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They feared the Germans
He didn't. France surrendered within days.
The Germans, who were occupying France.
The Schlieffen Plan plan was pioneered by Germany. It was intended to reduce the chances of fighting two wars at the same time (Russia, and England/France).The plan was to march through Belgium and capture France, then to capture the French fortress towns and get through to the east of Germany. The plan relied on Russia taking more then 6 weeks to prep. there armies. It also relied on Belgium allowing the Germans through. Unfortunately none of these factors actually happened, so when the German army reached France (after a long and slow battle through Belgium) they were forced to dig in. After this, the plan was to try and capture Paris.
The Germans attacked Poland, this caused England and France to declare war on Germany, so Germany declared war on them.
germans are from germany not france
The outcome was the liberation of many French villages and the defeat of the Germans in that area and capture of many Germans. They went on to conquer the Germans in the rest of France, Belgium and Germany. Russia mounted an invasion in the Eastern European nations too.
At the 5th century Germans conquered France. Germans are the oldest population.
They didn't actually take it during the first world war. They captured it just after the Franco-Prussian war in 1870.
In 1940, British soldiers were in France to try and stop the Germans invading. In 1944 they were in France to beat the Germans back.
There was no Battle of France. The Germans invaded France (several times) and effectively took it over, if only temporarily.
The Germans initially bombed France to conquer the country. The Allied Forces were forced to bomb France to get rid of the Germans.
The "Battle of France" began May 10, 1940 and France surrendered on June 25; which is a total of 46 days.
Surrendering to Germans
The French were focused on the French-German border, meanwhile, the Germans entered France through Belgium. The Germans were able to quickly flank the French forces, and kept the French pinned until they retreated to England.
Excellent. As the Germans put it: "happy as God in France".
By trapping them