Modern era · 1940
Battle of France
The Battle of France (French: Bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) and France during the Second World War. The plan for the invasion of the Low Countries and France was called Fall Gelb (Case Yellow or the Manstein plan).
- When
- 10 May 1940 – 25 Jun 1940
- Where
- Luxembourg
- Era
- Modern
Topics
World War II1939 – 1945France359 BCE – todayBelgium54 BCE – todayKingdom of the Netherlands1772 – todayLuxembourg1794 – today
People
Charles de Gaulle1890 – 1970French general and statesman (1890–1970)
Erwin Rommel1891 – 1944German field marshal (1891–1944)
Heinz Guderian1888 – 1954German general (1888–1954)
Erich von Manstein1887 – 1973German field marshal (1887-1973)
Friedrich Paulus1890 – 1957German general (1890–1957)
Walther von Brauchitsch1881 – 1948German field marshal (1881-1948)
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist1881 – 1954German field marshal (1881–1954)
Before and after
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