German Advance 1940

Question 0

Germans push through Ardennes region (forest - unprotected by maginot line)

Answer 0

11 may 1940

Question 1

Germans advance into Belgium

Answer 1

10 may 1940

Question 2

Luftwaffe bombed Rotterdam, killing 1000 citizens

Answer 2

14 may 1940

Question 3

Dutch government surrendered (because of attack of Rotterdam by Luftwaffe)

Answer 3

15 may 1940

Question 4

Brussels fell to Germans

Answer 4

17 may 1940

Question 5

Belgium government surrenders unconditionally

Answer 5

28 may 1940

Question 6

Operation Dynamo - evacuation of troops (BEF and French first army) from Coast of Dunkirk having been conquered by Germany (no allies)
-338226 soldiers evacuated (225000 British)

Answer 6

27 may-6 June 1940

Question 7

Improvised line at Somme is broken

Answer 7

5 June

Question 8

Germans cross seine - Paris indefensible

Answer 8

9 June 1940

Question 9

Mussolini invades Vichy France (South)

Answer 9

10 June 1940

Question 10

Paris declared an ‘open city’ - not going to be defended - Germans can take it without resistance

Answer 10

14 June 1940

Question 11

German signing of peace treaty with France - armistice at compiègne
- in same rail carriage as 1918 armistice - Germans avenged for ww1

Answer 11

22 June 1940