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German Offensive 1939-1941

From 1 September 1939 to 6 April 1941, less than 20 months, the German Army manuevered around Europe in Blitzkrieg fashion. The table to the right shows the length of time their defenders were able to hold out before surrendering.
      Country Invaded Surrendered Days of Defense
      Poland 1 Sept 1939 27 Sept 1939 26 days
      Norway 9 Apr 1940 10 June 1940 61 days
      Denmark 9 Apr 1940 ? ?
      Belgium 10 May 1940 28 May 1940 18 days
      Netherlands 10 May 1940 15 May 1940 5 days
      Luxemberg 10 May 1940 ? ?
      France 10 May 1940 22 June 1940 42 days
      Greece 6 Apr 1941 27 Apr 1941 21 days
      Yugoslavia 6 Apr 1941 17 Apr 1941 11 days


US Army & Airforce POW deaths
The brutality and poor treatment of prisoners by the Japanese during the war is brutally apparent when you look at the table below of deaths of
United States soldiers while in captivity. During the Bataan death march (Philippines), about 5,000 of the 12,000 US POW's died.

Held captive by % of deaths
Germany & Italy 1.2 %
Japan 40.0 %


Battle Field Deaths by Campaign

German Invasion of Poland Poland - 66,300
German - 13,100
Russia - 900
German Invasion of Denmark/Norway German - 3,692
Norway - 2,000
German Invasion of France France - 120,000
Germany - 43,100
Britain - 11,010
Belgium - 7,500
Holland - 2,890
Italy - 1,250
German Invasion of the Balkans Yugoslavia - ?
Italy - 38,830
Greece - 19,000
German - 3,674
German Invasion of Eastern Front Russia - 11,000,000
Germany - 2,415,690
Romania - 381,000 (axis) & 170,000 (allies)
Hungary - 136,000
Poland - 40,000
Bulgaria - 32,000
German Invasion in North Africa Italy - 20,720
Britain - 13,230
Germany - 12,810
America - 3,620
Australia - 3,150
France - 12,920
New Zealand - 6,340
South Africa - 2,100
India - 1,720