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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.
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 ...
Preparations for a two-front war [13] 52 January 28, 1944 Battle of Rome Battle of Monte Cassino: 53 March 8, 1944 Establishment of fortified areas and strong points 54 April 2, 1944 Measures to halt the Soviet advance in the East 55 May 16, 1944 Utilization of long range bombardment against England V-1 and later V-2 missile strikes 56 July 12 ...
"The Battle of France". Facts in Review. Vol. II, no. 30. Calvin. 22 July 1940. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008 (Official Nazi propaganda account of the Battle of France) Goossens, Allert M. A. "The invasion of Holland in May 1940". War over Holland. Netherlands. Gort, John (10 October 1941).
The Italian invasion of France (10–25 June 1940), also called the Battle of the Alps, [b] was the first major Italian engagement of World War II and the last major engagement of the Battle of France. The Italian entry into the war widened its scope considerably in Africa and the Mediterranean Sea.
The Timeline of the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, covers the period during World War II from the first military actions between Germany and France and to the armistice signed by France.
The Manstein plan was a counterpart to the French Dyle plan for the Battle of France. Lieutenant General Erich von Manstein dissented from the 1939 versions of Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), a plan for an invasion of France and the Low Countries, devised by Franz Halder.
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 .