<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ekuqaleni iJalimane yayiphumelela kakhulu emisebenzini yayo yezempi. Esikhathini esingaphansi kwezinyanga ezintathu ngo-April kuya ku-June 1940, iJalimane lanqoba iDenmark  <response>: , eNorway, eNetherlands, naseFrance. Ukunqotshwa kweFrance ngokushesha okungalindelekile kwaphumela ekwandeni kokuthandwa kukaHitler nasekukhuphukeni komkhuhlane wempi. UHitler wacela ukuthula kumholi omusha waseBrithani uWinston Churchill ngo-July 1940, kodwa uChurchill waqhubeka enenkani. UChurchill wathola usizo olukhulu lwezezimali, lwezempi nolwezokuxhumana kuMongameli uFranklin D. Roosevelt e-U.S. Umkhankaso kaHitler wokuqhumisa amabhomu ngokumelene neBrithani September 1940May 1941 wehluleka. Kwabulawa izakhamuzi zaseBrithani ezingaba ngu-43 000 kwalimala ezingu-139 000; ingxenye enkulu yeLondon yabhujiswa, izakhiwo ezingu-1.400.245 zabhujiswa noma zalimala. Amabutho ahlomile aseJalimane ahlasela iSoviet Union ngo-June 1941 - sekwephuze amasonto ngenxa yokuhlasela iYugoslavia - kodwa aqhubekela phambili kwaze kwaba yilapho efika emasangweni aseMoscow. UHitler wayehlanganise amabutho angaphezu kuka - 4 000 000, kuhlanganise ne - 1 000 000 avela kubangane bakhe be - Axis. AmaSoviet ayelahlekelwe cishe abantu abangu - 3 000 000 ababulawa empini, kuyilapho amabutho aseSoviet angu - 3 500 000 athunjwa ezinyangeni zokuqala eziyisithupha zempi. Ama-Einsatzgruppen amaqembu okubulala angamaNazi ahambayo abulala wonke amaJuda aseSoviet ayewathola, kuyilapho amaJalimane ayeya emizini yamaJuda futhi ephoqa imikhaya ukuba iye emakamu okuhlushwa ukuze iyosebenza kanzima noma emakamu okubulawa ukuze ibulawe. 