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The armed forces of Adolf Hitler’s Germany had overrun the country in a mere six weeks. De Gaulle, a fervent French nationalist and defender of France’s status as a major imperial power, faced a situation of total humiliation in the wake of the Third Reich’s triumph over his homeland.
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Choice of Compiègne. When Adolf Hitler received word from the French government that it wished to negotiate an armistice, he selected Compiègne Forest as the place for the negotiations. Compiègne had been the site of the 1918 Armistice, which ended World War I with Germany's surrender.
13 Ιουλ 2021 · On May 10, 1940, Adolf Hitler ordered the invasion of France and the Low Countries. Occurring eight months into the war – a period disparagingly named The Phoney War – the invading action was decisive, strategic, and altogether mighty. By June 22, the French government surrendered, signing an armistice that led to the Vichy government's ...
As Germany was poised to invade Poland in August 1939, France’s Commander-in-Chief, General Gamelin, was among those who assumed that the German military would be fully occupied to the east.
On 3 September 1939, French military strategy had been settled, taking in analyses of geography, resources and manpower. The French Army would defend in the east (right flank) and attack on the west (left flank) by advancing into Belgium, to fight forward of the French frontier.
The French First Army had most of its units pocketed around Lille. Those of its units evacuated from Dunkirk were relanded in France, but saw no further action; they were still being reorganised in Brittany at the fall of France.
