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1. “The French collapse was as sudden as it was unexpected.”
2. Resistance groups formed
3. While de Gaulle formed an army and a government in exile in Britain.

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http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/francedefeat.htm

http://www.secondworldwarhistory.com/ww2-quotes.asp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_France

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/fall_france_01.shtml

www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/fall-of-france

(1990). Chronicle of the Second World War. UK : Chronicle Communications.

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The German advance up on 21 May 1940

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Source - www.businessinsider.com

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1. Newspaper Article
2. Unknown
3. 11 June 1940, Tuesday
4. Battle of France
5. Information on current situation of Battle of France to the Public.
6. Battle of France was turning interesting
7. Providing general information for Public
8. Germany was really well-prepared with the weapons and the strategies of attacking. On the other side, France were not prepared to battle against Germany which had high techniques.

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Armistice - an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time.

Low countries - Low Countries, also called Benelux Countries, coastal region of northwestern Europe, consisting of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

Vichy government - The government of France after Germany defeated and occupied it at the beginning of World War II. Vichy, the capital, is a small city in central France.

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“The 'Battle of France' has reached its culminating point, according to a statement by the French military spokesman.... The German attack was' the 'most formidable in military history.”

“Nearly half a million' men and 4000 tanks attacked at dawn over the whole front, 94 miles long."

"The battle was continuing at nightfall and the result was not known, but the situation was satisfactory, said the spokesman…. The German soldiers are marching shoulder to shoulder. They seem intoxicated and oblivious to danger as they march against the withering fire of the french machine - guns and cannon.”

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1. “The battlefront disappeared, and with it the illusion that there had ever been a battlefront. For this was no war of occupation, but a war of quick penetration and obliteration - Blitzkrieg, Lightning war.”
UNKNOWN, TIME Magazine Writer, September 25th, 1939

2. "The Battle of France is over. I expect the Battle of Britain is about to begin." - Winston Churchill, British house of commons, June 18, 1940

3. “I often consider whether we would not have to destroy Paris.”
Speer, June 28th 1940

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Color footage of Adolf Hitler in France. Footage of Adolf Hitler in German occupied Paris.

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Cause -
1. The fall of the Low Countries, particularly Belgium
2. Invasion of Norway by Germany
3. Direct entry to the British territories.

Consequence -
1. Fall of the French Third Republic
2. Second Armistice at Compiègne -
3. Parts of France placed under German military occupation
5. Casualties lost -

Axis powers - 163,676 casualties

Allied powers - 360,000 casualties