Battle o Fraunce
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In the Seicond Warld War, the Battle o Fraunce, kent as the Faw o Fraunce an aw, wis the successfu German invasion o Fraunce an the Law Kintras, beginnin on 10 Mey 1940, defeatin primarily French forces. The battle consistit o twa main operations. In the first, Fall Gelb (Case Yellae), German airmoured units pushed throu the Ardennes tae cut aff an surroond the Allied units that haed advanced intae Belgium. When Breetish an adjacent French forces wur pushed back tae the sea bi the heichly mobile an well organised German operation, the Breetish govrenment decidit tae evacuate the Breetish Expeditionary Force (BEF) as well as several French diveesions at Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo.
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Battle o Fraunce | |||||||
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Pairt o the Wastren Front o the Seicont Warld War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Allies: France Belgium Unitit Kinrick Netherlands Canadae Poland Czechoslovakie Luxembourg |
Axis: Germany Italy (frae 10 Juin) | ||||||
Commanders an leaders | |||||||
Maurice Gamelin (till 17 Mey) Alphonse Georges (till 17 Mey) Maxime Weygand (frae 17 Mey) Leopold III (POW) Lord Gort Henri Winkelman (POW) |
Gerd von Rundstedt Heinz Guderian Fedor von Bock Wilhelm von Leeb Erich von Manstein Erwin Rommel Hermann Hoth H.R.H. Umberto di Savoia | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Strenth | |||||||
Allies: 144 diveesions[1] 13,974 guns[1] 3,383 tanks[1] 2,935 aircraft[2] 3,300,000 truips Alps on 20 Juin ~150,000 French |
Germany: 141 diveesions[1] 7,378 guns[1] 2,445 tanks[1] 5,638 aircraft[3][4] 3,350,000 truips Alps on 20 June 300,000 Italians | ||||||
Casualties an losses | |||||||
360,000 deid or woondit, 1,900,000 captured 2,233 aircraft[5] Tot: 2,260,000 casualties |
Germany: 157,621 casualties[nb 1] Tot: 163,650 casualties |
Efter the widrawal o the BEF, Germany launched a seicont operation, Fall Rot (Case Reid), which wis commenced on 5 Juin. While the depletit French forces put up stiff initial resistance, German air superiority an airmoured mobility owerwhelmed the remainin French forces. German airmour ootflanked the Maginot Line an pushed deep intae Fraunce wi German forces arrivin in an undefendit Paris on 14 Juin. This caused a chaotic period o flicht for the French govrenment an effectively endit organized French militar resistance. German commanders finally met wi French offeecials on Juin 18 wi the goal o the new French govrenment bein an airmistice wi Germany. Chief amang the new govrenment leaders wis Marshal Philippe Pétain recently made Premiere o Fraunce an ane o the supporters o seekin an airmistice wi Germany.
On 22 Juin, an airmistice wis signed atween Fraunce an Germany, which resulted in a diveesion o Fraunce whaurbi Germany wad occupy the north an wast (an keep nearly twa million French soldiers as prisoners in Germany an aw), Italy wad control a smaa Italian occupation zone in the sootheast, an an unoccupied zone, the zone libre, wad be govrened bi the newly fairmed Vichy govrenment led bi Marshal Pétain. Fraunce remained unner Axis occupation till the liberation o the kintra efter the Allied landins in 1944.