World history/WHME103/WWII impact/France

Reading

Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• How did the Nazis defeat the French Army so quickly?

• What was the impact of the French collapse?

Gary Sheffield, 'The Fall of France', BBC History, 30 March 2011.

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• At Dunkirk ...

• Tanks ...

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