WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -German troops overran Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France in six weeks starting in May 1940. France signed an armistice in late June 1940, leaving Great Britain as the only country fighting Nazi Germany.

Detailed explanation-2: -To Churchill at that time, France’s army seemed a powerful bulwark against possible Nazi aggression towards other European nations. The defeat of this powerful army in a mere six weeks in 1940 stands as one of the most remarkable military campaigns in history.

Detailed explanation-3: -Paris fell to Nazi Germany on June 14, 1940, one month after the German Wehrmacht stormed into France. Eight days later, France signed an armistice with the Germans, and a puppet French state was set up with its capital at Vichy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Manstein Plan or Case Yellow (German: Fall Gelb) also known as Operation Sichelschnitt (German: Sichelschnittplan, from the English term sickle cut), was the war plan of the German armed forces (German: Wehrmacht) during the Battle of France in 1940.