HIUS 3452 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Milion, Vichy France, Phoney War
21 Jul 2016
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The second world war: vichy france, france under german occupation 1940-1944 a. i. There were few casualties, the french people payed for the invasion in political humiliations: why did france lose, the phony war" a. i. French and british don"t do anything in this time a. i. 2. *despite phony war the british do not adequately help the. French: french strategists assumed they would fight the nazi"s in belgium b. i. This assumption opened a weak link in the ardennes forrest b. ii. Germans feint north and draw the french upwards towards belgium and then the. Germans make a sickle cut towards the english channel to cut off the the french & british retreat, the armies end up surrounded at. After dunkirk in june, germans pivot towards paris and in less than 6 weeks, France falls: speed and ideology makes the wehrmacht superior to the french military c. i. June 1940: hitler dominated europe, french sign armistice agreement june 22 b. i.
