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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.
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.
21 lip 2010 · Instead, Petain arranged an armistice with the Nazis. The armistice, signed by the French on June 22, went into effect on June 25, and more than half of France was occupied by the Germans.
The German surrender at Akershus Fortress (Norway) on 11 May 1945. This is a timeline showing surrenders of the various fighting groups of the Axis forces that also marked ending time of World War II:
General de Gaulle told the people of France on a broadcast from London on the BBC to resist the Germans. 22 June: France signed an armistice with Germany. 23 June: Adolf Hitler toured captured Paris. 24 June: The French officially surrendered at Compiegne, the site of the German World War I surrender.
10 maj 2019 · On June 14 the French army evacuated Paris, and the Germans entered the city later that day. Reynaud relocated the government from Tours to Bordeaux. On June 24 the Franco-Italian armistice was concluded; on June 25 hostilities between France, Germany, and Italy were ended.
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?
