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5 giorni fa · The defeat of the French by the German Army in 1940 surprised the international community and left France stunned. The subsequent capitulation of the French to Hitler's demands was solidified by the armistice signed in June of 1940 by prime minister Marshal Philippe Pétain — a military hero of WWI.
3 giorni fa · In the summer of 1940, the Germans defeated France and drove the British out of Western Europe. Following their evacuation from Dunkirk, the British found themselves facing the threat of invasion.
2 giorni fa · Overview of the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, 1940. See all videos for this article. France’s 800,000-man standing army was thought at the time to be the most powerful in Europe.
2 giorni fa · Military history of France during World War II. From 1939 to 1940, the French Third Republic was at war with Nazi Germany. In 1940, the German forces defeated the French in the Battle of France. The Germans occupied the north and west of French territory and a collaborationist régime under Philippe Pétain established itself in Vichy.
3 giorni fa · The Battle for France had significant implications for the rest of the war. 21. The swift German victory demonstrated the effectiveness of Blitzkrieg tactics, influencing future military strategies. 22. The fall of France left Britain as the only major Allied power in Western Europe, leading to the Battle of Britain. 23.
2 giorni fa · World War II began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on September 3. The war between the U.S.S.R. and Germany began on June 22, 1941, with Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
5 giorni fa · In the spring of 1940, Nazi Germany launched a military offensive in France and the Low Countries that married superb intelligence, the latest military thinking, and new technology. In just six weeks the Nazis outflanked the large French army, sewed chaos, and took Paris, achieving what the Germans had failed to accomplish in World War I.
