Pre WWI. The Great War . Educational Resources . Lesson Plans. The Great War. HISTORY IN PICTURES: RARE, UNSEEN PICTURES: BE THERE: German Invasion of France: May 1940: A Picture Album. German forces take over the Maginot Line from the French. The Line did not deter the Germans. Their strategy was to bypass it totally. Von Manstein agreed with Guderian’s plan. He only had one objection; it would create an open flank of over 220 miles, vulnerable to French counterattack. Guderian convinced him that this could be prevented by launching simultaneous spoiling attacks to the south by small armored units. The battle of France began with Operation Fall Gelb, during the night of May 10, 1939, when Army Group B launched its feint offensive into the Netherlands and Belgium. Germans at the Maginot Line The French command reacted quickly by sending its 1st Army Group north.
With air superiority over the Netherlands, the German 18th Army secured all the bridges in and toward Rotterdam. The Germans were able to quickly establish air superiority over Belgium, too. Entering the town of Yupern Crossing a French river over a broken bridge Moving through a French village Germans in Alsace. Archive - Remembering Winston Churchill - Tributes to a legendary statesman and a wartime hero.
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