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Michelin Maps published a map after the war with the exact route of the line. The plotting of the demarcation line led to some aberrations. For example, in Indre-et-Loire it ran along the course of the Cher and thus bisected the Château de Chenonceau , which was built on the bed of the river: the main entrance was in the occupied zone, while ...
Date: September 2008: Source: Own work. Source of data: NGDC World Data Bank II (public domain) Image:France map Lambert-93 with regions and departments-blank.svg
France During World War II: From Defeat to Liberation. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-2562-0. Corum, James (1992). The Roots of Blitzkrieg: Hans von Seeckt and German Military Reform. Modern War Studies. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-0541-5. Dear, Ian; Foot, M. (2001). The Oxford Companion to World War II ...
German occupation of France during World War II - 1940–1944 in the northern zones, and 1942–1944 in the southern zone. The Holocaust in France . Italian occupation of France during World War II - limited to border areas 1940–1942, almost all Rhône left-bank territory 1942-1943.
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war .
The Battle of Saumur occurred during the last stages of the Battle of France during World War II, when officer cadets from the Cavalry School at Saumur, led by superintendent Colonel Charles Michon, made a defensive stand along the Loire River at Saumur, Gennes, and Montsoreau. For two days the Cavalry School, and other assorted units which had ...
The Line of Contact marked the farthest advance of American, British, French, and Soviet armies into German controlled territory at the end of World War II in Europe. In general a "line of contact" refers to the demarcation between two or more given armies, whether they are allied or belligerent.
On 10 June 1940, Italy declared war against the French and British. Ten days later, the Italian army invaded France . On 24 June 1940, after the Fall of France , Italy and France signed the Franco-Italian Armistice , two days after the cessation of hostilities between France and Germany , agreeing upon an Italian zone of occupation.