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Films about the Battle of France (1940), the German invasion of France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands during the Second World War. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
It is June 1940, during the Battle of France. [4] After five-year-old Paulette's parents and pet dog die in a German air attack on a column of refugees fleeing Paris, the traumatized child meets 10-year-old Michel Dollé whose peasant family takes her in. [4] She quickly becomes attached to Michel.
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 film opened in France on 19 July 2017, and made $2.2 million on its first day. It was released in seven markets the following day, earning an additional $6.3 million, and on 21 July in forty-six more countries, grossing $12.7 million from over ten thousand theatres, including $3.7 million from the United Kingdom. [ 147 ]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. It is a remake of the 1938 British film It's in the Air directed by Anthony Kimmins and re-used footage from the earlier film. It was produced during the Phoney War period and was released in March 1940, a few weeks before the beginning of the Battle of France.
The country is facing military and political collapse as the Battle of France rages. A married couple, Charles de Gaulle and his wife Yvonne , are trying to cope with the situation at hand. When de Gaulle goes to war as a brigadier general in the battle against the invading German army, his wife Yvonne remains at home and takes care of their ...
English: The famous scene taken from Frank Capra's US propaganda movie "Divide and Conquer" ("Why We Fight #3", @54:50) depicting the departure of the remaining French troops after their defeat at the 1940 Battle of France (World War II). The audio commentary says the French weep as the Tricolore flag leaves metropolitan France from the Toulon ...
The siege of Lille or Lille pocket (28–31 May 1940) took place during the Battle of France in the Second World War.The siege of the French IV Corps and V Corps (about 40,000 men) of the First Army (General René Prioux) was conducted by four German infantry divisions supported by three panzer divisions.