HIST 3365 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Dunkirk Evacuation, Heinz Guderian, German Military Administration In Occupied France During World War Ii
9 Feb 2020
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Western europe: germany invaded into france on may 10th, 1940, attacked in ardenne forest, attack took french by surprise, french army retreated 3 days after attack. Netherlands: germany attacked netherlands simultaneously, germans bombed rotterdam, dutch surrendered soon after, nazis wanted netherlands to surrender quickly, bombing was best option. Boulogne-german army: german army marched on boulogne port, southern most port of france, marched north to trap allied forces inland, guderian (german) vs. gort (britain, british army forced to march to dunkirk, the northern most french port. Operation dynamo: dunkirk (movie) happened, may 26th june 4th, 1940, delay germans, get across the english channel, belgium helped delay germans until luftwaffe made them surrender. Italy saw german invasions, italy entered the war for the potential spoils: also entered out of fear germany would attack them if they didn"t help out. June 22nd, 1940: signed armistice with germany in same railway car germany signed an armistice with france in.
