Europe 1940: Fall of France

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Political map of Europe & the Mediterranean on 21 Jun 1940 (World War II: Blitzkrieg: Fall of France), showing the following events: Operation Dynamo; Italian entry into World War II; Frontier Wire offensive; Siege of Malta; Soviet Occupation of the Baltic; Second Armistice at Compiègne.

26 May–3 Jun 1940British rescue
338 226 soldiers
from Dunkirk

10 Jun 1940Italy enters
the War

11–14 Jun 1940British capture border
forts in Libya

11 Jun 1940–20 Nov 1942Axis air and sea offensive
against Malta

15 Jun 1940Soviets occupy
Estonia, Latvia,
and Lithuania

22 Jun 1940France surrenders

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16 Sep 1939 Invasion of Poland 11 Mar 1940 Winter War 21 Apr 1940 Invasion of Denmark and Norway 25 May 1940 Blitzkrieg in the West 21 Jun 1940 Fall of France 7 Sep 1940 Battle of Britain 3 Nov 1940 Italian Offensives 26 Feb 1941 Italian Fiascos 16 Apr 1941 Germany in the Mediterranean 21 Jun 1941 Eve of Barbarossa 31 Aug 1941 Operation Barbarossa 4 Dec 1941 Battle of Moscow 20 Jan 1942 The War Expands 27 Jun 1942 Western Desert Campaign 16 Sep 1942 Case Blue

As the British evacuated what troops they could from Dunkirk, the Germans regrouped for a second great offensive deep into the heart of France. Mussolini declared war on the Allies on June 10, Paris fell on the 14th. A week later a defeated France agreed to an armistice.

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26 May–3 Jun 1940 Operation Dynamo ▲

Isolated by the Wehrmacht as it advanced across France, the British Expeditionary Force and allied remnants built an improvised harbor on the beach at Dunkirk, from which Royal Navy and civilian volunteer craft were able to evacuate the 338,226 troops who had not been killed or captured. Following the evacuation, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill vowed that the United Kingdom would never surrender to Nazi Germany. in wikipedia

10 Jun 1940 Italian entry into World War II ▲

Holding that Germany would soon defeat the Allies, Benito Mussolini declared Italy’s entrance into World War II, effective as of midnight 10/11 June 1940. The Italian government presented the declaration to the British and French ambassadors in Rome shortly after 16:30, with Mussolini informing the Italian public later that day. in wikipedia

11–14 Jun 1940 Frontier Wire offensive ▲

British forces from Egypt crossed into the Italian colony of Libya, penetrating the 271 km Frontier Wire built by Italy to guard the border and contain the Senussi population within Libya. On 14 June, the British captured Fort Capuzzo and, 97 km to the south, Fort Maddalena. They also exchanged fire with the fortified camp of Sidi Omar, but would not capture it until Operation Compass in December. in wikipedia

11 Jun 1940–20 Nov 1942 Siege of Malta ▲

Their possession strategic island of Malta allowed the British to attack Axis vessels en route to North Africa. In an attempt to force the island into submission, German and Italy launched 3,000 bombing raids on Malta over the course of two years, but were unable to obtain air supremacy or break the defenders. in wikipedia

15 Jun 1940 Soviet Occupation of the Baltic ▲

In accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union occupied the Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, annexing them unilaterally later that summer. Contrary to the Pact, Germany did not occupy Lithuania, and the Winter War prevented Russia from occupying Finland as planned. in wikipedia

22 Jun 1940 Second Armistice at Compiègne ▲

Adolf Hitler and top military officials of Nazi Germany signed an armistice with representatives of the French Third Republic at 18:36 near Compiègne, France—the exact location of the 1918 armistice ending World War I. This new armistice ended French involvement in World War II on the side of the Allies and established a German zone of occupation in northern and western France, leaving the remainder (“Vichy France”) to be governed by the French. in wikipedia