Why did Britain and France lose the battle of France?

Answer 1

Largely by surprise. Germany did not expect to be able to get through the French like they did. France was arguably the strongest country at this point in the war (America had not joined yet). Germany was scared of the French military ready to invade Germany and they just decided to attack and it resulted in a huge unexpected victory. French and English forces that were guarding the border had no time to attack the unexpected German force and consequently a large part of France was occupied by the Germans. Once the English heard of this they immediately began preparing themselves because Germany with that much luck would soon attack England. This was stopped by D-day operations in which Americans, French and British forces forced the Germans out of France.

The most important factor in the loss of the battle for France was that the German Army simply, and unexpectedly, outflanked the French Maginot Line (and rendered it completely useless) by invading Belgium and the Netherlands to the North and sweeping into northern France, causing the heroic British evacuation from the beaches at Dunkirk and the trapping of what was left of the French Army into the southern half of their own country.

Answer 2

One reason that the French lost the French and Indian war was because they lost their allies. Their allies made deals which left the French alone.

Answer 3

I think the French lost the French and English war because the English had archers, equipped with longbows, which made the Frenches' battle armour outdated, and useless

Answer 4

Becuse the French took less spasses then the Britsh

Answer 5

It was more of a stalemate than a loss. Both parties ended up in the same place where they started.