GERMANY INVADES IN THE WEST

10—27 MAY 1940 15 JANUARY 1940 Belgian government refuses permission for Allied forces to enter Belgian territory. 10 MAY 1940 Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. 10 MAY 1940 British troops occupy Iceland to prevent the Germans from using it as a base from which to attack Allied convoys. 11 MAY 1940 Luxembourg occupied by German troops. 27 MAY 1940 A German aerial attack sinks the British cruiser Curlew off the coast of Norway. On 10 May 1940 German forces launched a series of swift operations against the Dutch, Belgian and French armed forces. Hitler had wanted to invade in the West in November 1939 but bad weather prevented it. During the spring, German military planners prepared a campaign based on a…

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