Battle of France

When

10 May 1940 – 25 Jun 1940

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

47.00° N, 2.00° E

Description

Nazi German invasion of France in 1940

War

World War II

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

German invasion of France in 1940

The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of the Low Countries and France during the Second World War. The plan for the invasion of the Low Countries and France was called Fall Gelb. Fall Rot was planned to finish off the French and British after the evacuation at Dunkirk. The Low Countries and France were defeated and occupied by Axis troops down to the French demarcation line.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of France begins”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mit dem Beginn des deutschen Westfeldzugs endet der sogenannte „Sitzkrieg“: Die deutsche Wehrmacht besetzt die neutralen Länder Niederlande”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le Haut-Commandement aérien décide l'évacuation vers l'Afrique du Nord de tous les avions français ayant le rayon d'action nécessaire à ce voyage”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A 160 km de París se libra la Batalla de Francia se inicia con una ofensiva alemana en el Somne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ドイツ軍がオランダ王国・ベルギー王国・ルクセンブルク大公国・フランスに侵攻開始（ナチス・ドイツのフランス侵攻、オランダの戦い）”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• World War II1 Sep 1939 · World war · Deaths 75,000,000