1939–1940: Axis victory
Occupation of most of Western and Northern Europe by Axis troopsEnd of the French Third Republic and creation of the Vichy regimeStrategic stalemate following ...
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the Battle of BritainContinuation with the Defense of the Reich and the Battle of the AtlanticBeginning of the North Africa and East Africa campaigns1944–1945: Allied victory
Fall of Nazi Germany (concurrently with the Eastern Front)Liberation of occupied countries in Western and Northern EuropeBeginning of the Iron Curtain and the Cold WarTerritorialchangesPartition of Germany (1945)BelligerentsAllies United States United Kingdom France