<prompt> Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi wa9 April, mauto eGermany akapinda muDenmark neNorway. Pazuva rimwe chetero Hitler akazivisa kuberekwa kweGreat Germanic Reich, chiratidzo chake cheumambo hwakabatana hwendudzi dzeGermany dzeEurope umo vaDutch, vaFlemish, uye vaScandinavia vakabatanidzwa muhurumende yakachena pasi pokutungamirira kweGermany. Muna May 1940, Germany yakarwisa France, ndokukunda Luxembourg, Netherlands, uye Belgium. Kukunda uku kwakaita kuti Mussolini aite kuti Italy ibatane naHitler musi wa10 June. France neGermany dzakasaina chibvumirano chokumisa hondo  <response>: musi wa22 June. Kershaw anocherechedza kuti mukurumbira waHitler mukati meGermany uye rutsigiro rweGerman kuhondo yakasvika pakakwirira apo akadzokera kuBerlin musi wa6 Chikunguru kubva parwendo rwake rweParis. Zvichitevera kukunda kwakakurumidza kusingatarisirwi, Hitler akakwidziridza vatungamiriri gumi nevaviri kuchinzvimbo chema field marshal panguva ye 1940 Field Marshal Ceremony. 