beginning of 1942, the numbers of the Armistice Army reached 550,000 men, including 21,000 officers. Article IV of the Armistice of 22 June 1940 allowed... 23 KB (2,301 words) - 02:52, 1 April 2024 |
Demarcation line (France) (redirect from Line of demarcation (France)) the Armistice of 22 June 1940 after the fall of France in May 1940. The path of the demarcation line was specified in the Articles of the Armistice. It... 15 KB (1,867 words) - 18:30, 15 February 2024 |
same spot for the French and Germans to sign the Armistice of 22 June 1940 after Germany won the Battle of France. The site was destroyed by the Germans... 9 KB (981 words) - 17:15, 24 October 2023 |
Compiègne Wagon (category Railway coaches of France) in which both the Armistice of 11 November 1918 and Armistice of 22 June 1940 were signed. Before the 1918 signing in the Forest of Compiègne, the wagon... 9 KB (965 words) - 20:33, 13 December 2023 |
1918 conference. The Armistice of 22 June 1940 was portrayed as revenge for Germany's earlier defeat, and the Glade of the Armistice was mostly destroyed... 49 KB (5,635 words) - 14:22, 11 April 2024 |
and filmmaker The Armistice of 22 June 1940 was signed at 6:36 p.m. A German occupation zone was established in the north and west of France with the remainder... 45 KB (5,404 words) - 17:22, 2 March 2024 |
Marcel-Bruno Gensoul (category French military personnel of World War II) admiral who commanded the Force de Raid, based at Brest until the Armistice of 22 June 1940. Then, the force was transferred to Mers El Kébir in French North... 2 KB (124 words) - 23:53, 11 September 2022 |
Attack on Mers-el-Kébir (redirect from 1940 sinking of the French fleet) that the Armistice of 22 June 1940 was a betrayal of the Allied agreement not to make a separate peace. Churchill said, "What is the value of that? Ask... 47 KB (5,662 words) - 18:53, 2 May 2024 |
Vichy France (redirect from Regime of Vichy) southern portion of Metropolitan France. This was south of the Line of Demarcation as established by the Armistice of 22 June 1940. It also included... 199 KB (23,049 words) - 09:01, 3 May 2024 |
armistice. After President Albert Lebrun appointed Pétain prime minister on 16 June, the government signed an armistice with Germany on 22 June 1940.... 84 KB (8,854 words) - 10:31, 17 April 2024 |
Sigmaringen enclave (redirect from Governmental Commission of Sigmaringen) war. Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940 during the early part of World War II. The Armistice of 22 June 1940 ended hostilities, dividing France into... 22 KB (2,202 words) - 05:29, 23 February 2024 |
a result of Nazi racial ideologies. During negotiations for the Armistice of 22 June 1940, the Vichy French government adopted a policy of collaboration... 40 KB (5,136 words) - 09:43, 14 April 2024 |
months of the Second World War, the latter remaining in use up to the end of the Battle of France and signing of the Armistice of 22 June 1940 between... 21 KB (2,863 words) - 18:09, 29 February 2024 |
Joffre-class aircraft carrier (category Ship classes of the French Navy) carrier of their own in 1936. One ship was laid down in 1938, but was not launched before all work was cancelled after the Armistice of 22 June 1940. The... 20 KB (2,716 words) - 14:46, 8 January 2024 |
the destruction of the last political bargaining chip it had with Germany. After the Fall of France and the Armistice of 22 June 1940, France was divided... 41 KB (4,072 words) - 21:28, 7 May 2024 |
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 (category World War II aircraft of Finland) production of the type continued in France for sometime after the Armistice of 22 June 1940 under German supervision. The M.S.406 was exported to a range of customers... 52 KB (7,228 words) - 10:25, 2 April 2024 |
helping to spark the Irish Civil War. 1940 – World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car... 50 KB (5,162 words) - 08:34, 18 April 2024 |
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class) Armistice of 22 June 1940. During the Vichy Regime, he remained in the Armistice Army, first in regional command posts, then as commander-in-chief of... 75 KB (7,580 words) - 21:17, 6 April 2024 |
Normandy (category Former provinces of France) Second World War, following the armistice of 22 June 1940, continental Normandy was part of the German occupied zone of France. The Channel Islands were... 50 KB (5,431 words) - 19:32, 29 April 2024 |
Civil War. In 1940 Nazi Germany invaded France. The French army soon succumbed to the Blitzkrieg strategy. The Armistice of 22 June 1940 established a... 11 KB (1,208 words) - 10:21, 2 March 2024 |
Zone libre (category 1940 establishments in France) partition of the French metropolitan territory during World War II, established at the Second Armistice at Compiègne on 22 June 1940. It lay to the south of the... 15 KB (1,767 words) - 18:24, 15 February 2024 |
François Darlan (category People of Vichy France) was Commander-in-Chief of the French Navy at the beginning of World War II. After France's armistice with Germany in June 1940, Darlan served in Philippe... 37 KB (3,924 words) - 17:01, 3 May 2024 |