The Fall of Paris
Marshall Petain and Vichy France
- The Rest of France fell relatively quickly after the Dyle line fell and hte British evacuated
- Italy declares war on France June 19th
- Paris falls June 14th
- Rest of France falls June 22
- Reasons:
- The Maginot line proved useless
- The germans used their tanks much better
- the luftwaffe was too strgon
- political dissention in france
Marshall Petain and Vichy France
- The terms of surrender are accepted by a new anti-war French prime Minister known as Marshall Petain
- He accepts the new boarders of France in the south with the capital city at Vichy
- They were puppets to the germans
- He became a collaborator like Quisking
- The Free French Army that has escaped to england were organized by General Charles De Gaulle
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