The Battle for France: 1940
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Briey MünichAlsace & Lorraine Vosges Maginot Line (1930-38) Gen. Joffre Gen. Petain Ardennes Dyle Plan D (1939) French-Polish Alliance (1921) French-Czechoslovak Alliance (1924) Little Entente (1921) Rhineland (March 1936) Austria (March 1938) Münich Conference (October 1938) Sudentenland (October 1938) Western Czechoslovakia (March 1939) Chamberlain British Guarantee to Poland (March 1939) World War II (1939-1945) Plan Z Katyn Nazi-Soviet Pact (23 Aug 1939) Gen. Halder Siegfried Line (1938-39) Spanish Civil War (1936-39) Gen. von Richthofen Gen. Guderian Liddell Hart/Fuller Gen. von Seeckt Reichswehr-Red Army Agreement (1922-33) Luftwaffe Daladier/Reynaud Gen. Gamelin Gen. von Thoma Franco Halifax/Eden German invasion Norway/Denmark (9 April 1940) |
Narvik/Lapland Iron Gates of the Danube SIS (MI-6) Baku/Batum Adm. Darlan Gen. von Manstein Gen. von Rundstedt Fall GELB (10 May 1940) Breda Sambre Lys Escaut (aka Scheldt) Scarpe Oise Aisne Namur Dinant Stonne Gen. Flavigny Arras Gen. Rommel Abbeville Dunkirk Operation DYNAMO (26 May--3 June 1940) Gen. Gort Mers El Kebir (3-4 July 1940) ME 109E forward defense methodical battle French B-1 Pkw I and II Panzer division dive bomber schwerpunkt order of battle close ground support standing start |