Monthly Archives: March 2005

May 9th – 16th, 1940: The Fall of France

During the night of May 9th – 10th, 126 German infantry divisions and 10 Panzer divisions began their full attack on the Low Countries and France. It occurred with no previous warning, and the German troops acquired near-total surprise at every point in their attack. The army plan of the French, called Plan D, consisted [...]