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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.
5 June: The second part of the Battle of France began with the Germans striking south from the River Somme. 9 June: German forces launched an offensive on Paris. 10 June: Norway surrendered to German forces and Italy joined the war by declaring war on France and Great Britain.
This is a chronological list of the battles involving the Franks, Francia and West Francia until 987. For later conflicts, see List of battles involving the Kingdom of France. The list gives the name, the date, the present-day location of the battles, the Frankish allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
The Battle of Malakoff (1855) during the Crimean War, by Horace Vernet (1858) List of battles involving France, Francia and the Franks may refer to: Entire pre-987 wars involving the Franks and Francia, see List of wars involving Francia. Specific pre-987 battles involving the Franks and Francia, see List of battles involving the Franks and ...
Battles of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) involving France (2 P) Battles of the Algerian War (1 C, 18 P) Battles of the French conquest of Algeria (2 C, 30 P)
The bulk of the forces of the Allies were French, although the United Kingdom (British Expeditionary Force), Netherlands, and Belgium had significant forces in the battle opposing Germany. Supreme Command was held by the French Commander-in-Chief Général d'armée Maurice Gamelin , his deputy Général d'armée Alphonse Joseph Georges was ...
This is a list of wars involving modern France from the abolition of the French monarchy and the establishment of the French First Republic on 21 September 1792 until the current Fifth Republic. For wars involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792), see List of wars involving the Kingdom of France .
Pages in category "Battles of World War II involving France" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .