The Battle of France happened during a war.
The Battle of France , also known as the Fall of France , was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War .. France. France. German. Nazi Germany. Low Countries. Low Countries. Second World War. World War II. invasion of France. Italian invasion of France. In six weeks from 10 May 1940 , German forces defeated Allied forces by mobile operations and conquered France , Belgium , Luxembourg and the Netherlands , bringing land operations on the Western Front to an end until 6 June 1944 .. Western Front. Western Front ( World War II ). France. France. German. Nazi Germany. Belgium. Belgium. Luxembourg. Luxembourg. Netherlands. Netherlands. 6 June 1944. D-Day. Italy entered the war on 10 June 1940 and attempted an invasion of France .. France. France. Italy. Italy. invasion of France. Italian invasion of France. The German plan for the invasion consisted of two main operations .. German. Nazi Germany. In Fall Gelb -LRB- Case Yellow -RRB- , German armoured units pushed through the Ardennes and then along the Somme valley , cutting off and surrounding the Allied units that had advanced into Belgium , to meet the expected German invasion .. German. Nazi Germany. Ardennes. Ardennes. Belgium. Belgium. Somme. Somme ( river ). When British , Belgian and French forces were pushed back to the sea by the mobile and well-organised German operation , the British evacuated the British Expeditionary Force -LRB- BEF -RRB- and several French divisions from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo .. German. Nazi Germany. British Expeditionary Force. British Expeditionary Force ( World War II ). Dunkirk. Battle of Dunkirk. Operation Dynamo. Dunkirk evacuation. After the withdrawal of the BEF , the German forces began Fall Rot -LRB- Case Red -RRB- on 5 June .. German. Nazi Germany. Fall Rot. Fall Rot. The sixty remaining French divisions made a determined resistance but were unable to overcome the German air superiority and armoured mobility .. German. Nazi Germany. German tanks outflanked the Maginot Line and pushed deep into France .. France. France. German. Nazi Germany. Maginot Line. Maginot Line. German forces occupied Paris unopposed on 14 June after a chaotic period of flight of the French government that led to a collapse of the French army .. German. Nazi Germany. Paris. Paris. occupied. German military administration in occupied France during World War II. German commanders met with French officials on 18 June with the goal of forcing the new French government to accept an armistice that amounted to surrender .. German. Nazi Germany. On 22 June , the Second Armistice at Compiegne was signed by France and Germany , which resulted in a division of France .. France. France. Second Armistice at Compiegne. Armistice of 22 June 1940. The neutral Vichy government led by Marshal Philippe Petain superseded the Third Republic and Germany occupied the north and west .. Vichy government. Vichy France. Philippe Petain. Philippe Petain. Third Republic. French Third Republic. occupied. German military administration in occupied France during World War II. Italy took control a small occupation zone in the south-east and the Vichy regime was left in control of unoccupied territory in the south known as the zone libre .. Italy. Italy. occupation zone. Italian occupation of France during World War II. zone libre. zone libre. The Germans occupied the zone under Fall Anton in November 1942 , until the Allied liberation in the summer of 1944 .. occupied. German military administration in occupied France during World War II