Western Front

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

Key facts

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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Wikidata facts

Instance of: war front
Part of: European Theater of World War II
Location: Northern Europe
Image: 1944 NormandyLST.jpg

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Commons category: Western Front (World War II)
topic's main category: Category:Western Front (World War II)
end time: 1945-00-00
start time: 1939-00-00
point in time: 1939-09-03
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

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Encyclopedic overview

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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