During Operation Gunnerside, 1943, saboteurs succeeded in destroying a Heavy Water production facility, possibly preventing Hitler from making Atomic Bombs.
12 April 1939 King Zog flees the country, refusing to become a puppet leader under the Italian invaders.
The French Resistance movement used this country to smuggle out shot down Allied pilots throughout the war.
In 1938 this country willingly gave up their independence to join Germany.
Simo 'White Death' Häyhä, a sniper, killed 505 Soviet soldiers during a short part of the war.
On June 14, 1940, This country's capital fell, unopposed, to the German Army.
German soldiers fought only on the eastern front from April 1st to May 8th, 1945, so that they could surrender as many as possible to the Western Allied troops and not the Soviets.
In 1940, this country did not just stop the Italian invasion, they forced the invaders back out of their country, losing only when Germany intervened with stronger forces.
10th of May, 1940, the UK illegally invaded this country to avoid it falling into German hands.
In 1941, Rudolf Hess, Hitlers right-hand man, flew to this country, alone, to try to negotiate peace. He was immediately arrested on arrival.
In April 1945, Mussolini was shot by communists and his body hung upside down from a gas station roof.
The 1944 Allied Operation Market Garden failed after losing the battle of Arnhem.
The largest Jewish revolt during the war happened in this country. It took the German army almost a month to regain control.
After the outbreak of the war, this country announced that a 600 year old agreement with the UK still stood, but remained an Allied friendly Neutral country.
Joining Germany in 1940, this country contributed more soldiers to the Eastern Front than all of Germanys other allies combined.
Even though it was a German-friendly fascist dictatorship, this country protected itself, and its neutral neighbour, from German interference.
In 1942, Canadian fighter ace George Beurling shot down 27 German planes in just 14 days during one of the battles for this country
This country was a British colony throughout the war, but soldiers from there were involved in campaigns from France to Libya.
Even though Germany had promised to protect this country, it did not help it in the 11 day 'Little War,' which it lost, in 1939.
In 1943 the Franja Partisan Hospital opened in this country despite of it being occupied by 3 Axis powers. It remained open throughout the war.
One of the triggers on the war was the German 1938 annexation of Sudetenland in this country.
At the end of the war, this country helped 500 pro-German Russians escape to Argentina, knowing they would face execution if sent back to the USSR.
At the outbreak of the war, this country mobilized 850 000 soldiers for defence, but was never invaded.
The local police force in this Italian occupied, largely pro-Axis country, warned local resistance fighters almost every time Gestapo were planning to arrest them.
In this country, where the resistance hardly had any weapons for most of the war, 30 fighters managed to kill 27 Axis soldiers in the Battle of Vianden castle.
In 1940 the Fortress of Eben-Emael fell surprisingly quickly to the Germans after they invaded it by landing glider aircrafts right on top of it.
Germany experienced its first large defeat when they surrendered at Stalingrad in this country.
On the 28th of August 1941, this country's capital city was taken from the Soviets by the German army cooperating with local 'Forest Brothers.'
This country was annexed by the USSR on August 5th, 1940, and after the 'Year of Horror' with 27586 arrests, it was invaded by Germany, which led to another 80 000 -100 000 deaths.
In 1940, the Japanese consul in Kaunas, Chiune Sugihara, disobeyed orders and saved thousands of jewish refugees from Poland by giving them visas.
In Operation Bagration, 1944, the USSR launched an attack with 2.5 million soldiers on the German Army Group Centre which consisted of 800 000 soldiers.
In this country, in 1941, 33771 people were killed in the infamous Massacre of Babi Yar.
This country was occupied by Bulgarian and Soviet forces in 1944, to stop German soldiers withdrawing from Greece.
This country declared war on Germany in February 1945, but none of its soldiers, officially, ever saw combat.
This country remained neutral until 1941, supported the Axis until 1944, but then switched sides and supported the USSR for the remainder of the war.
British and Indian forces clashed with German and Italian forces in the Battle of Monte Pulito, which spilled over into this neutral country.
In 1942 Germany wanted to give control of this puppet state to Italy, but Italy didn't want it, fearing the instability in the area.
This country was invaded by Italy in 1941, but only a small part of it, Kotor, was officially annexed.
The Bulgarian Operation (Country) was the 1944, successful attempt to expel German forces from what was then a part of the Albanian Kingdom.
In 1940, this area, known as Bessarabia, was ceded from Romania to the USSR.
In 1944 this Axis country was invaded by Germany after they tried to secretly negotiate with the US and the UK while still taking part in the war on the eastern front.
After this country fell to Germany, the UK invaded one of its constituent countries, the Faroe Islands, to minimize German influence.
This neutral country developed defence plans for both a possible German invasion, and a British invasion.
The partizan fighter, Stjepan Filipović famously shouted 'Death to fascism, freedom to the people!' while holding his arms up in the air, before being executed in this country.
Almost all of this country was a part of the Croatian Axis puppet state for the entirety of the war.
In 1943 this neutral country received and protected nearly the entire jewish population of Denmark, even though it was still trading with Germany.
This country's neutrality and strong pro-peace attitude helped rekindle its diplomatic relations with the US.
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