 Kupinda kweGermany muLuxembourg muHondo Yenyika II kwakatanga muna May 1940 mushure mokunge Grand Duchy yeLuxembourg yapinzwa neNazi Germany. Kunyange zvazvo Luxembourg yakanga isina kwayakarerekera zviri pamutemo, yakanga iri panzvimbo inokosha pamugumo weFrench Maginot Line. Pana 10 May 1940, Wehrmacht yeGermany yakapinda muLuxembourg, Belgium neNetherlands. Luxembourg yakatanga yaiswa pasi pehutongi hwechiuto, asi gare gare yakava nzvimbo inotungamirirwa nehurumende uye pakupedzisira yakabatanidzwa zvakananga kuGermany. VaGermany vaidavira kuti Luxembourg yakanga iri nyika yeGermany, uye vakaedza kudzvinyirira zvavaiona semitauro yechiFrench nemapesvedzero etsika. Kunyange zvazvo vamwe vanhu vokuLuxembourg vakabatana nechiuto chokurwisa kana kuti vakabatana nevaGermany, vose vakanga vari vashoma pavagari vemo. Savagari veGermany, kuvambira muna 1942, vagari vakawanda veLuxembourg vakamanikidzwa kupinda muchiuto cheGermany. VaJudha vokuLuxembourg vanoda kusvika 3.500 vakapondwa muHolocaust. Kusunungurwa kwenyika neAllies kwakatanga muna September 1944, asi nemhaka yeArdennes Offensiveharina kupedzwa kutozosvikira pakuvamba kwa1945. 