✦ History

Battle of France

May 10 – June 25, 1940

Result Axis victory

Ended by Armistice of 22 June 1940

German invasion of the Low Countries and France from 10 May to 25 June 1940. In Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), German armour advanced through the Ardennes, crossed the Meuse, and drove to the Channel; Fall Rot (Case Red) then finished off the French and British after the Dunkirk evacuation, and the Low Countries and France were defeated and occupied.

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Battles 9

May 10–15, 1940
German invasion of the Netherlands German victory Netherlands Fedor von Bock, Henri Giraud, Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst
May 10–28, 1940
German invasion of Belgium (1940) German victory Belgium Adolf Hitler, Hubert Pierlot, Fedor von Bock
May 10–18, 1940
Battle of Zeeland German victory Paul Hausser, Henri Giraud, Henri Winkelman
May 13, 1940
Battle of Sedan (1940) German victory Sedan Gerd von Rundstedt, Maurice Gamelin, Wolfram von Richthofen
May 22–25, 1940
Battle of Boulogne German victory Boulogne-sur-Mer Wolfram von Richthofen, Heinz Guderian
May 26 – June 4, 1940
Battle of Dunkirk Dunkirk, France Winston Churchill, Hermann Göring, Gerd von Rundstedt
May 26 – June 4, 1940
Dunkirk evacuation Successful retreat Dunkirk Hermann Göring, Gerd von Rundstedt, Jean-Marie Charles Abrial
May 28–31, 1940
Siege of Lille (1940) Lille Erwin Rommel, Alphonse Juin, Joachim Lemelsen
June 10–25, 1940
Italian invasion of France Armistice of Villa Incisa Western Alps Umberto II of Italy, Alfredo Guzzoni

Key commanders

Axis 17

Adolf Hitler Hermann Göring military commander Gerd von Rundstedt Field Marshal, Commander of Army Group A (Ardennes breakthrough) Fedor von Bock Field Marshal, Commander of Army Group B (northern wing) Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Field Marshal, Commander of Army Group C (southern wing, against the Maginot Line) Walther von Brauchitsch military commander Günther von Kluge military commander Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist military commander Hans Graf von Sponeck military commander Umberto II of Italy military commander Alfredo Guzzoni military commander Wolfram von Richthofen military commander Heinz Guderian military commander Friedrich Kirchner military commander Erwin Rommel military commander Joachim Lemelsen military commander Paul Hausser military commander

Allies 17

Maxime Weygand General, Allied supreme commander, 19 May - 22 June 1940 Maurice Gamelin General, Allied commander-in-chief until his dismissal on 19 May 1940 John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort General, Commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force; organized the Dunkirk evacuation Leopold III of Belgium military commander Georges Blanchard military commander Gaston Billotte military commander Winston Churchill Prime Minister Jean-Marie Charles Abrial René Prioux military commander Bertram Home Ramsay military commander Harold Alexander military commander Henri Giraud military commander Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst military commander Henri Winkelman military commander Hubert Pierlot belligerent leader Marcel Têtu military commander Alphonse Juin military commander