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Introduce myself and lauryn tell what our topic is
Slide 2 France had planned for the german invasion using multiple methods from building vast fortifications and formations of troops for when the Nazi invasion occurred. France’s neighbor Belgium refused to allow French troops to enter the country to remain neutral in the conflict. Belgium would only allow the troops to enter if it was attacked by another country. This led to the development of the deal plan by France. This plan worked by taking the troops from the French border and moving them across the Belgian frontier to for a wall blocking the german troops from taking over the Belgian capital and forming a clear front between Germany and the western countries.
Slide 3 France’s plan to prevent a German invasion included vast complex system of tunnels, forts, and ground artillery along the border between france and Germany in the region of
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Germans went into the city with no resistance because french troops abandoned the city and declared the city open for germans to enter.
Slide 10 - Jun 22 France signed an armistice with Germany that went into effect 3 days later on June 25. This armistice was signed in the same train car the Germany had surrendered in during WW2
Slide 11 - The armistice gave the territory, Alsace-Lorraine to the third reich and all of the Northern and Western coasts were put under Nazi occupation for the remainder of the war. In the South section of France, a so-called ‘free zone’ was created with a puppet government set up in Vichy, France. This government was considered neutral in war but sided with Germany and helped with its racist policies against minorities in Europe.
This government only lasted until November 1942 after Ally attacks on French controlled Northern Africa. The entirety of the country became occupied by Nazi Germany and all citizens were banned from coastlines in France.
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