The Germans invaded and occupied France during the Second World War in a stunning advance and defeat that Republic. Covert actions against the German occupation included the French Resistance and underground.
Hitler gained control over France during World War II through a combination of military invasion and political manipulation. In May 1940, German forces successfully invaded France and forced the French government to surrender. However, not all French people accepted German rule. Some formed resistance movements, like the French Resistance, which engaged in various acts of sabotage, espionage, and guerrilla warfare to undermine Nazi occupation and support the Allied forces.
After the fall of France to the Germans in 1940, Vichy, South of Paris. continue to administer the government there, but under German control, from July 1940 to November 1942, when the German took full control of all of France....
Because France was under German control at that time.
There never was a German government for France during WWII, but there was a French government based in Vichy.
The Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres in French) were French fighters in World War II, who decided to continue fighting against Axis forces after the surrender of France and German occupation, following the call of General De Gaulle, and the de jure government ('Free French Government') of France in exile as of June 18, 1940.
french forces did not expect the Germans to attack through the Ardennes Forest
After the fall of France to the Germans in 1940, Vichy, South of Paris. continue to administer the government there, but under German control, from July 1940 to November 1942, when the German took full control of all of France....
Because France was under German control at that time.
He was born in France but was of German nationality.He was born in France but was of German nationality.
Every city in France is French, and not in Germany.
The French capitulation meant that German land and naval forces were not far from Britain and had ready access to French ports and naval assets that used properly could mean the strangulation of British supply lines . Germany could now consolidate her hold upon the whole of Europe since the French were no longer capable of resisting the expansion of German forces . The fall of France meant to the British , and eventually the US , that herculean efforts would be required to wrest control of France and Europe from German/Nazi control .
There never was a German government for France during WWII, but there was a French government based in Vichy.
The Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres in French) were French fighters in World War II, who decided to continue fighting against Axis forces after the surrender of France and German occupation, following the call of General De Gaulle, and the de jure government ('Free French Government') of France in exile as of June 18, 1940.
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french forces did not expect the Germans to attack through the Ardennes Forest
Hitler had invaded France, so we fought over the control of France from Hitler. DDAY was a landing on a French beach. When the allies came into an area the French people were liberated from the German occupation.
No. People in France speak French. Some of the people near the French-German border learn German in school though.
It was designed and developed by the German Volkswagon Group, and it was built in France and named after a french guy.