Battle of France

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World War II battle military campaign

The Battle of France was the 1940 German campaign that rapidly defeated France and the Low Countries, leading to the fall of Paris and the occupation of much of Western Europe in World War II.

Aliases (15)

Fall of France ×10
Battle of Belgium ×3
German invasion of France ×3
German invasion of the Low Countries ×3
Invasion of France ×3
German invasion of France and the Low Countries ×2
Battle of France (1940) ×1
Battle of the Netherlands ×1
Fall of France (1940) ×1
German invasion of France 1940 ×1
German invasion of France in World War II ×1
Invasion of France (1940) ×1
Invasion of France 1940 ×1
Invasion of the Low Countries ×1
fall of France ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → military campaign →
alsoKnownAs	Fall of France →
armisticeDate	1940-06-22 →
armisticeEffectiveDate	1940-06-25 →
armisticeSignedWith	Germany → Italy →
capitalCaptured	Paris →
casualtiesEstimate	over 150000 German casualties → over 300000 Allied casualties →
commandedBy	Fedor von Bock → Gerd von Rundstedt → Lord Gort → Maurice Gamelin → Maxime Weygand → Walther von Reichenau →
conflictIn	World War II →
countryInvolved	Belgium → France → Italy → Luxembourg → Nazi Germany → Netherlands → United Kingdom →
dateOfParisOccupation	1940-06-14 →
endDate	1940-06-25 →
front	Western Front →
historicalPeriod	1940 in Europe →
keyEvent	Battle of Dunkirk → Battle of Sedan (1940) → German invasion of the Low Countries → Italian invasion of France →
ledTo	Battle of Britain → German control of Channel coast → creation of Vichy regime →
location	Belgium → France → Luxembourg → Netherlands → Western Europe →
notableTactic	Manstein Plan → Sichelschnitt (sickle cut) maneuver →
opponent	Allied forces → Axis powers →
partOf	Western Front of World War II →
result	German occupation of northern and western France → capitulation of France → decisive Axis victory → establishment of Vichy France → evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk →
startDate	1940-05-10 →
strategy	Blitzkrieg →

Referenced by (117)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
18th Army (Wehrmacht) → 4th Army → 6th Army → Army Group A → Erich von Manstein → Ernst Busch → Georg-Hans Reinhardt → Gerhard Barkhorn → Johannes Blaskowitz → Maximilian von Weichs → VIII Army Corps → Waffen-SS → Walther Nehring → Walther von Brauchitsch ("Invasion of France") → Walther von Brauchitsch → Wilhelm List → Wilhelm von Leeb → Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen →	participatedIn
Drôle de guerre → Invasion of Poland → Operation Weserübung → Phoney War → Phoney War ("German invasion of the Low Countries") → September Campaign → Sitzkrieg → Twilight War →	followedBy
Alfred Jodl → Erwin Rommel ("Invasion of France (1940)") → Ewald von Kleist → Fedor von Bock → François Darlan → Hugo Sperrle → Karl von Rundstedt → Walther von Reichenau →	participantIn
Armistice of 22 June 1940 ("German invasion of France and the Low Countries") → Battle of Britain ("Fall of France") → Battle of Dunkirk ("Battle of Belgium") → Battle of Sedan (1940) ("German invasion of the Low Countries") → Italian invasion of France ("German invasion of France") → Operation Barbarossa ("Fall of France") → Operation Dynamo ("German invasion of France") →	precededBy
Maurice Gamelin → Oberkommando der Wehrmacht → Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt → Wehrmacht →	conflict
Case Yellow ("Battle of the Netherlands") → Case Yellow ("Battle of Belgium") → Western Front (World War II) → Western Front (World War II) ("Fall of France") →	notableEvent
Battle of Dunkirk → Battle of Sedan (1940) → Battle of Sedan (1940) ("Fall of France") → Italian invasion of France →	partOf
Ghost Division → Ghost Division ("Invasion of France 1940") → Ghost Division ("Battle of Belgium") →	associatedWithCampaign
Army Group B ("German invasion of France") → British Expeditionary Force (World War II) → Luftflotte 2 →	engagedIn
7th Panzer Division → Flying Pencil → Heinz Guderian →	tookPartIn
Hawker Hurricane → Panzer I → Panzer II ("Invasion of France") →	usedInConflict
Chief of the OKW → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) →	associatedWithEvent
Commander-in-Chief Luftflotte 2 → European theatre of World War II →	campaign
Battle of France ("German invasion of the Low Countries") → European theatre of World War II ("Fall of France") →	keyEvent
Blitzkrieg campaigns → Blitzkrieg campaigns ("Invasion of the Low Countries") →	notableExample
Messerschmitt Bf 110 → Panzer III →	sawActionIn
38th Parliament of the United Kingdom ("Fall of France") → Polish government-in-exile →	significantEvent
Dietrich Hrabak → VIII Army Corps ("Invasion of France") →	theaterOfOperations
Dornier Do 17 → Heinkel He 111 →	usedInOperation
Fiat BR.20 Cicogna → Fiat CR.42 Falco →	usedInTheater
Heer →	activeInConflict
Battle of France ("Fall of France") →	alsoKnownAs
Lord Gort →	battle
Ardennes Forest →	battleOccurredIn
Polish POWs ("Fall of France (1940)") →	capturedDuring
Case Yellow ("fall of France") →	consequence
Manstein Plan →	designedForCampaign
French Third Republic ("German invasion of France in World War II") →	endedBy
Bore War ("German invasion of France and the Low Countries") →	endEvent
French First Army ("Battle of France (1940)") →	engagement
Atlantic Conference ("Fall of France") →	follows
Free French Forces ("Fall of France") →	formedAfter
World War II battles →	hasNotableBattle
World War II →	hasPart
European Theater of Operations →	includesEvent
Panzer division →	majorCampaign
Maginot Line →	notableBattle
Axis powers →	notableCampaign
French II Corps →	notableEngagement
Bristol Blenheim →	notableOperation
Junkers Ju 87 →	notableUse
Jericho-Trompete siren →	notableUseTheater
Ardennes Forest ("German invasion of France 1940") →	offensiveLaunchedThrough
German 6th Army →	operation
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb →	operationCommanded
Georg von Küchler →	operationParticipatedIn
Dunkirk →	partOfCampaign
Battle of Dunkirk ("Fall of France") →	relatedEvent
Appeal of 18 June →	relatedTo
Luftwaffe →	roleInConflict
Armistice of 22 June 1940 →	signedDuring
Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander →	theatreOfOperations
Fortified Sector of Thionville →	usedDuring
Fairey Battle →	usedInTheatre