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.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of France canonical 166
Fall of France 21
Battle of Belgium 9

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of France ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Maurice Gamelin ⓘ
surface form: 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) ⓘ
Battle of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied forces

Axis powers ⓘ
partOf Western Front ⓘ
surface form: 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 campaigns ⓘ
surface form: Blitzkrieg

Referenced by (243)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World War II → hasPart → Battle of France ⓘ
European theatre of World War II → campaign → Battle of France ⓘ
European theatre of World War II → keyEvent → Battle of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of France
Battle of Britain → precededBy → Battle of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of France
Invasion of Poland → followedBy → Battle of France ⓘ
Phoney War → followedBy → Battle of France ⓘ
Phoney War → followedBy → Battle of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of the Low Countries
Luftwaffe → roleInConflict → Battle of France ⓘ
Axis powers → notableCampaign → Battle of France ⓘ
ETO → includesEvent → Battle of France ⓘ
subject surface form: European Theater of Operations
Erwin Rommel → participantIn → Battle of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Invasion of France (1940)
Wehrmacht → conflict → Battle of France ⓘ
Bore War → endEvent → Battle of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of France and the Low Countries
Maginot Line → notableBattle → Battle of France ⓘ
Hurricane → usedInConflict → Battle of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Hawker Hurricane
Free French Forces → formedAfter → Battle of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of France
September Campaign → followedBy → Battle of France ⓘ
Western Front → notableEvent → Battle of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)
Western Front → notableEvent → Battle of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)
this entity surface form: Fall of France
Operation Barbarossa → precededBy → Battle of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of France
Battle of France → alsoKnownAs → Battle of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of France
Battle of France → keyEvent → Battle of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of the Low Countries
Heinkel He 111 → usedInOperation → Battle of France ⓘ
Sitzkrieg → followedBy → Battle of France ⓘ
German 6th Army → operation → Battle of France ⓘ
Battle of Dunkirk → partOf → Battle of France ⓘ
Battle of Dunkirk → relatedEvent → Battle of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of France
Battle of Dunkirk → precededBy → Battle of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Belgium
Blitzkrieg campaigns → notableExample → Battle of France ⓘ
Blitzkrieg campaigns → notableExample → Battle of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Invasion of the Low Countries
Polish government-in-exile → significantEvent → Battle of France ⓘ
Dornier Do 17 → usedInOperation → Battle of France ⓘ
Heer → activeInConflict → Battle of France ⓘ
Operation Weserübung → followedBy → Battle of France ⓘ
Ardennes Forest → battleOccurredIn → Battle of France ⓘ
Ardennes Forest → offensiveLaunchedThrough → Battle of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of France 1940
Messerschmitt Bf 110 → sawActionIn → Battle of France ⓘ
Junkers Ju 87 → notableUse → Battle of France ⓘ
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen → participatedIn → Battle of France ⓘ
7th Panzer Division → tookPartIn → Battle of France ⓘ
Ernst Busch → participatedIn → Battle of France ⓘ
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht → conflict → Battle of France ⓘ
French First Army → engagement → Battle of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of France (1940)
Commander-in-Chief Luftflotte 2 → campaign → Battle of France ⓘ
Lord Gort → battle → Battle of France ⓘ
Waffen-SS → participatedIn → Battle of France ⓘ
Battle of Sedan (1940) → partOf → Battle of France ⓘ
Battle of Sedan (1940) → partOf → Battle of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of France
Battle of Sedan (1940) → precededBy → Battle of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: German invasion of the Low Countries
Hugo Sperrle → participantIn → Battle of France ⓘ