The Battle of France by GRANT FREMSTAD https://padlet.com/19fremsgra/7hjupvkjxzt1 Made with eyes on the prize en-us 2018-04-19 15:08:55 UTC 2018-05-11 13:14:29 UTC hello@padlet.com "The fall of France" 19fremsgra https://padlet.com/19fremsgra/7hjupvkjxzt1/wish/253842725 was a battle that took place during the Second World War in May of 1940. German forces invaded areas of France pushing the British Forces and French forces back to the sea in Operation Dynamo. ]]> 2018-04-20 14:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/19fremsgra/7hjupvkjxzt1/wish/253842725 What happened? 19fremsgra https://padlet.com/19fremsgra/7hjupvkjxzt1/wish/253844127 After months of nervous speculation, Germany brought war to western Europe on May 10, 1940, with the primary goal of conquering France. German bombers hit air bases in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands, destroying large numbers of Allied planes on the ground and crippling Allied air defenses. ]]> 2018-04-20 14:22:37 UTC https://padlet.com/19fremsgra/7hjupvkjxzt1/wish/253844127 Why did France go to war in WW2? 19fremsgra https://padlet.com/19fremsgra/7hjupvkjxzt1/wish/253844828 France and Britain declared war on Germany when it invaded Poland in September 1939.   After the Phoney War from 1939 to 1940, within seven weeks, the Germans invaded and defeated France and forced the British off the continent. France then surrendered to Germany.]]> 2018-04-20 14:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/19fremsgra/7hjupvkjxzt1/wish/253844828 The Conflict 19fremsgra https://padlet.com/19fremsgra/7hjupvkjxzt1/wish/253847531 The conflict leading to the Battle of France erupted during September of 1939 in Poland where Adolf Hitler had hoped that the UK and France would acquiesce to his invasion and make peace. He had sent all of his enemies a peace deal but encase none of them had responded he drew a route map of war encase his enemies came back with a negative response.]]> 2018-04-20 14:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/19fremsgra/7hjupvkjxzt1/wish/253847531 "The Liberation" 19fremsgra https://padlet.com/19fremsgra/7hjupvkjxzt1/wish/253849464 According to the Defense Historical Service, during the battle some 120,000 soldiers were wounded and about 1.5 million were captured.  Further records show that some 71,000 French prisoners managed to escape and that 220,000 were set free by various treaties between Germany and the Vichy government. Britain is said to have lost about 68,000 troops in the war and Belgium some 6,000 soldiers. ]]> 2018-04-20 14:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/19fremsgra/7hjupvkjxzt1/wish/253849464 What kind of weapons? 19fremsgra https://padlet.com/19fremsgra/7hjupvkjxzt1/wish/254510601 Handguns.
Rifles.
Submachine guns.
Machine guns.
Anti-Tank weapons.
Anti-Aircraft weapons.
Artillery.
Grenades and mines.]]> 2018-04-23 17:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/19fremsgra/7hjupvkjxzt1/wish/254510601