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  1. Timeline of France in World War 212:
    • May 10, 1940: Germany invades France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
    • May 23, 1940: Rescue at Dunkirk.
    • June 4, 1940: Operation Dynamo.
    • June 10, 1940: Italy declares war on France and Great Britain. France fled to Vichy.
    • June 22, 1940: France surrenders to Germany.
    • March 9, 1940: Paul Reynaud became Prime Minister of France.
    • June 6, 1944: D-Day - The Invasion of Normandy.
    • August 25, 1944: Liberation of France.
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    May 10: Germany invades France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. May 26: Evacuation begins of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France. June 10: Italy declares war on France and Great Britain. June 22: France surrenders to Germany.
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    Aug 25, 1944, Liberation of France May 10, 1940, Battle of France Jun 6, 1944, D-Day - The Invasion of Normandy May 23, 1940, Rescue at Dunkirk Jun 4, 1940, Operation Dynamo Mar 9, 1940, Paul Reynaud became Prime Minister of France Apr 9, 1940, Germans attacked France Jun 10, 1940, France fled to Vichy
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    France during World War II - Wikipedia

    The first phase saw the capitulation of the Netherlands, Belgium, and France during May and June 1940 after their defeat in the Low Countries and the northern half of France, and continued into an air war between Germany and Britain that climaxed with the Battle of Britain. See more

    France was one of the largest military powers to come under occupation as part of the Western Front in World War II. The Western Front was a military theatre of World War II encompassing Denmark, Norway, … See more

    The following are articles about the topic of France during World War II:
    Maginot Line and Alpine Line of fortifications and … See more

    • Kedward, Roderick. "France" in I.C.B. Dear and M.R.D. Foot, eds. The Oxford Companion to World War II (2003) pp 391–408. online at … See more

    3 September 1939 17:00
    France declared war on Germany
    May and June 1940
    The capitulation of the Netherlands, Belgium, and France during May and June 1940 after their defeat in the Low Countries and the northern half of France
    June 1940
    Vichy France was established
    1942
    Pierre Laval became head of government
    1944
    France was liberated
    September 1940
    Japanese invasion of French Indochina
    June 1944
    Operation Overlord - the invasion of northern France by the western Allies
    August 1944
    Liberation of Paris - the freeing of the French capital
    1945
    Western Allied invasion of Germany - invasion (as the right flank of the western front) of Baden-Württemberg

    Charles de Gaulle, the main leader.
    Free France (La France Libre), the provisional government in London who controlled unoccupied and liberated territories, and the forces under its control (Forces françaises libres or FFL), fighting on the Allies' side … See more

     
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  6. Battle of France | History, Summary, Maps,

    Battle of France (May 10–June 25, 1940), during World War II, the German invasion of the Low Countries and France. In just over six weeks, German armed forces overran Belgium and the Netherlands, drove the British Expeditionary …

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    May 25, 2024 · 1940. The first full year of the war saw Germany invading its European neighbors: Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, and Romania. Further, the bombing of Britain lasted for months. …

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    Military history of France during World War II. From 1939 to 1940, the French Third Republic was at war with Nazi Germany. In 1940, the German forces defeated the French in the Battle of France. The Germans occupied the north …

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    Sep 6, 2007 · The British Expeditionary Force was pushed back toward the sea around the port of Dunkirk, France, and faced annihilation -- until General Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt and Adolf Hitler ordered German forces to stop on …

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    Sep 24, 2024 · Normandy Invasion, during World War II, the Allied invasion of western Europe, which was launched on June 6, 1944 (the most celebrated D-Day of the war), with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian …

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