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   ocr: Index Second World D-Day War: After the declaration of war, the French army Help 1939-1945 spent the winter behind the fortified Maginot Exit Line without taking any initiative, while German Back troops occupied Norway (April 1940) to protect ore supplies from Sweden. In May, with the goal of outflanking the Maginot Line, the Germans invaded the neutral states of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Crossing the Meuse, they defeated the French army within the space of a few days and Bookmark trapped the British troops that had landed on the Continent in a pocket around Dunkirk, forcing th ...