Battle of France

Nazi German invasion of France in 1940.
Fall of France

OverviewRelatedTimelineWikipediaGalleryTableS1S2S3

Wikimedia, Wikidata
1940 — 1940 battle, Battle of Boulogne, Battle of Pont-de-l'Arche, Battle of Sedan, Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal, Battle of Zeeland, Belgium, Chasselay massacre, Defence of the Loire, Dunkirk evacuation, Evacuation of the Polish Army from Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Fall Gelb, France, German invasion of Belgium, Hitler's speech to his commanders-in-chief on November 23, 1939, Italian invasion of France, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Operation Ariel, Q1772124, Siege of Fort Hegra, Siege of Lille, Western Front, World War II,

Freebase entry^@

Location: 50.641111111, 4.668055555, KML, Maps

{"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"auto","height":"600px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":false,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap","Esri.WorldImagery"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":true,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":1,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBattle of France\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENazi German invasion of France in 1940\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Battle of France@Nazi German invasion of France in 1940\n","link":"","lat":50.641111111,"lon":4.668055555,"icon":"/images/d/d2/Red-marker.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Q11636595\" title=\"Q11636595\"\u003EBattle of Boulogne\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1940 siege, battle\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Battle of Boulogne@1940 siege, battle\n","link":"","lat":50.7265,"lon":1.61487,"icon":"/images/6/6c/M_conflict.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Q2984858\" title=\"Q2984858\"\u003EBattle of Pont-de-l'Arche\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1940 battle\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Battle of Pont-de-l'Arche@1940 battle\n","link":"","lat":49.3027,"lon":1.1538,"icon":"/images/6/6c/M_conflict.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Q269207\" title=\"Q269207\"\u003EBattle of Sedan\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1940 battle\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Battle of Sedan@1940 battle\n","link":"","lat":49.7026,"lon":4.9423,"icon":"/images/6/6c/M_conflict.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Q16165696\" title=\"Q16165696\"\u003EBattle of the Ypres-Comines Canal\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1940 battle\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal@1940 battle\n","link":"","lat":50.851,"lon":2.88517,"icon":"/images/6/6c/M_conflict.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/index.php?title=Q117305727\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\" class=\"new\" title=\"Q117305727 (page does not exist)\"\u003EChasselay massacre\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1940 massacre\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Chasselay massacre@1940 massacre\n","link":"","lat":45.8744,"lon":4.77272,"icon":"/images/6/6c/M_conflict.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Q911972\" title=\"Q911972\"\u003EDunkirk evacuation\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1940 naval battle, maritime evacuation, military operation\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Dunkirk evacuation@1940 naval battle, maritime evacuation, military operation\n","link":"","lat":51.0332,"lon":2.36648,"icon":"/images/6/6c/M_conflict.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/index.php?title=Q2252852\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\" class=\"new\" title=\"Q2252852 (page does not exist)\"\u003EFall Gelb\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1940 military operation plan\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Fall Gelb@1940 military operation plan\n","link":"","lat":50.6411,"lon":4.66816,"icon":"/images/6/6c/M_conflict.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Q697625\" title=\"Q697625\"\u003EGerman invasion of Belgium\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1940 military operation, battle\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"German invasion of Belgium@1940 military operation, battle\n","link":"","lat":50.6411,"lon":4.66813,"icon":"/images/6/6c/M_conflict.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/index.php?title=Q570105\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\" class=\"new\" title=\"Q570105 (page does not exist)\"\u003EHitler's speech to his commanders-in-chief on November 23, 1939\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1939 oration\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Hitler's speech to his commanders-in-chief on November 23, 1939@1939 oration\n","link":"","lat":52.5113,"lon":13.38,"icon":"/images/6/6c/M_conflict.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Q698178\" title=\"Q698178\"\u003EItalian invasion of France\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1940 military campaign\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Italian invasion of France@1940 military campaign\n","link":"","lat":45.8336,"lon":6.86523,"icon":"/images/6/6c/M_conflict.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/index.php?title=Q924671\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\" class=\"new\" title=\"Q924671 (page does not exist)\"\u003EOperation Ariel\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003Emilitary operation\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Operation Ariel@ military operation\n","link":"","lat":49.4898,"lon":0.100148,"icon":"/images/6/6c/M_conflict.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Q104628892\" title=\"Q104628892\"\u003ESiege of Fort Hegra\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1940 siege\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Siege of Fort Hegra@1940 siege\n","link":"","lat":63.4511,"lon":11.1627,"icon":"/images/6/6c/M_conflict.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Q714207\" title=\"Q714207\"\u003ESiege of Lille\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1940 siege\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Siege of Lille@1940 siege\n","link":"","lat":50.6319,"lon":3.05773,"icon":"/images/6/6c/M_conflict.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Q152989\" title=\"Q152989\"\u003EWestern Front\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1914 European Theater of World War I, war front\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Western Front@1914 European Theater of World War I, war front\n","link":"","lat":50.641,"lon":4.6681,"icon":"/images/e/ef/M_war.png"}],"imageoverlays":null}

+−

Esri.WorldImagery

OpenStreetMap

Leaflet | © OpenStreetMap

Battle of Boulogne 1940
Battle of Pont-de-l'Arche 1940
Battle of Sedan 1940
Battle of Zeeland 1940
Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal 1940
Chasselay massacre 1940
Defence of the Loire
Dunkirk evacuation 1940
Evacuation of the Polish Army from Saint-Jean-de-Luz 1940
Fall Gelb 1940
German invasion of Belgium 1940
Hitler's speech to his commanders-in-chief on November 23, 1939 1939
Italian invasion of France 1940
Operation Ariel
Q1772124
Siege of Fort Hegra 1940
Siege of Lille 1940
Western Front 1914

4th Army – Algerian War – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War – Battle of Anderlecht – Battle of Boulogne – Battle of Fleurus – Battle of Gembloux – Battle of Gosselies – Battle of Hannut – Battle of Lambusart – Battle of Landen – Battle of Leuven – Battle of Pont Saint-Louis – Battle of Pont-de-l'Arche – Battle of Ramillies – Battle of Rijmenam – Battle of Scheut – Battle of Sedan – Battle of Seneffe – Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal – Battle of Thimeon – Battle of Waterloo – Burning of Louvain – Defence of the Loire – Dunkirk evacuation – Eighty Years' War, 1566–1572 – Franco-Spanish War – Frankish War – German invasion of Belgium – German invasion of Belgium (1914) – Hundred Years' War – Italian invasion of France – Italian War of 1551–1559 – Operation Cycle – Siege of Corroy – Siege of Fort Hegra – Siege of Lille – Waterloo Campaign – Western Front – Western Front – Western Front –

1940-05-10T00:00:00Z

1940-05-10

1940-06-25T00:00:00Z

1940-06-25

1940-05-22T00:00:00Z

Battle of Boulogne 1940

1940-06-08T00:00:00Z

Battle of Pont-de-l'Arche 1940

1940-05-13T00:00:00Z

Battle of Sedan 1940

1940-05-10T00:00:00Z

Battle of Zeeland 1940

1940-05-26T00:00:00Z

Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal 1940

1940-06-20T00:00:00Z

Chasselay massacre 1940

1940-05-26T00:00:00Z

Dunkirk evacuation 1940

1940-06-01T00:00:00Z

Evacuation of the Polish Army from Saint-Jean-de-Luz 1940

1940-05-10T00:00:00Z

Fall Gelb 1940

1940-05-10T00:00:00Z

German invasion of Belgium 1940

1939-11-23T00:00:00Z

Hitler's speech to his commanders-in-chief on November 23, 1939 1939

1940-06-10T00:00:00Z

Italian invasion of France 1940

1940-05-05T00:00:00Z

Siege of Fort Hegra 1940

1940-05-28T00:00:00Z

Siege of Lille 1940

1914-08-03T00:00:00Z

Western Front 1914

{"selectable":false,"width":"100%","zoomMin":100000000000}

Frameless

620 the captured town of Mont-Saint-Aignan 1940. (50403666593)

648 Destroyed German Mercedes staff car during Battle of France in WW2. (51156236770)

Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-2354-09, Frankreich, Zerstörungen

Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-769-0236-25, Frankreich, Geschütz

Bundesarchiv Bild 121-0398, Frankreich, geräumte Vormarsch-Strasse

Bundesarchiv Bild 121-0399, Frankreich, Kriegsbeute

Bundesarchiv Bild 121-0400, Frankreich, zerstörte Hausfront

Bundesarchiv Bild 121-0402, Frankreich, Kriegsbeute, zerstörte Fahrzeuge

Bundesarchiv Bild 121-0404, Frankreich, Französische Kriegsgefangene

Bundesarchiv Bild 121-0410, Frankreich, Kriegsschäden, zerstörte Schiffe

Bundesarchiv Bild 121-0411, Frankreich, Kriegsschäden, zerstörte Waggons

Bundesarchiv Bild 121-0417, Französischer Kriegsgefangener mit Wachtposten

Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1973-023-19, Frankreich, Günther v. Kluge, Adolf Hitler

Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1980-072-33, Westfeldzug, Vormarsch bei Merzig

Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-123-13A, Westfeldzug, Panzerabwehr

Les ruines de Martincourt sur Meuse après les combats de Mai 1940

Map.5

Original caption- Soldiers of the unit to which Captain Ardizzone was attached are seen travelling along a road by the side of a canal. On the right is a French angler who is intent on his sport and pays no attention to Art.IWMARTLD129

Pferdefuhrwerke in Frankreich 1940

Sprzęt wojskowy zdobyty przez Niemców podczas kampanii francuskiej (2-153)

The British Expeditionary Force (bef) in France 1939-1940 C1737

Western Front, Battle of France - bunker entrance in front of a heavily damaged building

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Source

link		Freebase entry^@		Wikidata
conflict	1940	Battle of Boulogne	siege, battle	Wikidata
conflict	1940	Battle of Pont-de-l'Arche	battle	Wikidata
conflict	1940	Battle of Sedan	battle	Wikidata
conflict	1940	Battle of Zeeland	conflict	Wikidata
conflict	1940	Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal	battle	Wikidata
conflict	1940	Chasselay massacre	massacre	Wikidata
conflict		Defence of the Loire	battle	Wikidata
conflict	1940	Dunkirk evacuation	naval battle, maritime evacuation, military operation	Wikidata
conflict	1940	Evacuation of the Polish Army from Saint-Jean-de-Luz	historical event	Wikidata
conflict	1940	Fall Gelb	military operation plan	Wikidata
conflict	1940	German invasion of Belgium	military operation, battle	Wikidata
conflict	1939	Hitler's speech to his commanders-in-chief on November 23, 1939	oration	Wikidata
conflict	1940	Italian invasion of France	military campaign	Wikidata
conflict		Operation Ariel	military operation	Wikidata
conflict		Q1772124		Wikidata
conflict	1940	Siege of Fort Hegra	siege	Wikidata
conflict	1940	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
war	1914	Western Front	European Theater of World War I, war front	Wikidata
image		620 the captured town of Mont-Saint-Aignan 1940. (50403666593)		Wikimedia
image		648 Destroyed German Mercedes staff car during Battle of France in WW2. (51156236770)		Wikimedia
image		Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-2354-09, Frankreich, Zerstörungen		Wikimedia
image		Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-769-0236-25, Frankreich, Geschütz		Wikimedia
image		Bundesarchiv Bild 121-0398, Frankreich, geräumte Vormarsch-Strasse		Wikimedia
image		Bundesarchiv Bild 121-0399, Frankreich, Kriegsbeute		Wikimedia
image		Bundesarchiv Bild 121-0400, Frankreich, zerstörte Hausfront		Wikimedia
image		Bundesarchiv Bild 121-0402, Frankreich, Kriegsbeute, zerstörte Fahrzeuge		Wikimedia
image		Bundesarchiv Bild 121-0404, Frankreich, Französische Kriegsgefangene		Wikimedia
image		Bundesarchiv Bild 121-0410, Frankreich, Kriegsschäden, zerstörte Schiffe		Wikimedia
image		Bundesarchiv Bild 121-0411, Frankreich, Kriegsschäden, zerstörte Waggons		Wikimedia
image		Bundesarchiv Bild 121-0417, Französischer Kriegsgefangener mit Wachtposten		Wikimedia
image		Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1973-023-19, Frankreich, Günther v. Kluge, Adolf Hitler		Wikimedia
image		Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1980-072-33, Westfeldzug, Vormarsch bei Merzig		Wikimedia
image		Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-123-13A, Westfeldzug, Panzerabwehr		Wikimedia
image		Les ruines de Martincourt sur Meuse après les combats de Mai 1940		Wikimedia
image		Map.5		Wikimedia
image		Original caption- Soldiers of the unit to which Captain Ardizzone was attached are seen travelling along a road by the side of a canal. On the right is a French angler who is intent on his sport and pays no attention to Art.IWMARTLD129		Wikimedia
image		Pferdefuhrwerke in Frankreich 1940		Wikimedia
image		Sprzęt wojskowy zdobyty przez Niemców podczas kampanii francuskiej (2-153)		Wikimedia
image		The British Expeditionary Force (bef) in France 1939-1940 C1737		Wikimedia
image		Western Front, Battle of France - bunker entrance in front of a heavily damaged building		Wikimedia
image		Western Front, Battle of France - bunker entrance in front of a heavily damaged building		Wikimedia

Individual site searches

Google custom search of specialist sites

Google custom search of general sites

Battle of France

From Warlike

Q151340