Because they were weak
In the first few months when World War II started
The "Battle of France" began May 10, 1940 and France surrendered on June 25; which is a total of 46 days.
The Fall of France in 1940 meant that Germany had access to the Atlantic Ocean, circumventing the British blockade of Germany.
Hitler demanded that two thirds of France was to be occupied ,by the Germans .The french army was to be disbanded.
Napoleon Bonaparte
France fell the Germans and Italians in June 1940. Hitler decided that most of the country would be administered by the Vichy Governmetn under Petain. Not sure the exact date of capitulation. The Germans wanted to celebrate their victory, by holding the surrender ceremony in the same railway car the Germans surrendered in 1918. Hitler achieved his revenge and his greatest triumph in the war. Petain, who had been revered by the French in the first world war, was hanged by his countrymen for treason after the war.
Most of it didn't.
France just like other places around the world has 4 seasons. They are spring, winter, fall and summer. Fall is one of the shortest seasons in France.
Poland was severely bombed by the Germans in September 1939.
Hitler demanded that two thirds of France was to be occupied by the Germans. The French army was to be disbanded
Hitler demanded that two thirds of France was to be occupied by the Germans. The French army was to be disbanded
Hitler demanded that two thirds of France was to be occupied by the Germans. The French army was to be disbanded