The French military wrongly believed the Ardennes impassable to tanks. Seven panzer divisions reached Meuse River at Dinant on 12th May. The French government was forced to abandon Paris.
German forces advanced towards the Channel. The German forces encountered little resistance.
Winston Churchill ordered implementation of Operation Dynamo, a plan to evacuate troops and equipment from the French port of Dunkirk. General Maxime Weygand tried to hold the line along the Somme and the Aisne. The French Army was forced to withdraw to the Loire. The Germans occupied Paris on 14th June. Henri-Philippe Petain became leader, and quickly accepted German peace terms.
Nearly 2 million French soldiers were taken prisoner.
Estimated 390,000 French soldiers killed.
35,000 German soldiers had lost their lives during the invasion.
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