Armistice of 22 June 1940

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The Armistice of 22 June 1940 was the agreement by which defeated France ceased hostilities and accepted German occupation terms during World War II, leading to the establishment of Vichy France.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II armistice
armistice agreement
international treaty
allowed existence of a French government in the unoccupied zone
maintenance of a limited French Army in the unoccupied zone
alsoKnownAs Franco-German Armistice of 22 June 1940
Second Compiègne Armistice
cameIntoForce 1940-06-25
countrySignedIn France
dateSigned 1940-06-22
followedBy French State (Vichy France)
establishment of the Vichy regime
historicalContext German victory in Western Europe in 1940
collapse of the French Third Republic
imposedBy Nazi Germany
imposedOn France
language French
German
limited French armed forces
locationSigned Compiègne Forest
Rethondes
negotiatedBy Charles Huntziger
Wilhelm Keitel NERFINISHED
orderedBy Adolf Hitler
precededBy Fall of Paris (1940)
German invasion of France and the Low Countries
relatedTo Appeal of 18 June
Free France
replaced active French military resistance in metropolitan France
required disarmament of much of the French military
internment of French soldiers in German captivity
surrender of French weapons and equipment
resultedIn German occupation of northern France
German occupation of western France
creation of the Zone libre
demobilization of large parts of the French Army
division of France into occupied and unoccupied zones
end of Battle of France
establishment of Vichy France
signatoryState French Third Republic
German Reich
signedBy France
Nazi Germany
signedDuring Battle of France
World War II
signedInRailwayCarriage Compiègne Wagon
stipulated French fleet not to fall into German hands
French fleet to be disarmed in French ports

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Armistice of 22 June 1940 ("Franco-German Armistice of 22 June 1940")
Armistice of 22 June 1940 ("Second Compiègne Armistice")
alsoKnownAs
Battle of Sedan (1940) ("French armistice of June 1940")
consequence
Vichy French forces ("Franco-German Armistice of 22 June 1940")
limitedBy
Free France
opposedTo
Appeal of 18 June ("French armistice of 22 June 1940")
relatedTo
Italian invasion of France ("Franco-Italian Armistice")
result

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