A little presentation about the German invasion of France in 1940 and the use of Blitzkrieg. Covers the Maginot line, French Plan, German Plan, how Blitzkrieg works and ends w/ the Miracle of Dunkirk

2. Paris Germany Belgium Netherlands France Maginot Line

3. The Maginot Line

6. Germany Belgium France The Netherlands (Holland) Paris The Ardennes Luxembourg The Old Schlieffen Plan

7. Paris The Allied Plan

8. Paris The Allied Plan

9. Paris The Allied Plan Note the area with no forces in it – the Ardennes

10. 1940 : "A sector that is not dangerous. It is impenetrable." French military description of the Ardennes Forest .

14. HQs supply supply

15. HQs supply supply

16. HQs supply supply

17. HQs supply supply

18. HQs

19. HQs

20. We surrender

21. Paris

22. Paris The German Plan (Phase I)

23. Paris The German Plan (Phase I)

24. Paris The German Plan (Phase II)

25. Paris The German Plan (Phase II)

26. Paris The German Plan (Phase II)

27. Paris The Fall of France

28. Paris The Fall of France Dunkirk I must get our boys out of there. We must evacuate them to England

29. Paris The Fall of France Dunkirk Mien Fuhrer, let my Luftwaffe finish off the British OK, Herman, go ahead

30. Send anything that will float!

31. They lost their equipment, but not the men – who live to fight again

32. Paris The Fall of France It must have been a miracle You Idiot! You let them get away!!

33. The Battle for France ends with the signing of an armistice in the same railway car in which the Germans had surrendered in World War I Hitler takes a holiday to visit his latest prize - Paris

34. Paris The Fall of France Let me have a second chance, mien fuhrer. We must plan to invade Britain “ We shall fight them on the beaches, on the landing grounds and in the fields. We shall fight them in the streets and on the hills. We shall never surrender”

35. The Battle of France is over… The Battle of Britain is about to begin

37. Paris The German Plan (Phase I)

38. HQs supply supply