Battle of France by Urja Amin https://padlet.com/ami0006/567jplgm3fsa History Assignment en-us 2016-08-12 11:17:50 UTC 2023-06-11 23:26:40 UTC hello@padlet.com Cause and Consequence ami0006 https://padlet.com/ami0006/567jplgm3fsa/wish/118227593 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
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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]]> 2016-08-16 23:21:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ami0006/567jplgm3fsa/wish/118504368 Primary Source ami0006 https://padlet.com/ami0006/567jplgm3fsa/wish/118507400 “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.”]]> 2016-08-16 23:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ami0006/567jplgm3fsa/wish/118507400 Key terms ami0006 https://padlet.com/ami0006/567jplgm3fsa/wish/118508695 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.
]]> 2016-08-17 00:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ami0006/567jplgm3fsa/wish/118508695 Primary Source Analysis ami0006 https://padlet.com/ami0006/567jplgm3fsa/wish/118509707 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.]]> 2016-08-17 00:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ami0006/567jplgm3fsa/wish/118509707 Image  ami0006 https://padlet.com/ami0006/567jplgm3fsa/wish/118510822 Source - www.businessinsider.com]]> 2016-08-17 00:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ami0006/567jplgm3fsa/wish/118510822 Map of Germany invading France ami0006 https://padlet.com/ami0006/567jplgm3fsa/wish/118511381
The German advance up on 21 May 1940]]> 2016-08-17 00:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ami0006/567jplgm3fsa/wish/118511381 Bibliography ami0006 https://padlet.com/ami0006/567jplgm3fsa/wish/118511813 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.



]]> 2016-08-17 00:58:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ami0006/567jplgm3fsa/wish/118511813 Legacy ami0006 https://padlet.com/ami0006/567jplgm3fsa/wish/118512518 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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