 1939–1940  France United Kingdom  Poland Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Norway Denmark (9 April 1940) Canada Czechoslovakia Axis 1939–1940  Germany  Italy

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