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The Battle of France (French: bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) and France.
Kampania francuska 1940 (niem. kryptonim „Fall Gelb”), inaczej zwana I bitwą o Francję – niemiecka ofensywa na Francję połączona z agresją na Belgię, Holandię i Luksemburg przy złamaniu neutralności tych państw.
10 maj 2019 · Battle of France, (May 10–June 25, 1940), during World War II, the German invasion of the Low Countries and France. In just over six weeks, German armed forces overran Belgium and the Netherlands, drove the British Expeditionary Force from the Continent, captured Paris, and forced the surrender of the French government.
25 lis 2021 · W maju 1940 roku armia francuska liczyła 5,5 miliona ludzi, włącznie z żołnierzami z kolonii. Z tego 2,24 miliona wystawiono do obrony przed spodziewanym atakiem niemieckim. Francuzi mieli do dyspozycji 117 dywizji, w tym 104 na froncie północno-wschodnim.
30 mar 2011 · Explore the dramatic and unexpected defeat of the French forces in WW2. Why did France collapse just six weeks after Hitler's initial assault?
10 maj 2019 · By early June 1940 Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and the Netherlands had fallen, the British had been driven into the sea, and the Germans had taken more than one million Allied prisoners in the space of three weeks. The new French front along the Somme and the Aisne was dubbed the Weygand Line.
Learn how Nazi Germany conquered France in six weeks from May to June 1940, bypassing the Maginot Line and trapping the Allied forces at Dunkirk. See the key dates, events and outcomes of the Fall of France and the armistice with Germany.
