ENGL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Maginot Line, Dunkirk Evacuation
16 Aug 2017
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May 10, 1940: germany begins invasions of belgium, the netherlands, and france. May 13: french and british troops move into belgium but are trapped between german armies. France . german bombers hit air bases in france, Luxembourg , ground and crippling allied air defenses. elite squads of german paratroopers were dropped onto fortified allied points along the front, neutralizing a key element of france"s defense strategy. French heartland. unaware of the german advance to the south, britain and france sent the bulk of their troops to belgium. During the first days of the attack, the germans made slower progress toward brussels and the. With the bef cornered with its back to the sea, and with little hope of reuniting with french forces, the british government decided that the bef had to be evacuated. the evacuation, called . Paris . during this time, the british vigorously encouraged france to resist at all costs. the new british prime minister, .
