10 May- 25 June, 1940 Battle of France, the fall of France (10 maio 1940 ano – 25 jun 1940 ano)

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This was a battle that took place during the WWII in May 10, 1940. German forces invaded areas of France which pushed both the Britain ( BEF- British Expeditionary Force) and France ( Dunkirk) returned to the sea in Operation Dynamo. The battle organized in 2 distinct operations which were the Fall Gelb Operation and Fall Rot; people also called them " Case Yellow" and " Case Red. " The Case Yellow was to depress the French defense forces out of their fortified point territories, and the Case Red meant to expand, strengthen German's superiority through these regions. In the early days of May, 1940, there were 71 British bombers took off, but only 31 came back. This was the highest rate of loss that had never been experienced by the Royal Air Force. The Germans punched a hole in France by concentrating one specific location which wasn't expected by the French. On June 10, Paris declared an open city, powers from Adolf hitler arrived in Paris at June 14, 1940, their military officials met with French government officials who committed to end the war. Marshal Philippe Pertain was the most notable officials that agreed with armistice. A week later, France was forced to surrender some areas of its territories to the north by signing a cease-fire agreement. In addition, signing this also meant that the French was willing to yield about 2 million of its soldiers, which were captive by Germany, to Hitler. Moreover, there was also an article that Italy would colonize a small portion in Southeast France,
!! Defined the broad outline of the war. !!
"We have been defeated; we have lost the battle" - French Premier Paul Reynaud, 15th May in telephone a call to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. ( France lose the battle, Germany won)
Furthermore, there were still other reasons why the allies would lose because of lack of military authorities; the German had more tank than France, Germany had greater air superiority than allies, and German men had more than allies with 1 million compared with 650 thousands. Last and foremost, French army got badly trained, equipped and led. The army had not been modernized. Maurice Gamelin had left too many men at the Maginot Line ( about two-fifth of the army). They didn't have a direct structure which would have allowed quick communication. French government was weak and lack resolved. Officials from France were burning documents that signaled the obstructing evacuation, the moral authority, executive capacity disappeared from the government, and military defeat led to a political collapse. This battle is necessary to mention that it influenced whole allied states such as the Great Britain, since the allies lose the fought, the Italian declared war on June 10, 1940. Threatened the British in the Mediterranean, Egypt, Suez Canal, Palestine and oilfields in the region. As these powerful colony taken away, it could affect Great Britain a lot .

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