The Battle of France was the successful German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, which ended the Phony War*.
The battle consisted of two main operations. In the first, Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), German armoured units pushed through the Ardennes, to cut off and surround the Allied units that had advanced into Belgium.
During the fighting, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and many French soldiers were evacuated from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo.
In the second operation, Fall Rot (Case Red), executed from 5 June, German forces outflanked the Maginot Line and pushed deep into France.
Italy declared war on France on 10 June and soon afterwards the French government fled to Bordeaux.
France's capital of Paris was occupied on 14 June. On 17 June, Philippe P
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