Battle of France

In the Second World War, the Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, executed on 10 May 1940, which ended the Phoney 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. In the second operation, Fall Rot (Case Red), executed from 5 June, German forces outflanked the Maginot Line and pushed deep into France.

France's capital of Paris was occupied on 14 June. On 17 June, Philippe Pétain publicly announced France would ask for an armistice. On 22 June, an armistice was signed between France and Germany, going into effect on 25 June. For the Axis Powers, the campaign was a spectacular victory.

Battle of France in The War That Came Early
The Battle of France began two weeks before Christmas in 1938 one month after the defeat of Czechoslovakia. The German army launched an attack into the Netherlands, through Belgium and Luxembourg, defeating those countries before the end of the year.

As 1939 began, the Germans thrust through the Ardennes region and into France, wheeling north of the city of Paris but due to over stretching their own logistics, the Germans were defeated by an Allied counter attack, saving France.

Battle of France in Worldwar
The Battle of France was still fondly remembered by many in the Wehrmacht as their crowning moment of glory, even after the Race landed in mid 1942.