<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Impi Yezwe II ngokuvamile ibhekwa njengokuqala ngo - September 1, 1939, lapho iJalimane LamaNazi, ngaphansi kuka - Adolf Hitler, lihlasela iPoland. I - United Kingdom neFrance kamuva zamemezela impi eJalimane ngomhla ka - 3. Ngaphansi kweSivumelwano sikaMolotov-Ribbentrop sika-August 1939, iJalimane neSoviet Union zazihlukanise iPoland futhi zahlukanisa izindawo zazo zethonya kulo lonke elaseFinland  <response>: , iRomania namazwe aseBaltic. Kusukela ngasekupheleni kuka-1939 kuya ekuqaleni kuka-1941, ngochungechunge lwezinkampani nezivumelwano, iJalimane yanqoba noma yalawula ingxenye enkulu yezwekazi laseYurophu, futhi yakha umfelandawonye we-Axis ne-Italy neJapane kanye namanye amazwe kamuva. Ngemuva kokuqala kwemikhankaso eNyakatho Afrika naseMpumalanga Afrika, kanye nokuwa kweFrance maphakathi no-1940, impi yaqhubeka ngokuyinhloko phakathi kwamandla e-Axis aseYurophu kanye noMbuso waseBrithani, ngempi eBalkans, iMpi Yomoya yaseBrithani, i-Blitz yase-UK, kanye neMpi ye-Atlantic. Ngo-22 Juni 1941, iJalimane yahola ama-Axis aseYurophu ekuhlaseleni iSoviet Union, yavula i-Eastern Front, indawo enkulu kakhulu yempi yomhlaba emlandweni futhi yabamba ama-Axis powers, ikakhulukazi i-German Wehrmacht, empini yokuqothulwa. 