<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ibutho elihamba ngezinyawo lalilokhu lingamasosha ahamba ngezinyawo phakathi nayo yonke impi; ibutho eliqhumayo lalilokhu liqhutshwa amahhashi. Amabutho anezimoto athola ukunakwa okuningi emshinini wezwe eminyakeni yokuqala yempi, futhi acashunwa njengesizathu esiyinhloko sokuphumelela kokuhlasela kwamaJalimane ePoland September 1939, eDenmark  <response>: futhi iNorway 1940, iBelgium, iFrance neNetherlands May 1940, iYugoslavia April 1941 kanye nezigaba zokuqala ze-Operation Barbarossa, ukuhlasela kweSoviet Union June 1941. Kodwa-ke, ukwakheka kwabo kwezimoto namathangi kwakungamaphesenti angama-20 kuphela wamandla kaHeer ngesikhathi samandla abo aphezulu. Ukuntuleka kwamasosha emaloli kanye nophethiloli wokuwasebenzisa kukhawulele kakhulu ukuhamba kwezinqola, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi nangemva kokuhlasela kweNormandy lapho i-Allied air-power ibhubhisa inethiwekhi yezitimela yaseFrance enyakatho yeLoire. Ukunyakaza kwePanzer nakho kwakuxhomeke esitimeleni, ngoba ukushayela ithangi amabanga amade kwakushintsha izintambo zalo. 