USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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As the German army moved into France, French forces

(A) mobilized at the border

(B) ** evacuated from Dunkirk to England

(C) invaded Berlin

(D) retreated to the southern border

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The Germans marched into Paris on 14 June and France surrendered eight days later. The more than 100, 000 French troops evacuated from Dunkirk were quickly and efficiently shuttled to camps in various parts of south-western England, where they were temporarily lodged before being repatriated.

Concept note-2: -Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk, involved the rescue of more than 338, 000 British and French soldiers from the French port of Dunkirk between 26 May and 4 June 1940.

Concept note-3: -The French government, which had been in a state of crisis for weeks, signed an armistice on June 22. The agreement divided France into two parts, the northern half under direct German occupation and the south under a puppet regime led by Pétain. It had taken the Germans just 18 days after Dunkirk to capture France.

Concept note-4: -British Prime Minister Winston Churchill referred to the crisis as “a colossal military disaster” and that Britain was in danger of losing a substantial portion of its forces. In response, the British scrambled to evacuate the British Expeditionary Force from the harbor city of Dunkirk, France.