"----" . . . "1939\u201341: Decisive Axis victory" . . . . . "*2,905,420\u20133,043,860 casualties" . . . . "Axis" . "Greece" . "Total:" . . "Allies" . "1944\u201345: Decisive Allied victory" . "*Continuation with theBattle of Britainand theBattle of the Atlantic" . "The Western Front of the European theatre of World War II encompassed Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Western Germany. World War II military engagements in Southern Europe and elsewhere are generally considered under separate headings. The Western Front was marked by two phases of large-scale combat operations."@en . "(1940\u201343)" . . . . . "*78,680 captured" . . . "*Beginning of theIron Curtainand theCold War." . . . . . . . "*2,121,560\u20132,260,000 casualties" . "1944\u20131945" . "Czechoslovakia" . . "Poland" . "1939\u20131940" . . "1939-09-01Z"^^ . "*Liberation of occupied countries in Western and Northern Europe" . . . ", including 143,400 killed" . "*5,412,219 troops" . "1944\u20131945" . "Western Front"@en . "*Fall of Nazi Germany (concurrently with theEastern Front)" . . . . . "*707,180 KIA/WIA/MIA, including 164,590 killed" . . . . "South Africa" . "*~1,500,000 troops" . . "*2,862,000 troops" . . . "*3,350,000 troops" . . . . "*End of theFrench Third Republicand creation of theVichy regime" . "1940" . . . "France" . . . . . . "*Occupation of most of Western and Northern Europe by Axis troops" . . . .