But seriously, arrogance and devoting too much confidence and resources to the Maginot Line - the wall of huge guns at the German-French border. Hitler simply avoided this obstacle and went around the side and came in the back door.
Blitzkrieg. It's hard to fight back when the invading enemy is everywhere and nowhere all at once, and manages to completely overrun your entire army in a few weeks.
Also, the collaboration of Petain's Vichy regime played no small part.
One huge factor is that before the Battle of France, the French and the Germans were waiting at the border, ready for combat. But, neither side made a move for a long while. Finally, after both sides had mostly let their guard down from being so 'bored', the Germans invaded and caught the French off guard. Once the Germans were in, it was an easy victory for them.
France.
France surrendered to the German forces on June 25th, 1940
The main major event that got Britain and France involved in WWII was the invasion of Poland by the Nazis. The three countries, Britain, France, and Poland had an agreement that if any one of them was invaded the other two would attack Germany.
collaborators......................
France falls to the Nazis.
After the heroic rescue at Dunkirk, France was deeply demoralized and couldn't withstand Germany's invasion from Southern France. After the invasion France surrendered.
D-Day
France.
The development led to the fall of New France in the French and Indian War was the capture of Quebec.
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The Nazis were thrown out of France in 1944.
France surrendered to the German forces on June 25th, 1940
the capture of quebec
holland was invaded first. the Nazis used holland to get to France.
The Nazis wanted the Rhineland back. It belonged to Germany, not France. They got it back when Britain and France tried to appease the Nazis.
Yes they were led by Adolf Hitler.
Adolf Hitler