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J. Passepartout Yes, that is my plan. Denmark will be the first to be liberated and then Luxembourg. Austria, and the parts of Hungary and Czechoslovakia under Allied control shall also be liberated, but that won’t happen immediately after the war. It will take some time to get the politicians and a good leadership back to these regions so it will take some years before they will be liberated 
Draco Rexus Well as you shall soon see, it was like disliking neutrals, but both sides happy to end the war against the Germans…
Singleton Mosby thanks. Yes, the picture is really from the liberation of Holland, but it was what I found and I thought it did the work so I used it
General Jac Thanks. No they won’t survive the summer that is for sure…
lifeless Thanks. Well the Third Reich is going down, but I don’t know yet what happens with the USSR, also I am starting to wonder if the Japanese is planning some evil as well, so i think it is necessary to watch them as well now that the war in Europe has ended…
GhostWriter Yes, it should be peaceful and I think it was peaceful between neutrals, because at the moment the leadership has got the Germans and the Axis to defeat before thinking about waging war upon each other…
prussiablue Thanks. Yes, we control Berlin, so maybe we shall see some fun there
stnylan It is coming right up sir
Earth's Savior That might be if Stalin wants it…
GhostWriter Well that is also a possibility
Jape I would love to see that happening
Draco Rexus Nice line
Alright a new update up next. The war in Europe shall soon end, the Germans haven’t got much land let now.
Enjoy
Draco Rexus Well as you shall soon see, it was like disliking neutrals, but both sides happy to end the war against the Germans…
Singleton Mosby thanks. Yes, the picture is really from the liberation of Holland, but it was what I found and I thought it did the work so I used it
General Jac Thanks. No they won’t survive the summer that is for sure…
lifeless Thanks. Well the Third Reich is going down, but I don’t know yet what happens with the USSR, also I am starting to wonder if the Japanese is planning some evil as well, so i think it is necessary to watch them as well now that the war in Europe has ended…
GhostWriter Yes, it should be peaceful and I think it was peaceful between neutrals, because at the moment the leadership has got the Germans and the Axis to defeat before thinking about waging war upon each other…
prussiablue Thanks. Yes, we control Berlin, so maybe we shall see some fun there
stnylan It is coming right up sir
Earth's Savior That might be if Stalin wants it…
GhostWriter Well that is also a possibility
Jape I would love to see that happening
Draco Rexus Nice line
Alright a new update up next. The war in Europe shall soon end, the Germans haven’t got much land let now.
Enjoy
The German downfall, part II
As March entered her second week the Allies prepared for the last great offensives of the war. The first offensive would happen in the east.
Field Marshal Erich von Manstein was the German commander of East-Prussia and he had been able to defeat several Soviet attacks upon Köningsberg since the Soviet declaration of war on the 8th of January, but in late February the pressure of the Soviet manpower had forced Manstein to retreat with his forces to Elbing. But with Soviet forces already close to the city von Manstein’s retreat from the city without being captured by the Soviets was seen as the work of a genius. To Stalins’s great anger von Manstein had managed to reach Danzig with his army and rumours now had it that the old Field Marshal had started negotiations with the Allies to hand the Danzig region to the Allies instead of loosing it to the Soviets.
German Field Marshal Erich von Manstein entered into secret negotiations with the Allies upon the future of Danzig
British commander General Ismay didn’t reject von Manstein's proposal, but under political pressure he had to answer that the Allies couldn’t take the city unopposed. It was feared what Stalin would do if the Allies were seen dealing with the Germans. Instead Ismay and von Manstein made a secret agreement, the Allies would attack and von Manstein would only oppose them with his small Italian regiment. The Italians had been pressed into service by the Germans in 1941, but after the fall of their country they had been very reluctant to fight and both Ismay and von Manstein knew they would surrender upon their first possibility. This would insure that few casualties were inflicted on both sides, the surrender of von Manstein and Danzig into Allied hands, but it didn’t happen without a fight and therefore gave Stalin no reason to object to it.
On the 10th of March Ismay started his “attack” on Danzig. Only the Italians offered any resistance, but they soon surrendered. This made it possible for Ismay’s British and Norwegian armoured divisions to move quickly into Danzig, the first division to enter the city was the Norwegian 1.Panserdivisjon, and when the Norwegian commander, General Laake entered the city he soon faced von Manstein and accepted the German Field Marshal’s surrender.
The battle for Danzig ended quickly as Ismay and von Manstein had already made a secret deal upon the future of the city and von Manstein’s forces.
Due to von Manstein’s surrender also the Bydgoszcz region was found undefended and the French armoured divisions that had participated in the war in German since Operation Svolder saw a possibility to secure more Polish land from the Soviets and moving quickly forward the French armoured managed to secure the region before the Soviet arrive. It also became the first Allied unit to meet the Red Army outside of Lodz. Also to the north the Allies soon faced the Red Army outside of Elbing. The meetings between the soldiers on the ground were happy as the men celebrated the end of the war, but they were also suspicious against each other. Especially the commanders of the forces showed that they had a certain dislike for the other side. Still the end of the war and the defeat of the Germans seemed more important that the two sides disliking each other, and mainly the celebrations were happy and the men showed friendly neutrality to each other.
British and Soviet forces meeting outside of Elbing on the 15th of March 1942
As the war in the east had ended the French were doing their best to end the war in the west. The Germans had just two provinces left in the west, Luxembourg and Metz, and General Gamelin of the French High Command had decided to attack both German positions at once. The attacks were planned for the 11th of March and all in all Gamlin could field 70 Allied divisions against 13 German divisions. As the main German headquarters in the west was located in Metz that was where Gamlin would launch his main attack with 41 Allied divisions, mainly French but also some Dutch, Belgian and British divisions would participate. In Luxembourg the German garrison was known to the smaller and therefore only 29 Allied divisions were sent into battle here. Also in Luxembourg the main forces were French, but it also included Dutch, Norwegian, British and a division made up of people from Luxembourg.
In Metz the overall commander of all German forces in the west Field Marshal von Bock had no plan of doing any deals with the Allies, the was not under pressure from the Soviets and he had decided not to agree to the Allied proposal to surrender without a fight. Von Bock was determined to fight. But Gamelin was happy when he understood that the Germans wanted to fight. Gamlin hated Germans for what they had done to his country twice and was known to have said: “If we can kill Germans instead of taking them prisoners, then we have done well. A dead German is a good German!”
So on the morning of the 11th of March an enormous barrage fired upon the German positions outside of Luxembourg and Metz. For hours the Allied artillery and air force fired upon the German positions. In Luxembourg the French commander, General Huntziger sent his forces forward after four hours of artillery fire. The Germans fought well, but during the next day it became clear that the Allied manpower was too large for the Germans to stop the Allies from advancing. During the next days the Allies moved forward and on the 16th of March the Luxembourg divisions reach Luxembourg and liberated the city as the Germans pulled back towards Metz.
To the south in the Metz region the last main battle on the western front was fought. Here the soldiers weren’t sent forward at all during the 11th they just sat still waiting while the Allied artillery and air force fired upon the Germans, this fire continue until the 12th of March and it was first at 8AM on the 12th of March, after over 24 hours of fired upon the German positions that the Allied soldiers moved forward. The Germans were entrenched in the fortifications, and they fought for long against the Allies, but the Allies moved slowly forward. The battle continued for days, but on the 17th of Mach von Bock seeing that the German defences had fallen and that they were surrounded and in the process of being destroyed he agreed to the Allied proposal of surrender. The war in the west had ended and thousands of Germans were marched into prisoner of war camps.
German prisoners of war being marched into captivity
By the 20th of March all German resistance had ended both in the west and the east and only one region remained under German control. The German leadership was known to still be in Munich and that city was the last objective for the Allies in the war. Slovakia had been captured by the Soviets and the Red Army was also moving into Hungary, but because of Montgomery’s distrust of the Soviets he had ordered British armoured divisions to enter Budapest and western Hungary before the Soviets could arrive there. Budapest was reached by the 20th and also Hungary was divided between the Allies and the Soviets, but Hungary was of little importance, it was just one important objective left and that was Munich. Mustering more and more forces around Bavaria the Allies were soon ready for the last offensive of the war.
As March entered her second week the Allies prepared for the last great offensives of the war. The first offensive would happen in the east.
Field Marshal Erich von Manstein was the German commander of East-Prussia and he had been able to defeat several Soviet attacks upon Köningsberg since the Soviet declaration of war on the 8th of January, but in late February the pressure of the Soviet manpower had forced Manstein to retreat with his forces to Elbing. But with Soviet forces already close to the city von Manstein’s retreat from the city without being captured by the Soviets was seen as the work of a genius. To Stalins’s great anger von Manstein had managed to reach Danzig with his army and rumours now had it that the old Field Marshal had started negotiations with the Allies to hand the Danzig region to the Allies instead of loosing it to the Soviets.
German Field Marshal Erich von Manstein entered into secret negotiations with the Allies upon the future of Danzig
British commander General Ismay didn’t reject von Manstein's proposal, but under political pressure he had to answer that the Allies couldn’t take the city unopposed. It was feared what Stalin would do if the Allies were seen dealing with the Germans. Instead Ismay and von Manstein made a secret agreement, the Allies would attack and von Manstein would only oppose them with his small Italian regiment. The Italians had been pressed into service by the Germans in 1941, but after the fall of their country they had been very reluctant to fight and both Ismay and von Manstein knew they would surrender upon their first possibility. This would insure that few casualties were inflicted on both sides, the surrender of von Manstein and Danzig into Allied hands, but it didn’t happen without a fight and therefore gave Stalin no reason to object to it.
On the 10th of March Ismay started his “attack” on Danzig. Only the Italians offered any resistance, but they soon surrendered. This made it possible for Ismay’s British and Norwegian armoured divisions to move quickly into Danzig, the first division to enter the city was the Norwegian 1.Panserdivisjon, and when the Norwegian commander, General Laake entered the city he soon faced von Manstein and accepted the German Field Marshal’s surrender.
The battle for Danzig ended quickly as Ismay and von Manstein had already made a secret deal upon the future of the city and von Manstein’s forces.
Due to von Manstein’s surrender also the Bydgoszcz region was found undefended and the French armoured divisions that had participated in the war in German since Operation Svolder saw a possibility to secure more Polish land from the Soviets and moving quickly forward the French armoured managed to secure the region before the Soviet arrive. It also became the first Allied unit to meet the Red Army outside of Lodz. Also to the north the Allies soon faced the Red Army outside of Elbing. The meetings between the soldiers on the ground were happy as the men celebrated the end of the war, but they were also suspicious against each other. Especially the commanders of the forces showed that they had a certain dislike for the other side. Still the end of the war and the defeat of the Germans seemed more important that the two sides disliking each other, and mainly the celebrations were happy and the men showed friendly neutrality to each other.
British and Soviet forces meeting outside of Elbing on the 15th of March 1942
As the war in the east had ended the French were doing their best to end the war in the west. The Germans had just two provinces left in the west, Luxembourg and Metz, and General Gamelin of the French High Command had decided to attack both German positions at once. The attacks were planned for the 11th of March and all in all Gamlin could field 70 Allied divisions against 13 German divisions. As the main German headquarters in the west was located in Metz that was where Gamlin would launch his main attack with 41 Allied divisions, mainly French but also some Dutch, Belgian and British divisions would participate. In Luxembourg the German garrison was known to the smaller and therefore only 29 Allied divisions were sent into battle here. Also in Luxembourg the main forces were French, but it also included Dutch, Norwegian, British and a division made up of people from Luxembourg.
In Metz the overall commander of all German forces in the west Field Marshal von Bock had no plan of doing any deals with the Allies, the was not under pressure from the Soviets and he had decided not to agree to the Allied proposal to surrender without a fight. Von Bock was determined to fight. But Gamelin was happy when he understood that the Germans wanted to fight. Gamlin hated Germans for what they had done to his country twice and was known to have said: “If we can kill Germans instead of taking them prisoners, then we have done well. A dead German is a good German!”
So on the morning of the 11th of March an enormous barrage fired upon the German positions outside of Luxembourg and Metz. For hours the Allied artillery and air force fired upon the German positions. In Luxembourg the French commander, General Huntziger sent his forces forward after four hours of artillery fire. The Germans fought well, but during the next day it became clear that the Allied manpower was too large for the Germans to stop the Allies from advancing. During the next days the Allies moved forward and on the 16th of March the Luxembourg divisions reach Luxembourg and liberated the city as the Germans pulled back towards Metz.
To the south in the Metz region the last main battle on the western front was fought. Here the soldiers weren’t sent forward at all during the 11th they just sat still waiting while the Allied artillery and air force fired upon the Germans, this fire continue until the 12th of March and it was first at 8AM on the 12th of March, after over 24 hours of fired upon the German positions that the Allied soldiers moved forward. The Germans were entrenched in the fortifications, and they fought for long against the Allies, but the Allies moved slowly forward. The battle continued for days, but on the 17th of Mach von Bock seeing that the German defences had fallen and that they were surrounded and in the process of being destroyed he agreed to the Allied proposal of surrender. The war in the west had ended and thousands of Germans were marched into prisoner of war camps.
German prisoners of war being marched into captivity
By the 20th of March all German resistance had ended both in the west and the east and only one region remained under German control. The German leadership was known to still be in Munich and that city was the last objective for the Allies in the war. Slovakia had been captured by the Soviets and the Red Army was also moving into Hungary, but because of Montgomery’s distrust of the Soviets he had ordered British armoured divisions to enter Budapest and western Hungary before the Soviets could arrive there. Budapest was reached by the 20th and also Hungary was divided between the Allies and the Soviets, but Hungary was of little importance, it was just one important objective left and that was Munich. Mustering more and more forces around Bavaria the Allies were soon ready for the last offensive of the war.
So only Bavaria remains, well leave it to the British to take the honor, eh?
nice picture btw of the british, fancy hats
nice picture btw of the british, fancy hats
Well, well, well. An Iron Curtin much further to the East. I bet Stalin isn't going to be much to happy 'bout that!
I think you should start to garrison the border though, I think Stalin wants some Bratwurst and Bayern-beer
very nice work! whats with drawing the hats in that picture?(guy facing camera is wearing two hats)
That definitely sounds like the sort of post-war division that will quickly end up with a second war. Good little piece on Manstein.
Yes I must say, I love the drawn british hats hehe. It was the first thing I noticed.
Great of you to bring in von Manstein to the story. No German in the right mind would want to surrender or captured by the Red Army.
That divisions sounds like a powder keg indeed. However, thats the way it should be.
In any event, excellent AAR.
In any event, excellent AAR.
Vann the Red Yes, I think you can say that
Oranje Verzet Well not just the British I am sending in my own Norwegians and some French as well.
Yes, I know it looks a little strange, but I didn’t want to have them wearing American helmets so something had to be done
Draco Rexus Yes, it falls to the east, and I agreed I think Uncle Joe would have liked to have it fall much further west…
General Jac Yes, I am actually working on that, more and more forces are coming from the west to garrison the border and when Bavaria has been taken care off even more forces will arrive in the west to secure the eastern border against any possible made plans Stalin might have…
lifeless Thanks. Well as you might know it was the Americans who faced the Soviets like this, and because I didn’t want to say it was British soldiers if they had American helmets so I decided to make some British helmets for them so it looked more like British and not American soldiers as there are no Americans in Europe in this war. But I am afraid I am not very good a picture editing…
stnylan Yes, it might end with a future conflict. Who knows? Glad you like it.
GhostWriter Thanks
Terraferma Thank you
prussiablue Yes, when I saw that it was him who commanded the forces there I thought it was nice to do it like this and show that also in this war the Germans has a greater dislike of the Soviets than the western Allies…
AOK. 11 Thanks, glad you like the AAR. Yes, it is a powder keg, but that only makes things more interesting I think
Earth's Savior We shall see….
Alright a new update coming up, but you still have to wait a little longer for the end of Germany, in this update some work is done on the map of Europe….
And as I am leaving for a holiday tomorrow I will be gone for some days, so you have to wait till the end of next week when I return home for the next update.
Enjoy!
Oranje Verzet Well not just the British I am sending in my own Norwegians and some French as well.
Yes, I know it looks a little strange, but I didn’t want to have them wearing American helmets so something had to be done
Draco Rexus Yes, it falls to the east, and I agreed I think Uncle Joe would have liked to have it fall much further west…
General Jac Yes, I am actually working on that, more and more forces are coming from the west to garrison the border and when Bavaria has been taken care off even more forces will arrive in the west to secure the eastern border against any possible made plans Stalin might have…
lifeless Thanks. Well as you might know it was the Americans who faced the Soviets like this, and because I didn’t want to say it was British soldiers if they had American helmets so I decided to make some British helmets for them so it looked more like British and not American soldiers as there are no Americans in Europe in this war. But I am afraid I am not very good a picture editing…
stnylan Yes, it might end with a future conflict. Who knows? Glad you like it.
GhostWriter Thanks
Terraferma Thank you
prussiablue Yes, when I saw that it was him who commanded the forces there I thought it was nice to do it like this and show that also in this war the Germans has a greater dislike of the Soviets than the western Allies…
AOK. 11 Thanks, glad you like the AAR. Yes, it is a powder keg, but that only makes things more interesting I think
Earth's Savior We shall see….
Alright a new update coming up, but you still have to wait a little longer for the end of Germany, in this update some work is done on the map of Europe….
And as I am leaving for a holiday tomorrow I will be gone for some days, so you have to wait till the end of next week when I return home for the next update.
Enjoy!
Peace in Denmark and Italy
The winter of 1941 had been long and hard and during April the snow was still on the ground in Bavaria. Because of this it was decided to halt all offensive operations against the Germans in Munich. It was still the goal of the Allied High Command to end the war in Europe by the Norwegian Constitution Day on the 17th of May, and therefore it was decided to go on the offensive in the first week of May. Montgomery also agreed to the decision because of the need of his armies. Knowing that several units, especially the Norwegian mountain divisions, were very under strength and needed rest and reinforcements Montgomery thought it was smart to halt the operations for a month and use the time to reinforce the divisions and build up more and more forces for the great attack. The Norwegians had suffered heavy casualties and little reinforcements had arrive from Norway earlier in the war, but now Prime Minister Nygaardsvold decided to slow down on the training of new units and instead focus on reinforcing the divisions already in the field. Therefore as the Allied Armies rested more and more men, weapons and supplies arrived in Bavaria every day. As the Germans suffered and had little supplies left the Allied strength increased by every day.
Norwegian reinforcements arrived during all of April in Bavaria
As the military rested the politicians were very active during April. The Italian question had to be solved. Although the Hastings Conference had already decided the future of Italy, the agreement had yet to be put into action. The French government had decided to hang onto all of Italy for as long as they could, but now with peace in Europe soon approaching and the war coming to an end Winston Churchill started to push the French government into agreeing to the occupation zones in Italy. Churchill made many trips to Paris to speak with the French ministers, but all the time they said that it was necessary to wait until Germany had been defeated before they could agree to the dividing of Italy. It seemed like the French were afraid that the Italians or the Germans might suddenly launch an attack against them if they did allow the British to take care in Italy. Churchill getting more and more annoyed by the silly arguments from the French High command, they claimed it was necessary for the French war effort that they continued to occupy all of Italy. Because of this Churchill, General Brooke and Admiral Pound made a secret plan. To put more pressure on the French it was decided to send several British divisions to Italy. The divisions, already ready to travel was already selected to be the British occupation force, but the original plan had been to send them after the French had agreed, but now the divisions were sent in secret. Shipped by the Royal Navy the divisions arrived in Naples without the French knowing anything before the Royal Marines started to take control over Naples harbour and started preparing the area for the unloading of the infantry and armoured divisions. By late April three armoured divisions and two infantry divisions had arrive in Italy from Britain, two South-African divisions had arrived from North-Africa in March and already taken control in Sicily and on the 25th of April British armour once again entered Rome. This caused Paris to suddenly turn around very quickly and on the 26th of April Churchill arrived in Paris once again to sign the treaty with the French government on the dividing of Italy into British and French occupation zones.
Winston Churchill arrived in Paris to sign the treaty that divided Italy into one British and one French occupation zone. Here seen with members of the British and French government and military, including commander of the BEF Lord Gort
Italy after the dividing
Also in northern Europe politicians were meeting to decide the future of a country. But the meetings in Oslo between the Norwegian and Danish governments were not meetings filled with conflicts like the meetings in Paris had been. King Haakon VII, Prime Minister Nygaardsvold and Foreign Minister Koht welcomed the Danish King Christian X and the Danish Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning and the rest of the Danish government on the harbour in Oslo were the arrived on the 22nd of April. The rest of the week were mainly celebrations as the two Kings and their governments agreed that full sovereignty should be returned to Denmark on the 1st of May. The Norwegian governor in Copenhagen, General Hvinden-Haug, had started to withdraw all Norwegian forces from Denmark already one week earlier and on the 28th of May the last Norwegian soldier left Danish soil. On the 30th of May the Danish King and government returned to Copenhagen together with the Norwegian King and government. From Britain the King arrived with the Foreign Minster on the 30th of April, and Churchill arrived on the early morning of the 1st of May together with the French Prime Minister and the French Foreign Minister. From Sweden both the King and the entire government was present. From the British Commonwealth arrived envoys from South-Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Canada, the Dutch and Belgian Royals arrived with their Foreign Ministers. Also from the USA an envoy were present as Denmark celebrated her freedom and the return of her sovereignty.
The 1st of May were a day filled with celebrations all around Copenhagen as King Haakon, representing the Allied governments, officially returned full freedom and sovereignty to Denmark. Then after the Danish King had thanked the Allies the Danish Prime Minister spoke and pledged full Danish support to the Allies and Denmark joined the Allies in their war.
On the 1st of May the sovereignty of Denmark was returned to the Danish people
The Danish government after the liberation of Denmark
As the foreign guest left Copenhagen on the 3rd of May after several days of celebrations the Danish people continued their celebrations for days. And when King Christian X mounted his horse and rode through the streets of Copenhagen he was faced with giant crowds cheering.
King Christian X riding through Copenhagen during the celebrations of the Danish sovereignty
As the official celebrations in Copenhagen ended the Allied politicians and leaders returned home, but just before the left they had a meeting to decide when to end the war. On the 3rd of May Montgomery received his order to attack. The attack on Munich and Bavaria would begin on the 5th of May.
The winter of 1941 had been long and hard and during April the snow was still on the ground in Bavaria. Because of this it was decided to halt all offensive operations against the Germans in Munich. It was still the goal of the Allied High Command to end the war in Europe by the Norwegian Constitution Day on the 17th of May, and therefore it was decided to go on the offensive in the first week of May. Montgomery also agreed to the decision because of the need of his armies. Knowing that several units, especially the Norwegian mountain divisions, were very under strength and needed rest and reinforcements Montgomery thought it was smart to halt the operations for a month and use the time to reinforce the divisions and build up more and more forces for the great attack. The Norwegians had suffered heavy casualties and little reinforcements had arrive from Norway earlier in the war, but now Prime Minister Nygaardsvold decided to slow down on the training of new units and instead focus on reinforcing the divisions already in the field. Therefore as the Allied Armies rested more and more men, weapons and supplies arrived in Bavaria every day. As the Germans suffered and had little supplies left the Allied strength increased by every day.
Norwegian reinforcements arrived during all of April in Bavaria
As the military rested the politicians were very active during April. The Italian question had to be solved. Although the Hastings Conference had already decided the future of Italy, the agreement had yet to be put into action. The French government had decided to hang onto all of Italy for as long as they could, but now with peace in Europe soon approaching and the war coming to an end Winston Churchill started to push the French government into agreeing to the occupation zones in Italy. Churchill made many trips to Paris to speak with the French ministers, but all the time they said that it was necessary to wait until Germany had been defeated before they could agree to the dividing of Italy. It seemed like the French were afraid that the Italians or the Germans might suddenly launch an attack against them if they did allow the British to take care in Italy. Churchill getting more and more annoyed by the silly arguments from the French High command, they claimed it was necessary for the French war effort that they continued to occupy all of Italy. Because of this Churchill, General Brooke and Admiral Pound made a secret plan. To put more pressure on the French it was decided to send several British divisions to Italy. The divisions, already ready to travel was already selected to be the British occupation force, but the original plan had been to send them after the French had agreed, but now the divisions were sent in secret. Shipped by the Royal Navy the divisions arrived in Naples without the French knowing anything before the Royal Marines started to take control over Naples harbour and started preparing the area for the unloading of the infantry and armoured divisions. By late April three armoured divisions and two infantry divisions had arrive in Italy from Britain, two South-African divisions had arrived from North-Africa in March and already taken control in Sicily and on the 25th of April British armour once again entered Rome. This caused Paris to suddenly turn around very quickly and on the 26th of April Churchill arrived in Paris once again to sign the treaty with the French government on the dividing of Italy into British and French occupation zones.
Winston Churchill arrived in Paris to sign the treaty that divided Italy into one British and one French occupation zone. Here seen with members of the British and French government and military, including commander of the BEF Lord Gort
Italy after the dividing
Also in northern Europe politicians were meeting to decide the future of a country. But the meetings in Oslo between the Norwegian and Danish governments were not meetings filled with conflicts like the meetings in Paris had been. King Haakon VII, Prime Minister Nygaardsvold and Foreign Minister Koht welcomed the Danish King Christian X and the Danish Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning and the rest of the Danish government on the harbour in Oslo were the arrived on the 22nd of April. The rest of the week were mainly celebrations as the two Kings and their governments agreed that full sovereignty should be returned to Denmark on the 1st of May. The Norwegian governor in Copenhagen, General Hvinden-Haug, had started to withdraw all Norwegian forces from Denmark already one week earlier and on the 28th of May the last Norwegian soldier left Danish soil. On the 30th of May the Danish King and government returned to Copenhagen together with the Norwegian King and government. From Britain the King arrived with the Foreign Minster on the 30th of April, and Churchill arrived on the early morning of the 1st of May together with the French Prime Minister and the French Foreign Minister. From Sweden both the King and the entire government was present. From the British Commonwealth arrived envoys from South-Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Canada, the Dutch and Belgian Royals arrived with their Foreign Ministers. Also from the USA an envoy were present as Denmark celebrated her freedom and the return of her sovereignty.
The 1st of May were a day filled with celebrations all around Copenhagen as King Haakon, representing the Allied governments, officially returned full freedom and sovereignty to Denmark. Then after the Danish King had thanked the Allies the Danish Prime Minister spoke and pledged full Danish support to the Allies and Denmark joined the Allies in their war.
On the 1st of May the sovereignty of Denmark was returned to the Danish people
The Danish government after the liberation of Denmark
As the foreign guest left Copenhagen on the 3rd of May after several days of celebrations the Danish people continued their celebrations for days. And when King Christian X mounted his horse and rode through the streets of Copenhagen he was faced with giant crowds cheering.
King Christian X riding through Copenhagen during the celebrations of the Danish sovereignty
As the official celebrations in Copenhagen ended the Allied politicians and leaders returned home, but just before the left they had a meeting to decide when to end the war. On the 3rd of May Montgomery received his order to attack. The attack on Munich and Bavaria would begin on the 5th of May.
Lord E: ...King Christian X riding through Copenhagen during the celebrations of the Danish sovereignty
awesome pics! !
Lord E: ...The attack on Munich and Bavaria would begin on the 5th of May.
cinco de Mayo! ! you have any Mexican troops to participate in this attack? ?
excellent updates! !
awesome pics! !
Lord E: ...The attack on Munich and Bavaria would begin on the 5th of May.
cinco de Mayo! ! you have any Mexican troops to participate in this attack? ?
excellent updates! !