German forces suffered Bodily_harm the loss of 12 aircraft and damage to 7 ships .

Operation Mascot was an unsuccessful British carrier air raid Attack conducted Action against the German battleship `` Tirpitz '' at her anchorage in Kaafjord , Norway , on 17 July 1944 .

German radar stations detected Know these aircraft while they were en route to Kaafjord , and `` Tirpitz '' was protected Defending by a smoke screen by the time the strike force arrived Arriving .

German losses Earnings_and_losses were limited Limiting to a patrol craft , and three British aircraft were destroyed Destroying or damaged Damaging beyond repair by Kaafjord 's defenders .

A group of German submarines attempted to intercept Preventing_or_letting the carrier force as it returned Arriving to base , without success .

The German invasion Military_operation of Belgium was a military campaign which began Process_start on 4 August 1914 .

On 2 August , the German government sent Sending an ultimatum to Belgium , demanding Request passage through the country , and German forces invaded Attack Luxembourg .

On 2 August , the German government sent Sending an ultimatum to Belgium , demanding Request passage through the country , and German forces invaded Attack Luxembourg .

The German government declared Expressing_publicly war on Belgium on 4 August , troops crossed Motion_directional the border and began Process_start the Battle Hostile_encounter of Liège .

German military operations in Belgium were intended to bring Bringing the 1st , 2nd and 3rd armies into positions in Belgium from which they could invade Attack France , which , after the fall Motion_directional of Liège on 7 August , led to Causation sieges Besieging of Belgian fortresses along the Meuse river at Namur and the surrender Surrendering of the last forts ( 16–17 August ) .

After the Battle Hostile_encounter of Mons and the Battle Hostile_encounter of Charleroi , the bulk of the German armies marched Self_motion south into France , leaving Departing small forces to garrison Brussels and the Belgian railways .

German troop withdrawals Departing to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength the main armies in France were postponed Change_event_time to repulse a Belgian sortie from 9 to 13 September and a German corps in transit Motion was retained Preserving in Belgium for several days .

German troop withdrawals Departing to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength the main armies in France were postponed Change_event_time to repulse a Belgian sortie from 9 to 13 September and a German corps in transit Motion was retained Preserving in Belgium for several days .

Belgian resistance and German fear Change_sentiment of francs-tireurs , led Bringing the Germans to implement Action a policy of terror Terrorism ( ) against Belgian civilians soon after the invasion Military_operation , in which massacres Killing , executions Rewards_and_punishments , hostage Kidnapping taking and the burning Bodily_harm of towns and villages took place Process_start and became Becoming known as the Rape of Belgium .

After the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Frontiers ended Process_end , the French armies and the BEF began Process_start the Great Retreat into France , the Belgian army and small detachments of French and British troops fought Hostile_encounter in Belgium against German cavalry and .

Despite minor British reinforcement , the Siege of Antwerp ended Process_end when its defensive Defending ring of forts was destroyed Destroying by German super-heavy artillery .

The Belgian army fought Defending the defensive Defending Battle of the Yser ( 16–31 October ) from Nieuwpoort ( Nieuport ) south to Diksmuide ( Dixmude ) , as the German 4th Army attacked Attack westwards and French , British and some Belgian troops fought Hostile_encounter the First Battle Hostile_encounter of Ypres ( 19 October – 22 November ) against the 4th and 6th armies .

By November 1914 , most of Belgium was under German occupation Control and Allied naval blockade .

A German military administration was established Creating on 26 August 1914 , to rule Control through the pre-war Belgian administrative system , overseen Scrutiny by a small group of German officers and officials .

A German military administration was established Creating on 26 August 1914 , to rule Control through the pre-war Belgian administrative system , overseen Scrutiny by a small group of German officers and officials .

Belgium was divided into administrative zones , the General Government of Brussels and its hinterland ; a second zone , under the 4th Army , including Ghent and Antwerp and a third zone under the German Navy along the coastline .

The German occupation lasted Process_end until late 1918 .

The Phoney period began Process_start with the declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France against Nazi Germany on 3 September 1939 , and ended Process_end with the German invasion Attack of France and the Low Countries on 10 May 1940 .

They created Creating elaborate plans for numerous large-scale operations designed Creating to swiftly and decisively cripple the German war effort .

The Allied discussions about a Scandinavian campaign caused Causation concern in Germany and resulted in the German invasion Attack of Denmark and Norway in April , and the Allied troops previously assembled Come_together for Finland were redirected Motion to Norway instead .

Fighting Hostile_encounter there continued until June when the Allies evacuated Escaping , ceding GiveUp Norway to Germany in response to the German invasion of France .

The Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive Attack during World War Hostile_encounter I was initially conceived Creating as a minor German offensive Attack to relieve Cure Russian pressure Influence on the Austro-Hungarians to their south on the Eastern Front , but resulted in Causation the Central Powers ' chief offensive Attack effort of 1915 , causing Causation the total collapse Destroying of the Russian lines and their retreat Escaping far into Russia .

German heavy field guns and howitzers with their high angle of fire suppressed Control the Russian artillery and devastated Destroying their infantry counterattacks Attack .

German siege Besieging mortars reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale Russian fortresses within days .

German light artillery supported Supporting the infantry through direct fire Use_firearm , devastating Destroying Russian strongpoints .

The coup Change_of_leadership was designed Creating to seem to be an initiative by local Lithuanians aiming to free Releasing their government of German influence .

The objective was to create Creating a salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the River Rhine , creating Creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany .

Supreme Commander General Eisenhower 's strategic goal was to encircle Besieging the heart of German industry , the Ruhr Area , in a pincer movement .

The northern end of the pincer would circumvent the northern end of the Siegfried Line , giving Giving easier access Getting into Germany across the north German plains enabling Preventing_or_letting mobile warfare .

German forces demolished Destroying the bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal at Son before it could be captured Conquering by the US 101st Airborne Division , although a Bailey bridge was then built Building over the canal by British sappers .

The delays in capturing Conquering the bridge at Nijmegen and constructing Building a Bailey bridge at Son gave Giving time for German forces ( the 9th SS Panzer Division `` Hohenstaufen '' and 10th SS Panzer Division `` Frundsberg '' , which were in the Arnhem area at the start of the jump ) to organise Arranging their counterattack .

A small British force managed to capture Conquering the north end of the Arnhem road bridge , denying Agree_or_refuse_to_act use of the intact bridge to German forces .

The outcome of the battle Hostile_encounter was a strategic victory Earnings_and_losses for the Allies—the German blockade failed—but at great cost Cost : 3,500 merchant ships and 175 warships were sunk Earnings_and_losses in the Atlantic for the loss Earnings_and_losses of 783 U-boats ( the majority being Type VII submarines ) and 47 German surface warships , including 4 battleships ( `` Scharnhorst '' , `` Bismarck '' , `` Gneisenau '' , and `` Tirpitz '' ) , 9 cruisers , 7 raiders , and 27 destroyers .

The outcome of the battle Hostile_encounter was a strategic victory Earnings_and_losses for the Allies—the German blockade failed—but at great cost Cost : 3,500 merchant ships and 175 warships were sunk Earnings_and_losses in the Atlantic for the loss Earnings_and_losses of 783 U-boats ( the majority being Type VII submarines ) and 47 German surface warships , including 4 battleships ( `` Scharnhorst '' , `` Bismarck '' , `` Gneisenau '' , and `` Tirpitz '' ) , 9 cruisers , 7 raiders , and 27 destroyers .

The campaign Hostile_encounter started Process_start immediately after the European War Hostile_encounter began Process_start , during the so-called `` Phoney War Hostile_encounter '' , and lasted six years , until the German Surrender Surrendering in May 1945 .

The Allies gradually gained Getting the upper hand , overcoming Conquering German surface raiders by the end Process_end of 1942 and defeating Conquering the U-boats by mid-1943 , though losses Earnings_and_losses due to U-boats continued until the war Hostile_encounter 's end Process_end .

The airborne task force landed Self_motion in the River Argens valley with the objective of preventing Preventing_or_letting German reinforcements from reaching Arriving the landing Self_motion beaches .

The goal Aiming of the invasion was to secure the vital ports on the French Mediterranean coast and increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale pressure on the German forces Military_operation by opening Openness another front .

They were opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act by the scattered forces Military_operation of the German Army Group G , which had been weakened Cause_change_of_strength by the relocation of its divisions to other fronts and the replacement of its soldiers with third-rate `` Ostlegionen '' outfitted with obsolete equipment Supply .

After meeting with Come_together the Allied units from Operation Overlord , the Allied forces Military_operation were in need of reorganizing and , facing Confronting_problem stiffened German resistance , the offensive was halted Process_end on 14September .

It enabled them to liberate Conquering most of Southern France in a time span of only four weeks , while inflicting Causation heavy casualties Death on the German forces Military_operation , although a substantial part of the best German units were able to escape Escaping .

It enabled them to liberate Conquering most of Southern France in a time span of only four weeks , while inflicting Causation heavy casualties Death on the German forces Military_operation , although a substantial part of the best German units were able to escape Escaping .

Despite various attempts to violate the provisions in the Peace of Augsburg no general European or German conflagration would erupt Process_start as a result of the violations .

As a result , there was no political unity of German Protestant states that could coordinate actions against a Catholic interloper .

Seeing weakness and discord in the ranks of their German overlords , his Bohemian subjects revolted Change_of_leadership .