invasion of france
Notes
- Germans break through Dyle line and Ardennes defenses and rush to the coast
- Approx. 500,000 troops surrounded by May 27 ( 17 days )
- British realized they were surrounded
- Navy organized a evacuation as a result
- Approx. 340,000 soldiers rescued in a weeks time
- Germans held up during this time?
- Seen as small victory for the allies
- Italy declares war on France june 10
- Paris falls june 14
- Germans break through Dyle line and Ardennes defenses and rush to the coast
- Approx. 500,000 troops surrounded by May 27 ( 17 days )
- British realized they were surrounded
- Navy organized a evacuation as a result
- Approx. 340,000 soldiers rescued in a weeks time
- Germans held up during this time?
- Seen as small victory for the allies
- Italy declares war on France june 10
- Paris falls june 14
Quote: "Dunkirk has fallen...with it has ended the greatest battle of world history. Soldiers! My confidence in you knew no bounds. You have no disappointed me" - Adolf Hitler, June 5th 1940
Political Cartoon
BIG QUESTION: What of occurred if the soldiers could not be rescued? Would the war of ended differently?
Summary: Germans surround 500,000 troops, operation dynamo occurs where they save many soldiers, civilians helped the rescue, is seen as a huge success for the allies. France falls soon after the fall of the Dyle line and the British are evacuated. Italy declares war on France June 10 aligning themselves with Germany and Japan, in something known as the Tripartite Pact.