where did france surrender ww2?
Mediterranean Sea
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 The Allies failed to reach their goals for the first day , but gained a tenuous foothold that they gradually expanded as they captured the port at Cherbourg on 26 June and the city of Caen on 21 July . A failed counterattack by German forces on 8 August led to 50 @,@ 000 soldiers of the German 7th Army being trapped in the Falaise pocket . The Allies launched an invasion of southern France ( code @-@ named Operation Dragoon ) on 15 August , and the Liberation of Paris followed on 25 August . German forces retreated across the Seine on 30 August 1944 , marking the close of Operation Overlord . 

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 The German offensive — named Unternehmen Gelb ( Operation Yellow ) , and also known as the Manstein Plan — began in the West on 10 May 1940 . The central campaign — the Battle of France — ended in Allied defeat and the destruction of the main French Army forces . The British Expeditionary Force escaped during the Battle of Dunkirk , but the Wehrmacht captured Paris on 14 June and overran ⅔ of France . The French surrendered on 25 June 1940 . 

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 The Allies continued to make progress in the liberation of France , and on 4 August Hitler ordered a counter @-@ offensive ( Operation Lüttich ) from Vire towards Avranches . The operation included LSSAH , Das Reich , 2nd , and 116th Panzer Divisions , with support from infantry and elements of the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen under SS @-@ Oberstgruppenführer Paul Hausser . These forces were to mount an offensive near Mortain and drive west through Avranches to the coast . The Allied forces were prepared for this offensive , and an air assault on the combined German units proved devastating . On 21 August , 50 @,@ 000 German troops , including most of the LSSAH , were encircled by the Allies in the Falaise Pocket . Remnants of the LSSAH which escaped were withdrawn to Germany for refitting . Paris was liberated on 25 August , and the last of the German forces withdrew over the Seine by the end of August , ending the Normandy campaign . 

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 The French Resistance in Paris rose against the Germans on 19 August . Eisenhower initially wanted to bypass the city to pursue other targets , but amid reports that the citizens were going hungry and Hitler 's stated intention to destroy the city , de Gaulle insisted that it should be taken immediately . French forces of the 2nd Armoured Division under General Philippe Leclerc arrived from the west on 24 August , while the U.S. 4th Infantry Division pressed up from the south . Scattered fighting continued throughout the night , and by the morning of 25 August Paris was liberated . 

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 Three events allowed the Angevins ' successful termination of the conflict : 
