France in WW2

The Big Three were Roosevelt (American), Churchill (British) and Stalin (Russian). The French leader you are probably thinking of was Charles De Gaulle who was the self-appointed leader of the Free French forces. He was not one of the Big Three. He could be quite difficult to work with though and what Churchill and Roosevelt would call him when nobody else was around probably does not bear repeating.

Germany took over Poland in 1939 at Warsaw. They also took over the Czech region of Sudetenland. They took over Austria also.

Eisenhower was the one who organized the D-day invasion. then there were plenty of generals under him that actually went. but there was no specific general

the answer is Germany bazically i am sorry i don't know much more.

There are two small countries south of France: Andorrawhich is nudged in the Pyrenees mountains between France and Spain; and Monaco on the French Riviera, close to Italy.

The Maginot Line.

Marshal Petain, a French General and popular War I hero, was in effect chief of state. Petain was either executed, or died in prison, shortly after the war ( in the mid to late forties).

In 1940, Germany attacked France and occupied it. As part of the surrender terms, a portion of France would be occupied and controlled by the Germans. Other parts of France and their African colonies became ally to Germany and under their rule. Therefore, the French in Algiers had to fight any enemy of Germany or they could risk punishment from the Germans. As you may know, American General Mark Clark carried out a clandestine landing on North Africa in order to convince French General Darlan to order his troops to disarm when the Americans landed. This did not exactly happen as planned on the first day but eventually, the French soldiers laid down their weapons and the Germans could not do anything.

tu parles francais n'est pas translates to

you (informal) speak french, isn't it?

or more correctly

you speak French, right?

Oui, pronounced "we."

Brittany was home to 3 120 288 inhabitants in 2007 (latest official figures published on dec 30, 2009), on an area of 27 208 km2. The population density is 115 inhabitants per sq km, the same as France at large.

Some battles that helped turn the tide of war to the side of the Allies was D-Day which was the largest anphibious assault in history, the Battle of Stalingrad which halted the advance of the Germans past Moscow, Russia, and the Battle of the Bulge which distracted Hitler's resources away from Russia and toward a major counter attack in Eastern Europe consisting of over 200,000 soldiers and failed.

St Lo is about 20 km ( 12 miles) south of the D-Day Normandy beaches

About 1,700,000 French died during World War I, including soldiers and civilians.

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.

Casualties and Losses of the Invasion of Normandy 1944 German: Between 4,000 and 9,000 dead, wounded, or captured U.S.: 1,465 dead; 5,138 wounded, missing, or captured

U.K.: 2,700 dead, wounded or captured; Canada: 500 dead; 621 wounded or captured

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The population of France in 1939 was approximated to be 41,510,000. In this year, there were more deaths than births with a natural change of minus 30,000.

Dunkirk was the place in France from which about 340.000 British and French troops were evacuated to England after fleeing the advancing German army. It wasn't really a 'battle' as such, but you could call it a rearguard action. the british at the time called it 'The Miracle of Dunkirk' in that so many men were snatched from being prisoners of war.

Germany invaded Poland in 1939,in April 1940 they struck against Denmark and Norway,in May of the same year Hitler sent German forces into France,in February 1941 they went into Libya and on to Egypt,also in 1941 they invaded Yugoslavia,Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941.By late 1941,Germany and her allies controlled almost all of mainland and Baltic Europe with the exception of neutral countries (though Spain and Portugal were debated)

Ver is a French equivalent of 'worm'. It's pronounced 'vehr'. It's a masculine gender noun whose definite article is 'le' ['the'], and whose indefinite article 'un' ['a, one'].

No. French Polynesia, of which Tahiti is the largest island, is an overseas country in France, not an overseas department. Therefore, its subdivisions, including Tahiti, are not departments.

Paris.

Also, Lyon.

Two major areas in France.

He was elected by French Parliament in 1958 after having made vote a new constitution (Fifth Republic), and he was reelected in 1965 by French people after having introduced universal suffrage.

Jacques LeCoq was a French actor mime and acting instructor